Ayako Wakao
Acting
Born November 8, 1933 · 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.
Films (134)
Izakaya Moheji 4
2015
Izakaya Moheji 2
2013
Spring Snow
2005
Princess from the Moon
1987
Tokimeki no Gogo
1985
Onna no Katei
1977
Onna no Natsu
1975
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
1975
Onna no Kyūka
1974
Maboroshi no Satsui
1971
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
1971
Spartan Education
1970
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
1970
Blood End
1969
Thousand Cranes
1969
One Day at Summer's End
1968
The House of Wooden Blocks
1968
The Time of Reckoning
1968
The Saga of Tanegashima
1968
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
1967
When the Cookie Crumbles
1967
Two Wives
1967
Shroud of Snow
1967
Shojo jutai
1966
Red Angel
1966
Wild Geese
1966
Freezing Point
1966
The Virgin Witness
1966
Irezumi
1966
While Yet a Wife
1965
Strange Triangle
1965
Seisaku's Wife
1965
I'll Cry Alone
1965
The Story of a Blind Woman
1965
Nami kage
1965
The Forest of No Escape
1965
Modae
1964
Manji
1964
Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege
1964
The Frolic of the Beasts
1964
A Public Benefactor
1964
Love and Greed
1964
Hot Spring Doctress
1964
Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection
1963
Bamboo Doll of Echizen
1963
She Came For Love
1963
Bury Me Deep
1963
The Third Will
1963
Girls Born in August
1963
An Actor's Revenge
1963
Elegant Beast
1962
The Great Wall
1962
Diary of a Mad Old Man
1962
A Night to Remember
1962
Red Love, Green Love
1962
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
1962
Closing Time
1962
Stolen Pleasure
1962
The Temple of Wild Geese
1962
Their Legacy
1962
A Wife Confesses
1961
The Radiant Prince
1961
A Geisha's Diary
1961
A Design for Dying
1961
Triangle Moods
1961
A Lustful Man
1961
Les Mesdemoiselles
1961
Marriageable Age
1961
Vagabonds from Badgerville
1961
The Ginza Three Boys
1961
The False Student
1960
Anchin and Kiyohime
1960
Victory and Defeat
1960
Bonchi
1960
Afraid to Die
1960
The Rockabilly Lady
1960
A Woman's Testament
1960
Enchanted Princess
1959
Floating Weeds
1959
Ripe and Marriageable
1959
Beauty the Enemy
1959
Jirocho Fuji
1959
The Cast-Off
1959
The Gaijin
1959
Roses Bloom on a Rose Tree
1959
The Most Valuable Wife
1959
Goodbye, Hello
1959
Musume no boken
1958
The Ladder of Success
1958
A Grain of Wheat
1958
The Judo Champ
1958
Love River
1958
The Loyal 47 Ronin
1958
Firefly Light
1958
Mother
1958
Shinkon nanatsu no tanoshimi
1958
Tokyo Eyes
1958
The Blue Sky Maiden
1957
The Betrothed
1957
Evening Calm
1957
Love of the Princess
1957
Bojô no kawa
1957
Daiei Studio is Bustling
1957
Tsukigata Hanpeita
1956
Bridge of Japan
1956
Tears
1956
Cascading White Threads
1956
Punishment Room
1956
Shinkon nikki: Ureshii asa
1956
Newlywed Diary: An Embarrassing Dream
1956
Street of Shame
1956
A Rainbow at Every Turn
1956
Tama wa kudakezu
1955
The Phantom Horse
1955
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
1955
Farewell, Innocence
1955
Farewell Song
1955
Victory or Defeat
1954
The Messenger from the Moon
1954
Asakusa at Night
1954
A Certain Woman
1954
Maiko monogatari
1954
Kokoro no nichigetsu
1954
Jūdai no yūwaku
1953
Zoku zoku Jûdai no seiten
1953
A Geisha
1953
Zoku jūdai no seiten
1953
Lady Chatterley of Japan
1953
Jūdai no seiten
1953
Himitsu
1952
Asu wa Nichiyōbi
1952
母子鶴
1952
Shi no machi wo nogarete
1952
Mōjū Tsukai no Shōjo
1952