Ayako Wakao
Acting
1933-11-08 · Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Ayako Wakao (若尾 文子, Wakao Ayako, November 8, 1933 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese actress who was one of the country's biggest stars of the 20th century. Wakao began her career contracted to Daiei Studios in 1951 as part of the fifth "New Face" group. She has gone on to appear in over 100 feature films, plus numerous television movies and series. She was a favorite actress of director Yasuzo Masumura, starring in 20 of his films. In addition to her many collaborations with Masumura, she was a favorite of Kon Ichikawa, having starred or co-starred in seven of the director's works. She appeared in Kenji Mizoguchi's A Geisha and Street of Shame. She also appeared in Yasujirō Ozu's Floating Weeds. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ayako Wakao, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Izakaya Moheji 4
2015 · Movie
Izakaya Moheji 2
2013 · Movie
Ohisama
2011 · Series
Spring Snow
2005 · Movie
Tokugawa Yoshinobu
1998 · Series
SMAP×SMAP
1996 · Series
The Tale of Genji
1991 · Series
Takeda Shingen
1988 · Series
Princess from the Moon
1987 · Movie
ときめきの午後
1985 · Series
Tokimeki no Gogo
1985 · Movie
Onna no Katei
1977 · Movie
Onna no Natsu
1975 · Movie
女の夏
1975 · Series
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
1975 · Movie
Genroku Taiheiki
1975 · Series
Onna no Kyūka
1974 · Movie
女の家庭
1974 · Series
愛と愛
1972 · Series
Shin Heike Monogatari
1972 · Series
Maboroshi no Satsui
1971 · Movie
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
1971 · Movie
Spartan Education
1970 · Movie
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
1970 · Movie
Blood End
1969 · Movie
Thousand Cranes
1969 · Movie
One Day at Summer's End
1968 · Movie
The House of Wooden Blocks
1968 · Movie
The Time of Reckoning
1968 · Movie
The Saga of Tanegashima
1968 · Movie
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
1967 · Movie
When the Cookie Crumbles
1967 · Movie
Two Wives
1967 · Movie
Night Trap
1967 · Movie
Shroud of Snow
1967 · Movie
Shojo jutai
1966 · Movie
Red Angel
1966 · Movie
Wild Geese
1966 · Movie
Freezing Point
1966 · Movie
The Virgin Witness
1966 · Movie
Irezumi
1966 · Movie
While Yet a Wife
1965 · Movie
Strange Triangle
1965 · Movie
Seisaku's Wife
1965 · Movie
I'll Cry Alone
1965 · Movie
The Story of a Blind Woman
1965 · Movie
Nami kage
1965 · Movie
The Forest of No Escape
1965 · Movie
Modae
1964 · Movie
Manji
1964 · Movie
Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege
1964 · Movie
The Frolic of the Beasts
1964 · Movie
A Public Benefactor
1964 · Movie
Love and Greed
1964 · Movie
Hot Spring Doctress
1964 · Movie
Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection
1963 · Movie
Bamboo Doll of Echizen
1963 · Movie
She Came For Love
1963 · Movie
Bury Me Deep
1963 · Movie
The Third Will
1963 · Movie
Girls Born in August
1963 · Movie
An Actor's Revenge
1963 · Movie
Elegant Beast
1962 · Movie
The Great Wall
1962 · Movie
Diary of a Mad Old Man
1962 · Movie
A Night to Remember
1962 · Movie
Red Love, Green Love
1962 · Movie
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
1962 · Movie
Closing Time
1962 · Movie
Stolen Pleasure
1962 · Movie
The Temple of Wild Geese
1962 · Movie
Their Legacy
1962 · Movie
A Wife Confesses
1961 · Movie
The Radiant Prince
1961 · Movie
A Geisha's Diary
1961 · Movie
A Design for Dying
1961 · Movie
Triangle Moods
1961 · Movie
A Lustful Man
1961 · Movie
Les Mesdemoiselles
1961 · Movie
Marriageable Age
1961 · Movie
Vagabonds from Badgerville
1961 · Movie
The Ginza Three Boys
1961 · Movie
The False Student
1960 · Movie
Anchin and Kiyohime
1960 · Movie
A Nice Guy
1960 · Movie
Victory and Defeat
1960 · Movie
Bonchi
1960 · Movie
Afraid to Die
1960 · Movie
The Rockabilly Lady
1960 · Movie
A Woman's Testament
1960 · Movie
Enchanted Princess
1959 · Movie
Floating Weeds
1959 · Movie
Ripe and Marriageable
1959 · Movie
Beauty the Enemy
1959 · Movie
Various Flowers
1959 · Movie
Jirocho Fuji
1959 · Movie
The Cast-Off
1959 · Movie
The Gaijin
1959 · Movie
Roses Bloom on a Rose Tree
1959 · Movie
The Most Valuable Wife
1959 · Movie
Goodbye, Hello
1959 · Movie
Musume no boken
1958 · Movie
The Ladder of Success
1958 · Movie
A Grain of Wheat
1958 · Movie
The Judo Champ
1958 · Movie
Love River
1958 · Movie
The Loyal 47 Ronin
1958 · Movie
Firefly Light
1958 · Movie
Mother
1958 · Movie
Shinkon nanatsu no tanoshimi
1958 · Movie
Tokyo Eyes
1958 · Movie
The Blue Sky Maiden
1957 · Movie
The Betrothed
1957 · Movie
Evening Calm
1957 · Movie
Love of the Princess
1957 · Movie
Bojô no kawa
1957 · Movie
Daiei Studio is Bustling
1957 · Movie
Yonjū-hassai no teikō
1956 · Movie
Tsukigata Hanpeita
1956 · Movie
Bridge of Japan
1956 · Movie
Tears
1956 · Movie
Asashio yushio
1956 · Movie
Cascading White Threads
1956 · Movie
Punishment Room
1956 · Movie
Shinkon nikki: Ureshii asa
1956 · Movie
Newlywed Diary: An Embarrassing Dream
1956 · Movie
Street of Shame
1956 · Movie
A Rainbow at Every Turn
1956 · Movie
Tama wa kudakezu
1955 · Movie
The Phantom Horse
1955 · Movie
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
1955 · Movie
Farewell, Innocence
1955 · Movie
A Girl Who Delivers Happiness
1955 · Movie
Farewell Song
1955 · Movie
Victory or Defeat
1954 · Movie
The Moon Over the Ruined Castle
1954 · Movie
The Messenger from the Moon
1954 · Movie
Midori no nakama
1954 · Movie
Asakusa at Night
1954 · Movie
Yearning
1954 · Movie
Maiko monogatari
1954 · Movie
Yoidore nitōryū
1954 · Movie
A Certain Woman
1954 · Movie
Kokoro no nichigetsu
1954 · Movie
Jūdai no yūwaku
1953 · Movie
Outlaw
1953 · Movie
Zoku zoku Jûdai no seiten
1953 · Movie
Shunsetsu no mon
1953 · Movie
A Geisha
1953 · Movie
Zoku jūdai no seiten
1953 · Movie
Lady Chatterley of Japan
1953 · Movie
Okore Sanpei
1953 · Movie
Jūdai no seiten
1953 · Movie
Kanojo no tokudane
1952 · Movie
Machi no kotengu
1952 · Movie
Her Secret
1952 · Movie
Asu wa Nichiyōbi
1952 · Movie
Hanayome hanamuko chanbara bushi
1952 · Movie
Hahakozuru
1952 · Movie
Mōjū Tsukai no Shōjo
1952 · Movie
Escape from the City of Death
1952 · Movie
Musume hatsukoi yatton-bushi
1952 · Movie
I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki
1952 · Movie