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Ayako Wakao

Ayako Wakao
  • Name: Ayako Wakao
  • Birthday: 1933-11-08
  • Also known as: Аяко Вакао
  • Place of birth: Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
  • Popularity: 7.159
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.... Read More

Movies:

Title Release date
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