Ayako Wakao
ActingFrom 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.
Known For
Filmography — Acting
Street of Shame
Yasumi
Floating Weeds
Kayo
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
Umeno
Spring Snow
Red Angel
Nurse Sakura Nishi
The Great Wall
Chiang-nu
Irezumi
Otsuya
The Temple of Wild Geese
Satoko Kirihara
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
Kae
Princess from the Moon
Tayoshime
An Actor's Revenge
Namiji
The Loyal 47 Ronin
Orin, Carpenter's Daughter
A Geisha's Diary
Koen
The Third Will
Fumino Hamada
Two Wives
Bamboo Doll of Echizen
Tamae
The Most Valuable Wife
Kyoko Nonomiya
Blood End
Otsuta
The Radiant Prince
Aoi no ue
A Geisha
Eiko
Goodbye, Hello
Kazuko Aota
Love and Greed
Namiko Kawashiro
A Woman's Testament
The Ladder of Success
Afraid to Die
Yoshie Koizumi
Bridge of Japan
Ochise
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
Yūko
Daiei Studio is Bustling
Punishment Room
Akiko Aochi
Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege
Yodogimi
Firefly Light
Oryo
A Lustful Man
Yuugiridayuu
Manji
Mitsuko Tokumitsu
Marriageable Age
Diary of a Mad Old Man
Satsuko
Elegant Beast
Yukie Mitani, the agent's accountant
The Cast-Off
Takako Sanada
Stolen Pleasure
Masuko
A Wife Confesses
Ayako Takigawa
A Design for Dying
Seisaku's Wife
Okane
The Time of Reckoning
Les Mesdemoiselles
Kasumi Fujisawa
A Certain Woman
Aiko, Yoko's sister
A Public Benefactor
Mitsuko Fukumura
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
Yumiko Kiryû
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
The House of Wooden Blocks
A Rainbow at Every Turn
Mother
Miss Mochizuki
Anchin and Kiyohime
Kiyohime
One Day at Summer's End
Mariko Nozaki
Nami kage
Hinachiyo
The Blue Sky Maiden
Yûko Ono
Spartan Education
Thousand Cranes
Mrs. Ota
The False Student
Mutsuko Takagi
The Ginza Three Boys
Chikami Akiyama
Musume no boken
Tokyo Eyes
Wild Geese
Otama
A Grain of Wheat
Numata Ichiko
The Phantom Horse
Yuki Shiraishi
Shroud of Snow
Taeko Sayama
Bonchi
Ponta
When the Cookie Crumbles
The Forest of No Escape
Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection
Yodogimi
Freezing Point
Natsue
Asakusa at Night
Namie Takashima
The Judo Champ
A Night to Remember
Closing Time
Kimiko Matsuno
The Frolic of the Beasts
Victory and Defeat
Shizuko Abe
Triangle Moods
Mariko Naoe
Girls Born in August
Beauty the Enemy
Keiko Yoshino
Jirocho Fuji
Okiku
She Came For Love
Toshiko Ikuta
Bury Me Deep
Mrs. Senzu
Ripe and Marriageable
Shinobu Takaniwa
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
Self
Jūdai no yūwaku
The Saga of Tanegashima
Wakasa
Vagabonds from Badgerville
Tayori
Shinkon nanatsu no tanoshimi
Zoku jūdai no seiten
Modae
Love River
Zoku zoku Jûdai no seiten
Enchanted Princess
Princess Kinuta / Okuro
While Yet a Wife
Strange Triangle
Red Love, Green Love
Yukiko Oda
Onna no Kyūka
The Rockabilly Lady
Mie Yashiro
The Gaijin
Victory or Defeat
Izakaya Moheji 4
Kihara Shino [New customer]
The Messenger from the Moon
Yoko Kotani
Tsukigata Hanpeita
Yuri Mamiya
Farewell Song
Lady Chatterley of Japan
Sakiko Takashima
Onna no Natsu
Love of the Princess
Kazunomiya
The Story of a Blind Woman
Tokimeki no Gogo
Mōjū Tsukai no Shōjo
Onna no Katei
Maiko monogatari
I'll Cry Alone
Hot Spring Doctress
Isao Shiozuki
Kokoro no nichigetsu
Izakaya Moheji 2
Kihara Shino [New customer]
Roses Bloom on a Rose Tree
Jūdai no seiten
Cascading White Threads
Shojo jutai
Aiko Takano
Evening Calm
The Virgin Witness
Chiei, Nun
Asu wa Nichiyōbi
Their Legacy
母子鶴
Eiko
Newlywed Diary: An Embarrassing Dream
Bojô no kawa
The Betrothed
Tama wa kudakezu
Shinkon nikki: Ureshii asa
Tears
Shi no machi wo nogarete
Setsuko Minami
Maboroshi no Satsui
Farewell, Innocence
Mizosawa Reiko