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Ayako Wakao
Biography:
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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.... Read More
Movies:
Title | Release date |
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Izakaya Moheji 4 as Kihara Shino [New customer] | 2015-06-08 |
Izakaya Moheji 2 as Kihara Shino [New customer] | 2013-08-05 |
Spring Snow | 2005-10-09 |
The Tale of Genji | 1991-12-27 |
Princess from the Moon as Tayoshime | 1987-09-26 |
Tokimeki no Gogo | 1985-07-07 |
Meiso chizu as Ayako Teranishi | 1983-10-22 |
Onna no Katei | 1977-04-10 |
Onna no Natsu | 1975-06-29 |
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director | 1975-05-24 |
Onna no Kyūka | 1974-07-28 |
幻の殺意 | 1971-04-15 |
Tora-san's Shattered Romance as Yūko | 1971-01-15 |
Suparuta Kyouiku Kutabare Oyaji | 1970-08-12 |
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo as Umeno | 1970-01-15 |
Blood End as Otsuta | 1969-11-15 |
Thousand Cranes as Mrs. Ota | 1969-04-19 |
One Day at Summer's End as Mariko Nozaki | 1968-11-30 |
The House of Wooden Blocks | 1968-10-30 |
The Time of Reckoning | 1968-06-29 |
The Saga of Tanegashima as Wakasa | 1968-05-18 |
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka as Kae | 1967-10-28 |
When the Cookie Crumbles | 1967-06-09 |
Two Wives | 1967-04-15 |
Shroud of Snow as Taeko Sayama | 1967-01-14 |
Shojo jutai as Aiko Takano | 1966-10-29 |
Red Angel as Nurse Sakura Nishi | 1966-10-01 |
Wild Geese as Otama | 1966-05-21 |
The Freezing Point as Natsue | 1966-03-26 |
The Virgin Witness as Chiei, Nun | 1966-01-29 |
Irezumi as Otsuya | 1966-01-15 |
Strange Triangle | 1965-07-31 |
Seisaku's Wife as Okane | 1965-06-25 |
I'll Cry Alone | 1965-04-17 |
The Story of a Blind Woman | 1965-02-20 |
Nami kage as Hinachiyo | 1965-01-31 |
The Forest of No Escape | 1965-01-23 |
While Yet a Wife | 1965-01-01 |
Modae | 1964-10-03 |
Manji as Mitsuko Tokumitsu | 1964-07-25 |
Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege as Yodogimi | 1964-07-10 |
Kemono no tawamure | 1964-06-11 |
A Public Benefactor as Mitsuko Fukumura | 1964-04-04 |
Love and Greed as Namiko Kawashiro | 1964-02-24 |
Hot Spring Doctress as Isao Shiozuki | 1964-01-09 |
Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection as Yodogimi | 1963-12-28 |
Bamboo Doll of Echizen as Tamae | 1963-10-05 |
She Came For Love as Toshiko Ikuta | 1963-08-28 |
Bury Me Deep as Mrs. Senzu | 1963-06-08 |
The Third Will as Fumino Hamada | 1963-03-31 |
Girls Born in August | 1963-02-19 |
An Actor's Revenge as Namiji | 1963-01-13 |
Elegant Beast as Yukie Mitani, the agent's accountant | 1962-12-26 |
The Great Wall as Chiang-nu | 1962-11-01 |
Diary of a Mad Old Man as Satsuko | 1962-10-20 |
A Night to Remember | 1962-09-30 |
Red Love, Green Love as Yukiko Oda | 1962-06-17 |
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo | 1962-05-12 |
Closing Time as Kimiko Matsuno | 1962-04-18 |
Stolen Pleasure as Masuko | 1962-03-14 |
The Temple of Wild Geese as Satoko Kirihara | 1962-01-21 |
Their Legacy | 1962-01-03 |
A Wife Confesses as Ayako Takigawa | 1961-10-29 |
The Radiant Prince as Aoi no ue | 1961-10-14 |
A Geisha's Diary as Koen | 1961-07-28 |
A Design for Dying | 1961-06-28 |
Triangle Moods as Mariko Naoe | 1961-05-24 |
A Lustful Man as Yuugiridayuu | 1961-03-21 |
Les Mesdemoiselles as Kasumi Fujisawa | 1961-02-15 |
Marriageable Age | 1961-01-14 |
The Ginza Three Boys as Chikami Akiyama | 1961-01-03 |
Vagabonds from Badgerville as Tayori | 1961-01-03 |
The False Student as Mutsuko Takagi | 1960-10-08 |
The Priest and the Beauty as Kiyohime | 1960-08-09 |
Victory and Defeat as Shizuko Abe | 1960-04-27 |
Bonchi as Ponta | 1960-04-14 |
Afraid to Die as Yoshie Koizumi | 1960-03-22 |
The Rockabilly Lady as Mie Yashiro | 1960-03-08 |
A Woman's Testament | 1960-01-14 |
Enchanted Princess as Princess Kinuta / Okuro | 1959-12-27 |
Floating Weeds as Kayo | 1959-11-17 |
Ripe and Marriageable as Shinobu Takaniwa | 1959-09-17 |
Beauty the Enemy as Keiko Yoshino | 1959-08-12 |
Jirocho Fuji as Okiku | 1959-06-03 |
The Cast-Off | 1959-05-13 |
The Gaijin | 1959-05-01 |
Roses Bloom on a Rose Tree | 1959-03-11 |
The Most Valuable Wife as Kyoko Nonomiya | 1959-02-11 |
Goodbye, Hello as Kazuko Aota | 1959-01-03 |
Musume no boken | 1958-11-01 |
A Grain of Wheat as Numata Ichiko | 1958-09-14 |
The Judo Champ | 1958-08-12 |
Love River | 1958-04-22 |
The Ladder of Success | 1958-04-01 |
The Loyal 47 Ronin as Orin, Carpenter's Daughter | 1958-04-01 |
Firefly Light as Oryo | 1958-03-18 |
Mother as Miss Mochizuki | 1958-03-05 |
Tokyo Eyes | 1958-01-03 |
The Blue Sky Maiden as Yûko Ono | 1957-10-08 |
The Betrothed | 1957-05-28 |
Evening Calm | 1957-04-01 |
Love of the Princess as Kazunomiya | 1957-03-19 |
Daiei Studio is Bustling | 1957-01-15 |
Tsukigata Hanpeita as Yuri Mamiya | 1956-10-16 |
Bridge of Japan as Ochise | 1956-10-01 |
Tears | 1956-09-26 |
滝の白糸 | 1956-07-12 |
Punishment Room as Akiko Aochi | 1956-06-28 |
Street of Shame as Yasumi | 1956-03-18 |
A Rainbow at Every Turn | 1956-02-19 |
The Phantom Horse as Yuki Shiraishi | 1955-07-20 |
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love as Yumiko Kiryû | 1955-04-23 |
Farewell Song | 1955-01-15 |
The Messenger from the Moon as Yoko Kotani | 1954-09-22 |
浅草の夜 as Namie Takashima | 1954-07-14 |
A Certain Woman as Aiko, Yoko's sister | 1954-03-13 |
Jūdai no yūwaku | 1953-12-29 |
続々十代の性典 | 1953-09-22 |
A Geisha as Eiko | 1953-08-12 |
Zoku jūdai no seiten | 1953-05-15 |
Lady Chatterley of Japan as Sakiko Takashima | 1953-04-05 |
Jûdai no seiten | 1953-02-05 |
母子鶴 as Eiko | 1952-07-03 |
Shi no machi wo nogarete as Setsuko Minami | 1952-05-22 |