Ayako Wakao

Known For: Acting
Born: November 8, 1933
Place of Birth: Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

Ayako Wakao

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 · Kihara Shino [New customer]

Izakaya Moheji 2

2013 · Kihara Shino [New customer]

Ohisama

2011 · Yoko Sudo (present day)

Spring Snow

2005

Tokugawa Yoshinobu

1998 · Yoshiko Tokugawa

SMAP×SMAP

1996 · Bistro Guest

The Tale of Genji

1991

Takeda Shingen

1988 · , Oi Fujin

Princess from the Moon

1987 · Tayoshime

Tokimeki no Gogo

Tokimeki no Gogo

1985

ときめきの午後

ときめきの午後

1985

Onna no Katei

1977

Onna no Natsu

1975

女の夏

1975

Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director

1975 · Self

Genroku Taiheiki

1975 · Someko

Onna no Kyūka

1974

女の家庭

1974

愛と愛

1972

Shin Heike Monogatari

1972 · Tokiwa Gozen

Maboroshi no Satsui

1971

Tora-san's Shattered Romance

1971 · Yūko

Spartan Education

1970

Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo

1970 · Umeno

Blood End

1969 · Otsuta

Thousand Cranes

1969 · Mrs. Ota

One Day at Summer's End

1968 · Mariko Nozaki

The House of Wooden Blocks

1968

The Time of Reckoning

1968 · Machiko Yonekura

The Saga of Tanegashima

1968 · Wakasa

The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka

1967 · Kae

When the Cookie Crumbles

1967

Two Wives

1967

Night Trap

1967 · Aiko Manabe

Shroud of Snow

1967 · Taeko Sayama

Shojo jutai

1966 · Aiko Takano

Red Angel

1966 · Nurse Sakura Nishi

Wild Geese

1966 · Otama

Freezing Point

1966 · Natsue

The Virgin Witness

1966 · Chiei, Nun

Irezumi

1966 · Otsuya

While Yet a Wife

1965

Strange Triangle

1965

Seisaku's Wife

1965 · Okane

I'll Cry Alone

1965

The Story of a Blind Woman

1965

Nami kage

1965 · Hinachiyo

The Forest of No Escape

1965

Modae

1964

Manji

1964 · Mitsuko Tokumitsu

Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege

1964 · Yodogimi

The Frolic of the Beasts

1964

A Public Benefactor

1964 · Mitsuko Fukumura

Love and Greed

1964 · Namiko Kawashiro

Hot Spring Doctress

1964 · Isao Shiozuki

Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection

1963 · Yodogimi

Bamboo Doll of Echizen

1963 · Tamae

She Came For Love

1963 · Toshiko Ikuta

Bury Me Deep

1963 · Mrs. Senzu

The Third Will

1963 · Fumino Hamada

Girls Born in August

1963

An Actor's Revenge

1963 · Namiji

Elegant Beast

1962 · Yukie Mitani

The Great Wall

1962 · Chiang-nu

Diary of a Mad Old Man

1962 · Satsuko

A Night to Remember

1962

Red Love, Green Love

1962 · Yukiko Oda

Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo

1962

Closing Time

1962 · Kimiko Matsuno

Stolen Pleasure

1962 · Masuko

The Temple of Wild Geese

1962 · Satoko Kirihara

Their Legacy

1962

A Wife Confesses

1961 · Ayako Takigawa

The Radiant Prince

1961 · Aoi no ue

A Geisha's Diary

1961 · Koen

A Design for Dying

1961 · Rinko Tsugawa

Triangle Moods

1961 · Mariko Naoe

A Lustful Man

1961 · Yuugiridayuu

Les Mesdemoiselles

1961 · Kasumi Fujisawa

Marriageable Age

1961

Vagabonds from Badgerville

1961 · Tayori

The Ginza Three Boys

1961 · Chikami Akiyama

The False Student

1960 · Mutsuko Takagi

Anchin and Kiyohime

1960 · Kiyohime

A Nice Guy

1960

Victory and Defeat

1960 · Shizuko Abe

Bonchi

1960 · Ponta

Afraid to Die

1960 · Yoshie Koizumi

The Rockabilly Lady

1960 · Mie Yashiro

A Woman's Testament

1960

Enchanted Princess

1959 · Princess Kinuta / Okuro

Floating Weeds

1959 · Kayo

Ripe and Marriageable

1959 · Shinobu Takaniwa

Beauty the Enemy

1959 · Keiko Yoshino

Jirocho Fuji

1959 · Okiku

The Cast-Off

1959 · Takako Sanada

The Gaijin

1959

Roses Bloom on a Rose Tree

1959

The Most Valuable Wife

1959 · Kyoko Nonomiya

Goodbye, Hello

1959 · Kazuko Aota

Musume no boken

1958

The Ladder of Success

1958

A Grain of Wheat

1958 · Numata Ichiko

The Judo Champ

1958

Love River

1958

The Loyal 47 Ronin

1958 · Orin, Carpenter's Daughter

Firefly Light

1958 · Oryo

Mother

1958 · Miss Mochizuki

Shinkon nanatsu no tanoshimi

1958

Tokyo Eyes

1958

The Blue Sky Maiden

1957 · Yûko Ono

The Betrothed

1957

Evening Calm

1957

Love of the Princess

1957 · Kazunomiya

Bojô no kawa

1957

Daiei Studio is Bustling

1957

Tsukigata Hanpeita

1956 · Yuri Mamiya

Bridge of Japan

1956 · Ochise

Tears

1956

Cascading White Threads

1956

Punishment Room

1956 · Akiko Aochi

Shinkon nikki: Ureshii asa

1956

Newlywed Diary: An Embarrassing Dream

1956

Street of Shame

1956 · Yasumi

A Rainbow at Every Turn

1956

Tama wa kudakezu

1955

The Phantom Horse

1955 · Yuki Shiraishi

A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love

1955 · Yumiko Kiryû

Farewell, Innocence

1955 · Mizosawa Reiko

Farewell Song

1955

Victory or Defeat

1954

The Messenger from the Moon

1954 · Yoko Kotani

Asakusa at Night

1954 · Namie Takashima

A Certain Woman

1954 · Aiko, Yoko's sister

Maiko monogatari

1954

Kokoro no nichigetsu

1954

Jūdai no yūwaku

1953

Zoku zoku Jûdai no seiten

1953

A Geisha

1953 · Eiko

Zoku jūdai no seiten

1953

Lady Chatterley of Japan

1953 · Sakiko Takashima

Jūdai no seiten

1953

Himitsu

1952

Asu wa Nichiyōbi

1952

母子鶴

1952 · Eiko

Shi no machi wo nogarete

1952 · Setsuko Minami

Mōjū Tsukai no Shōjo

1952

Ayako Wakao · Virelixia