Known For
Acting
Born
Nov 08, 1933
Place of Birth
Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Credits
150 titles
Ayako Wakao
Biography
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
Filmography
Izakaya Moheji 4
Kihara Shino [New customer]
Izakaya Moheji 2
Kihara Shino [New customer]
Ohisama
Yoko Sudo (present day)
Spring Snow
Tokugawa Yoshinobu
Yoshiko Tokugawa
SMAP×SMAP
Bistro Guest
The Tale of Genji
Takeda Shingen
Princess from the Moon
Tayoshime
ときめきの午後
Tokimeki no Gogo
Onna no Katei
女の夏
Onna no Natsu
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
Self
Genroku Taiheiki
Someko
Onna no Kyūka
女の家庭
愛と愛
Shin Heike Monogatari
Tokiwa Gozen
Maboroshi no Satsui
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
Yūko
Spartan Education
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
Umeno
Blood End
Otsuta
Thousand Cranes
Mrs. Ota
One Day at Summer's End
Mariko Nozaki
The House of Wooden Blocks
The Time of Reckoning
Machiko Yonekura
The Saga of Tanegashima
Wakasa
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
Kae
When the Cookie Crumbles
Two Wives
Night Trap
Aiko Manabe
Shroud of Snow
Taeko Sayama
Shojo jutai
Aiko Takano
Red Angel
Nurse Sakura Nishi
Wild Geese
Otama
Freezing Point
Natsue
The Virgin Witness
Chiei, Nun
Irezumi
Otsuya
While Yet a Wife
Strange Triangle
Seisaku's Wife
Okane
I'll Cry Alone
The Story of a Blind Woman
Nami kage
Hinachiyo
The Forest of No Escape
Modae
Manji
Mitsuko Tokumitsu