Actor
· Acting
Ayako Wakao
Born 1933-11-08
📍 Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
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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. She also appeared in Yasujirō Ozu's Floating Weeds.
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Filmography 139
Izakaya Moheji 4
as Kihara Shino [New customer]
2015
Izakaya Moheji 2
as Kihara Shino [New customer]
2013
Ohisama
as Yoko Sudo (present day)
2011
Spring Snow
2005
Tokugawa Yoshinobu
as Yoshiko Tokugawa
1998
SMAP×SMAP
as Bistro Guest
1996
The Tale of Genji
1991
Takeda Shingen
1988
Takeda Shingen
as Oi Fujin
1988
Princess from the Moon
as Tayoshime
1987
Onna no Katei
1977
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
as Self
1975
Genroku Taiheiki
as Someko
1975
Onna no Kyūka
1974
愛と愛
1972
Shin Heike Monogatari
as Tokiwa Gozen
1972
Maboroshi no Satsui
1971
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
as Yūko
1971
Spartan Education
1970
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
as Umeno
1970
Blood End
as Otsuta
1969
Thousand Cranes
as Mrs. Ota
1969
One Day at Summer's End
as Mariko Nozaki
1968
The House of Wooden Blocks
1968
The Time of Reckoning
1968
The Saga of Tanegashima
as Wakasa
1968
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
as Kae
1967
When the Cookie Crumbles
1967
Two Wives
1967
Night Trap
as Aiko Manabe
1967
Shroud of Snow
as Taeko Sayama
1967
Shojo jutai
as Aiko Takano
1966
Red Angel
as Nurse Sakura Nishi
1966
Wild Geese
as Otama
1966
Freezing Point
as Natsue
1966
The Virgin Witness
as Chiei, Nun
1966
Irezumi
as Otsuya
1966
While Yet a Wife
1965
Strange Triangle
1965
Seisaku's Wife
as Okane
1965
I'll Cry Alone
1965
The Story of a Blind Woman
1965
Nami kage
as Hinachiyo
1965
The Forest of No Escape
1965
Modae
1964
Manji
as Mitsuko Tokumitsu
1964
Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege
as Yodogimi
1964
The Frolic of the Beasts
1964
A Public Benefactor
as Mitsuko Fukumura
1964
Love and Greed
as Namiko Kawashiro
1964
Hot Spring Doctress
as Isao Shiozuki
1964
Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection
as Yodogimi
1963
Bamboo Doll of Echizen
as Tamae
1963
She Came For Love
as Toshiko Ikuta
1963
Bury Me Deep
as Mrs. Senzu
1963
The Third Will
as Fumino Hamada
1963
Girls Born in August
1963
An Actor's Revenge
as Namiji
1963
Elegant Beast
as Yukie Mitani, the agent's accountant
1962
The Great Wall
as Chiang-nu
1962
Diary of a Mad Old Man
as Satsuko
1962
A Night to Remember
1962
Red Love, Green Love
as Yukiko Oda
1962
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
1962
Closing Time
as Kimiko Matsuno
1962
Stolen Pleasure
as Masuko
1962
The Temple of Wild Geese
as Satoko Kirihara
1962
Their Legacy
1962
A Wife Confesses
as Ayako Takigawa
1961
The Radiant Prince
as Aoi no ue
1961
A Geisha's Diary
as Koen
1961
A Design for Dying
1961
Triangle Moods
as Mariko Naoe
1961
A Lustful Man
as Yuugiridayuu
1961
Les Mesdemoiselles
as Kasumi Fujisawa
1961
Marriageable Age
1961
Vagabonds from Badgerville
as Tayori
1961
The Ginza Three Boys
as Chikami Akiyama
1961
The False Student
as Mutsuko Takagi
1960
Anchin and Kiyohime
as Kiyohime
1960
Victory and Defeat
as Shizuko Abe
1960
Bonchi
as Ponta
1960
Afraid to Die
as Yoshie Koizumi
1960
The Rockabilly Lady
as Mie Yashiro
1960
A Woman's Testament
1960
Enchanted Princess
as Princess Kinuta / Okuro
1959
Floating Weeds
as Kayo
1959
Ripe and Marriageable
as Shinobu Takaniwa
1959
Beauty the Enemy
as Keiko Yoshino
1959
Jirocho Fuji
as Okiku
1959
The Cast-Off
as Takako Sanada
1959
The Gaijin
1959
Roses Bloom on a Rose Tree
1959
The Most Valuable Wife
as Kyoko Nonomiya
1959
Goodbye, Hello
as Kazuko Aota
1959
Musume no boken
1958
The Ladder of Success
1958
A Grain of Wheat
as Numata Ichiko
1958
The Judo Champ
1958
Love River
1958
The Loyal 47 Ronin
as Orin, Carpenter's Daughter
1958
Firefly Light
as Oryo
1958
Mother
as Miss Mochizuki
1958
Shinkon nanatsu no tanoshimi
1958
Tokyo Eyes
1958
The Blue Sky Maiden
as Yûko Ono
1957
The Betrothed
1957
Love of the Princess
as Kazunomiya
1957
Bojô no kawa
1957
Daiei Studio is Bustling
1957
Tsukigata Hanpeita
as Yuri Mamiya
1956
Bridge of Japan
as Ochise
1956
Tears
1956
Cascading White Threads
1956
Punishment Room
as Akiko Aochi
1956
Shinkon nikki: Ureshii asa
1956
Newlywed Diary: An Embarrassing Dream
1956
Street of Shame
as Yasumi
1956
A Rainbow at Every Turn
1956
Tama wa kudakezu
1955
The Phantom Horse
as Yuki Shiraishi
1955
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
as Yumiko Kiryû
1955
Farewell, Innocence
as Mizosawa Reiko
1955
Victory or Defeat
1954
The Messenger from the Moon
as Yoko Kotani
1954
Asakusa at Night
as Namie Takashima
1954
A Certain Woman
as Aiko, Yoko's sister
1954
Maiko monogatari
1954
Kokoro no nichigetsu
1954
Jūdai no yūwaku
1953
Zoku zoku Jûdai no seiten
1953
A Geisha
as Eiko
1953
Zoku jūdai no seiten
1953
Lady Chatterley of Japan
as Sakiko Takashima
1953
Jūdai no seiten
1953
Asu wa Nichiyōbi
1952
母子鶴
as Eiko
1952
Shi no machi wo nogarete
as Setsuko Minami
1952
Mōjū Tsukai no Shōjo
1952