Ayako Wakao

Ayako Wakao

  • Birthday: 1933-11-08
  • Place of birth: Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
  • Also know as: 若尾文子

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.

Filmography

Irezumi

1966

As Otsuya

Manji

1964

As Mitsuko Tokumitsu

Red Angel

1966

As Nurse Sakura Nishi

The Blue Sky Maiden

1957

As Yûko Ono

Elegant Beast

1962

As Yukie Mitani, the agent's accountant

A Wife Confesses

1961

As Ayako Takigawa

Seisaku's Wife

1965

As Okane

The Temple of Wild Geese

1962

As Satoko Kirihara

The False Student

1960

As Mutsuko Takagi

Two Wives

1967

As

Stolen Pleasure

1962

As Masuko

The Freezing Point

1966

As Natsue

Thousand Cranes

1969

As Mrs. Ota

A Geisha's Diary

1961

As Koen

Love of the Princess

1957

As Kazunomiya

The Virgin Witness

1966

As Chiei, Nun

Goodbye, Hello

1959

As Kazuko Aota

The Ginza Three Boys

1961

As Chikami Akiyama

Bury Me Deep

1963

As Mrs. Senzu

The Rockabilly Lady

1960

As Mie Yashiro

She Came For Love

1963

As Toshiko Ikuta

Les Mesdemoiselles

1961

As Kasumi Fujisawa

Hot Spring Doctress

1964

As Isao Shiozuki

Beauty the Enemy

1959

As Keiko Yoshino

Red Love, Green Love

1962

As Yukiko Oda

Closing Time

1962

As Kimiko Matsuno

One Day at Summer's End

1968

As Mariko Nozaki

Lady Chatterley of Japan

1953

As Sakiko Takashima

Triangle Moods

1961

As Mariko Naoe

The Most Valuable Madam

1959

As Kyoko Nonomiya

The Third Will

1963

As Fumino Hamada

Wild Geese

1966

As Otama

The Cast-Off

1959

As

A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love

1955

As Yumiko Kiryû

Nami kage

1965

As Hinachiyo

Meiso chizu

1983

As Ayako Teranishi

Afraid to Die

1960

As Yoshie Koizumi

A Geisha

1953

As Eiko

Princess from the Moon

1987

As Tayoshime

A Lustful Man

1961

As Yuugiridayuu

Blood End

1969

As Otsuta

The Phantom Horse

1955

As Yuki Shiraishi

Evening Calm

1957

As

Enchanted Princess

1959

As Princess Kinuta / Okuro

The Priest and the Beauty

1960

As Kiyohime

Love and Greed

1964

As Namiko Kawashiro

Bridge of Japan

1956

As Ochise

A Public Benefactor

1964

As Mitsuko Fukumura

Diary of a Mad Old Man

1962

As Satsuko

Bonchi

1960

As Ponta

Their Legacy

1962

As

Tears

1956

As

幻の殺意

1971

As

Victory and Defeat

1960

As Shizuko Abe

滝の白糸

1956

As

An Actor's Revenge

1963

As Namiji

Street of Shame

1956

As Yasumi

Floating Weeds

1959

As Kayo

Punishment Room

1956

As Akiko Aochi

Firefly Light

1958

As Oryo

The Gaijin

1959

As

Asakusa no yoru

1954

As Namie Takashima

Shi no machi wo nogarete

1952

As Setsuko Minami

The Messenger from the Moon

1954

As Yoko Kotani

The Radiant Prince

1961

As Aoi no ue

母子鶴

1952

As Eiko

The Great Wall

1962

As Chiang-nu

Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege

1964

As Yodogimi

A Certain Woman

1954

As Aiko, Yoko's sister

Jirocho Fuji

1959

As Okiku

Tsukigata Hanpeita

1956

As Yuri Mamiya

The Loyal 47 Ronin

1958

As Orin, Carpenter's Daughter

Spring Snow

2005

As

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