Ayako Wakao
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 8, 1933 (age 93)
- Birthplace
- Tokyo, Japan
Biography
Ayako Wakao (若尾文子, born 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.
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Filmography
Izakaya Moheji 4
Movie · as Kihara Shino [New customer]
Izakaya Moheji 2
Movie · as Kihara Shino [New customer]
Ohisama
TV · as Yoko Sudo (present day) · 156 eps
Spring Snow
Movie
Tokugawa Yoshinobu
TV · as Yoshiko Tokugawa · 49 eps
SMAP×SMAP
TV · as Bistro Guest · 1 ep
The Tale of Genji
TV · 2 eps
Takeda Shingen
TV · as Oi Fujin · 50 eps
Princess from the Moon
Movie · as Tayoshime
Tokimeki no Gogo
Movie
ときめきの午後
TV · 1 ep
Onna no Katei
Movie
Onna no Natsu
Movie
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
Movie · as Self
Genroku Taiheiki
TV · as Someko · 52 eps
女の夏
TV · 1 ep
Onna no Kyūka
Movie
女の家庭
TV · 1 ep
Shin Heike Monogatari
TV · as Tokiwa Gozen · 52 eps
愛と愛
TV · 1 ep
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
Movie · as 明石夕子
Maboroshi no Satsui
Movie
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
Movie · as Umeno
Spartan Education
Movie
Blood End
Movie · as Otsuta
Thousand Cranes
Movie · as Mrs. Ota
The House of Wooden Blocks
Movie
The Time of Reckoning
Movie · as Machiko Yonekura
The Saga of Tanegashima
Movie · as Wakasa
One Day at Summer's End
Movie · as Mariko Nozaki
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
Movie · as Kae
Shroud of Snow
Movie · as Taeko Sayama
Two Wives
Movie
When the Cookie Crumbles
Movie
Night Trap
Movie · as Aiko Manabe
Irezumi
Movie · as Otsuya
Red Angel
Movie · as Nurse Sakura Nishi
Freezing Point
Movie · as Natsue
The Virgin Witness
Movie · as Chiei, Nun
Wild Geese
Movie · as Otama
Shojo jutai
Movie · as Aiko Takano
Seisaku's Wife
Movie · as Okane
While Yet a Wife
Movie
The Forest of No Escape
Movie
Strange Triangle
Movie
Nami kage
Movie · as Hinachiyo
The Story of a Blind Woman
Movie
I'll Cry Alone
Movie
Manji
Movie · as Mitsuko Tokumitsu
Love and Greed
Movie · as Namiko Kawashiro
A Public Benefactor
Movie · as Mitsuko Fukumura
Modae
Movie
Hot Spring Doctress
Movie · as Isao Shiozuki
The Frolic of the Beasts
Movie
An Actor's Revenge
Movie · as Namiji
Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection
Movie · as Yodogimi
Bamboo Doll of Echizen
Movie · as Tamae
Girls Born in August
Movie
Bury Me Deep
Movie · as Mrs. Senzu
She Came For Love
Movie · as Toshiko Ikuta
The Third Will
Movie · as Fumino Hamada
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
Movie
The Great Wall
Movie · as Meng Jiangnü
Elegant Beast
Movie · as Yukie Mitani
Stolen Pleasure
Movie · as Masuko
The Temple of Wild Geese
Movie · as Satoko Kirihara
A Night to Remember
Movie
Diary of a Mad Old Man
Movie · as Satsuko
Red Love, Green Love
Movie · as Yukiko Oda
Closing Time
Movie · as Kimiko Matsuno
Their Legacy
Movie
A Lustful Man
Movie · as Yuugiridayuu
A Wife Confesses
Movie · as Ayako Takigawa
A Geisha's Diary
Movie · as Koen
The Radiant Prince
Movie · as Aoi no ue
Vagabonds from Badgerville
Movie · as Tayori
Marriageable Age
Movie
The Ginza Three Boys
Movie · as Chikami Akiyama
Triangle Moods
Movie · as Mariko Naoe
Les Mesdemoiselles
Movie · as Kasumi Fujisawa
A Design for Dying
Movie · as Rinko Tsugawa
Ginza no bonbon
Movie
Victory and Defeat
Movie · as Shizuko Abe
Afraid to Die
Movie · as Yoshie Koizumi
Anchin and Kiyohime
Movie · as Kiyohime
The False Student
Movie · as Mutsuko Takagi
Bonchi
Movie · as Ponta
A Woman's Testament
Movie
The Rockabilly Lady
Movie · as Mie Yashiro
A Nice Guy
Movie
Chinkasai
Movie
Floating Weeds
Movie · as Kayo
Jirocho Fuji
Movie · as Okiku
Enchanted Princess
Movie · as Princess Kinuta / Okuro
Roses Bloom on a Rose Tree
Movie
Goodbye, Hello
Movie · as Kazuko Aota
Beauty the Enemy
Movie · as Keiko Yoshino
The Most Valuable Wife
Movie · as Kyoko Nonomiya
The Cast-Off
Movie · as Takako Sanada
The Gaijin
Movie
Ripe and Marriageable
Movie · as Shinobu Takaniwa
Various Flowers
Movie
Musume no boken
Movie
The Ladder of Success
Movie
A Grain of Wheat
Movie · as Numata Ichiko
Firefly Light
Movie · as Oryo
The Loyal 47 Ronin
Movie · as Orin, Carpenter's Daughter
Tokyo Eyes
Movie
Love River
Movie
Mother
Movie · as Miss Mochizuki
The Judo Champ
Movie
Shinkon nanatsu no tanoshimi
Movie
Kuchibue o fuku wataridori
Movie
My Son's Revolt
Movie
Evening Calm
Movie
The Betrothed
Movie
The Blue Sky Maiden
Movie · as Yuko Ono
Love of the Princess
Movie · as Kazunomiya
Daiei Studio is Bustling
Movie
Bojô no kawa
Movie
Ginga no miyako
Movie
Zoku ginga no miyako
Movie
Tsuma koso waga inochi
Movie
Escape from Temptation
Movie
Street of Shame
Movie · as Yasumi
A Rainbow at Every Turn
Movie
Cascading White Threads
Movie
Bridge of Japan
Movie · as Ochise
Punishment Room
Movie · as Akiko Aochi
Tears
Movie
Tsukigata Hanpeita
Movie · as Yuri Mamiya
Newlywed Diary: An Embarrassing Dream
Movie
Shinkon nikki: Ureshii asa
Movie
Asashio yushio
Movie
Yonjū-hassai no teikō
Movie
Bara no kōdōkan
Movie
Hanayome no tameiki
Movie
The Bride Carries On
Movie
Studio wa ōsawagi
Movie
I Love You
Movie
The Phantom Horse
Movie · as Yuki Shiraishi
Farewell Song
Movie
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
Movie · as Yumiko Kiryû
Tama wa kudakezu
Movie
Farewell, Innocence
Movie · as Mizosawa Reiko
A Girl Who Delivers Happiness
Movie
Inhibited Love
Movie
Nagasaki no yoru
Movie
Shichinin no ani imōto
Movie
Where Might is Right
Movie
Asakusa at Night
Movie · as Namie Takashima
A Certain Woman
Movie · as Aiko, Yoko's sister
The Messenger from the Moon
Movie · as Yoko Kotani
Kokoro no nichigetsu
Movie
Maiko monogatari
Movie
Victory or Defeat
Movie
Yoidore nitōryū
Movie
Yearning
Movie
Green Friends
Movie
The Moon Over the Ruined Castle
Movie
A Geisha
Movie · as Eiko
Lady Chatterley of Japan
Movie · as Sakiko Takashima
Zoku jūdai no seiten
Movie
Zoku zoku Jûdai no seiten
Movie
Jūdai no seiten
Movie
Jūdai no yūwaku
Movie
Okore Sanpei
Movie
Shunsetsu no mon
Movie
Outlaw
Movie
Escape from the City of Death
Movie · as Setsuko Minami
Hahakozuru
Movie · as Eiko
Asu wa Nichiyōbi
Movie
Mōjū Tsukai no Shōjo
Movie
Her Secret
Movie
Musume hatsukoi yatton-bushi
Movie
Eternal Song of Nagasaki
Movie
Hanayome hanamuko chanbara bushi
Movie
Machi no kotengu
Movie
Kanojo no tokudane
Movie