Ayako Wakao
- Acting
- November 8, 1933 · 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.
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 · Oi Fujin
- Princess from the Moon · Tayoshime
- Tokimeki no Gogo
- ときめきの午後
- Onna no Katei
- Onna no Natsu
- 女の夏
- 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 · 明石夕子
- 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
- The Frolic of the Beasts
- A Public Benefactor · Mitsuko Fukumura
- Love and Greed · Namiko Kawashiro
- Hot Spring Doctress · Isao Shiozuki
- Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection · Yodogimi
- Bamboo Doll of Echizen · Tamae
- She Came For Love · Toshiko Ikuta
- Bury Me Deep · Mrs. Senzu
- The Third Will · Fumino Hamada
- Girls Born in August
- An Actor's Revenge · Namiji
- Elegant Beast · Yukie Mitani
- The Great Wall · Meng Jiangnü
- Diary of a Mad Old Man · Satsuko
- A Night to Remember
- Red Love, Green Love · Yukiko Oda
- Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
- Closing Time · Kimiko Matsuno
- Stolen Pleasure · Masuko
- The Temple of Wild Geese · Satoko Kirihara
- Their Legacy
- A Wife Confesses · Ayako Takigawa
- The Radiant Prince · Aoi no ue
- A Geisha's Diary · Koen
- A Design for Dying · Rinko Tsugawa
- Triangle Moods · Mariko Naoe
- A Lustful Man · Yuugiridayuu
- Les Mesdemoiselles · Kasumi Fujisawa
- Marriageable Age
- Vagabonds from Badgerville · Tayori