Ayako Wakao
November 8, 1933 (91 years old) in 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.
Known For
Credits
- 2015 · Izakaya Moheji 4 as Kihara Shino [New customer]
- 2013 · Izakaya Moheji 2 as Kihara Shino [New customer]
- 2011 · Ohisama as Yoko Sudo (present day)
- 2005 · Spring Snow as
- 1998 · Tokugawa Yoshinobu as Yoshiko Tokugawa
- 1996 · SMAP×SMAP as Bistro Guest
- 1991 · The Tale of Genji as
- 1988 · Takeda Shingen as
- 1988 · Takeda Shingen as Oi Fujin
- 1987 · Princess from the Moon as Tayoshime
- 1985 · ときめきの午後 as
- 1985 · Tokimeki no Gogo as
- 1983 · Meiso chizu as Ayako Teranishi
- 1977 · Onna no Katei as
- 1975 · 女の夏 as
- 1975 · Onna no Natsu as
- 1975 · Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director as
- 1975 · Genroku Taiheiki as Someko
- 1974 · Onna no Kyūka as
- 1974 · 女の家庭 as
- 1972 · Shin Heike Monogatari as Tokiwa Gozen
- 1971 · 幻の殺意 as
- 1971 · Tora-san's Shattered Romance as Yūko
- 1970 · Suparuta Kyouiku Kutabare Oyaji as
- 1970 · Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo as Umeno
- 1969 · Blood End as Otsuta
- 1969 · Thousand Cranes as Mrs. Ota
- 1968 · One Day at Summer's End as Mariko Nozaki
- 1968 · The House of Wooden Blocks as
- 1968 · The Time of Reckoning as
- 1968 · The Saga of Tanegashima as Wakasa
- 1967 · The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka as Kae
- 1967 · When the Cookie Crumbles as
- 1967 · Two Wives as
- 1967 · Shroud of Snow as Taeko Sayama
- 1966 · Shojo jutai as Aiko Takano
- 1966 · Red Angel as Nurse Sakura Nishi
- 1966 · Wild Geese as Otama
- 1966 · The Freezing Point as Natsue
- 1966 · The Virgin Witness as Chiei, Nun
- 1966 · Irezumi as Otsuya
- 1965 · Strange Triangle as
- 1965 · Seisaku's Wife as Okane
- 1965 · I'll Cry Alone as
- 1965 · The Story of a Blind Woman as
- 1965 · Nami kage as Hinachiyo
- 1965 · The Forest of No Escape as
- 1965 · While Yet a Wife as
- 1964 · Modae as
- 1964 · Manji as Mitsuko Tokumitsu
- 1964 · Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege as Yodogimi
- 1964 · The Frolic of the Beasts as
- 1964 · A Public Benefactor as Mitsuko Fukumura
- 1964 · Love and Greed as Namiko Kawashiro
- 1964 · Hot Spring Doctress as Isao Shiozuki
- 1963 · Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection as Yodogimi
- 1963 · Bamboo Doll of Echizen as Tamae
- 1963 · She Came For Love as Toshiko Ikuta
- 1963 · Bury Me Deep as Mrs. Senzu
- 1963 · The Third Will as Fumino Hamada
- 1963 · Girls Born in August as
- 1963 · An Actor's Revenge as Namiji
- 1962 · Elegant Beast as Yukie Mitani, the agent's accountant
- 1962 · The Great Wall as Chiang-nu
- 1962 · Diary of a Mad Old Man as Satsuko
- 1962 · A Night to Remember as
- 1962 · Red Love, Green Love as Yukiko Oda
- 1962 · Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo as
- 1962 · Closing Time as Kimiko Matsuno
- 1962 · Stolen Pleasure as Masuko
- 1962 · The Temple of Wild Geese as Satoko Kirihara
- 1962 · Their Legacy as
- 1961 · A Wife Confesses as Ayako Takigawa
- 1961 · The Radiant Prince as Aoi no ue
- 1961 · A Geisha's Diary as Koen
- 1961 · A Design for Dying as
- 1961 · Triangle Moods as Mariko Naoe
- 1961 · A Lustful Man as Yuugiridayuu
- 1961 · Les Mesdemoiselles as Kasumi Fujisawa
- 1961 · Marriageable Age as
- 1961 · The Ginza Three Boys as Chikami Akiyama
- 1961 · Vagabonds from Badgerville as Tayori
- 1960 · The False Student as Mutsuko Takagi
- 1960 · The Priest and the Beauty as Kiyohime
- 1960 · Victory and Defeat as Shizuko Abe
- 1960 · Bonchi as Ponta
- 1960 · Afraid to Die as Yoshie Koizumi
- 1960 · The Rockabilly Lady as Mie Yashiro
- 1960 · A Woman's Testament as
- 1959 · Enchanted Princess as Princess Kinuta / Okuro
- 1959 · Floating Weeds as Kayo
- 1959 · Ripe and Marriageable as Shinobu Takaniwa
- 1959 · Beauty the Enemy as Keiko Yoshino
- 1959 · Jirocho Fuji as Okiku
- 1959 · The Cast-Off as
- 1959 · The Gaijin as
- 1959 · Roses Bloom on a Rose Tree as
- 1959 · The Most Valuable Wife as Kyoko Nonomiya
- 1959 · Goodbye, Hello as Kazuko Aota
- 1958 · Musume no boken as
- 1958 · A Grain of Wheat as Numata Ichiko
- 1958 · The Judo Champ as
- 1958 · Love River as
- 1958 · The Loyal 47 Ronin as Orin, Carpenter's Daughter
- 1958 · The Ladder of Success as
- 1958 · Firefly Light as Oryo
- 1958 · Mother as Miss Mochizuki
- 1958 · Tokyo Eyes as
- 1957 · The Blue Sky Maiden as Yûko Ono
- 1957 · The Betrothed as
- 1957 · Evening Calm as
- 1957 · Love of the Princess as Kazunomiya
- 1957 · Daiei Studio is Bustling as
- 1956 · Tsukigata Hanpeita as Yuri Mamiya
- 1956 · Bridge of Japan as Ochise
- 1956 · Tears as
- 1956 · 滝の白糸 as
- 1956 · Punishment Room as Akiko Aochi
- 1956 · Street of Shame as Yasumi
- 1956 · A Rainbow at Every Turn as
- 1955 · The Phantom Horse as Yuki Shiraishi
- 1955 · A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love as Yumiko Kiryû
- 1955 · Farewell Song as
- 1954 · The Messenger from the Moon as Yoko Kotani
- 1954 · 浅草の夜 as Namie Takashima
- 1954 · A Certain Woman as Aiko, Yoko's sister
- 1953 · Jūdai no yūwaku as
- 1953 · 続々十代の性典 as
- 1953 · A Geisha as Eiko
- 1953 · Zoku jūdai no seiten as
- 1953 · Lady Chatterley of Japan as Sakiko Takashima
- 1953 · Jûdai no seiten as
- 1952 · 母子鶴 as Eiko
- 1952 · Shi no machi wo nogarete as Setsuko Minami