Ayako Wakao
Known for: Acting
Born: November 8, 1933
Place of birth: Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
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.
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Filmography
152 movies · 11 TV shows, newest first
NR
Izakaya Moheji 4
2015
NR
Izakaya Moheji 2
2013
9.0
Ohisama
2011
6.5
Spring Snow
2005
10.0
Tokugawa Yoshinobu
1998
8.5
SMAP×SMAP
1996
NR
The Tale of Genji
1991
7.5
Takeda Shingen
1988
6.4
Princess from the Moon
1987NR
Tokimeki no Gogo
1985NR
ときめきの午後
1985
NR
Onna no Katei
1977
NR
Onna no Natsu
1975NR
女の夏
1975
7.2
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
1975
NR
Genroku Taiheiki
1975
NR
Onna no Kyūka
1974NR
女の家庭
1974
NR
愛と愛
1972
7.3
Shin Heike Monogatari
1972
NR
Maboroshi no Satsui
1971
7.7
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
1971
NR
Spartan Education
1970
6.8
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
1970
6.3
Blood End
1969
8.2
Thousand Cranes
1969
6.5
One Day at Summer's End
1968
6.7
The House of Wooden Blocks
1968
7.5
The Time of Reckoning
1968
5.5
The Saga of Tanegashima
1968
6.7
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
1967
7.0
When the Cookie Crumbles
1967
7.3
Two Wives
1967
NR
Night Trap
1967
7.6
Shroud of Snow
1967
9.0
Shojo jutai
1966
7.6
Red Angel
1966
6.7
Wild Geese
1966
7.2
Freezing Point
1966
7.5
The Virgin Witness
1966
6.9
Irezumi
1966
7.0
While Yet a Wife
1965
7.3
Strange Triangle
1965
7.3
Seisaku's Wife
1965
10.0
I'll Cry Alone
1965
5.0
The Story of a Blind Woman
1965
8.0
Nami kage
1965
9.0
The Forest of No Escape
1965
7.0
Modae
1964
6.5
Manji
1964
6.3
Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege
1964
9.0
The Frolic of the Beasts
1964
7.0
A Public Benefactor
1964
7.8
Love and Greed
1964
8.0
Hot Spring Doctress
1964
7.0
Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection
1963
7.8
Bamboo Doll of Echizen
1963
9.0
She Came For Love
1963
8.0
Bury Me Deep
1963
7.7
The Third Will
1963
NR
Girls Born in August
1963
6.6
An Actor's Revenge
1963
7.3
Elegant Beast
1962
7.0
The Great Wall
1962
6.7
Diary of a Mad Old Man
1962
7.5
A Night to Remember
1962
NR
Red Love, Green Love
1962
NR
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
1962
7.0
Closing Time
1962
7.2
Stolen Pleasure
1962
6.5
The Temple of Wild Geese
1962
10.0
Their Legacy
1962
6.7
A Wife Confesses
1961
7.0
The Radiant Prince
1961
7.5
A Geisha's Diary
1961
6.5
A Design for Dying
1961
NR
Triangle Moods
1961
5.6
A Lustful Man
1961
6.5
Les Mesdemoiselles
1961
7.0
Marriageable Age
1961
8.5
Vagabonds from Badgerville
1961
NR
The Ginza Three Boys
1961
6.7
The False Student
1960
4.8
Anchin and Kiyohime
1960
NR
A Nice Guy
1960
8.0
Victory and Defeat
1960
7.7
Bonchi
1960
6.3
Afraid to Die
1960
9.0
The Rockabilly Lady
1960
6.4
A Woman's Testament
1960
6.5
Enchanted Princess
1959
7.5
Floating Weeds
1959
10.0
Ripe and Marriageable
1959
7.5
Beauty the Enemy
1959
NR
Various Flowers
1959
7.4
Jirocho Fuji
1959
8.0
The Cast-Off
1959
7.0
The Gaijin
1959
8.0
Roses Bloom on a Rose Tree
1959
8.0
The Most Valuable Wife
1959
7.5
Goodbye, Hello
1959
NR
Musume no boken
1958
6.5
The Ladder of Success
1958
NR
A Grain of Wheat
1958
NR
The Judo Champ
1958
NR
Love River
1958
6.3
The Loyal 47 Ronin
1958
9.0
Firefly Light
1958
NR
Mother
1958
NR
Shinkon nanatsu no tanoshimi
1958
NR
Tokyo Eyes
1958
7.0
The Blue Sky Maiden
1957
8.0
The Betrothed
19579.0
Evening Calm
1957
8.0
Love of the Princess
1957
NR
Bojô no kawa
1957
NR
Daiei Studio is Bustling
1957
NR
Yonjū-hassai no teikō
1956
7.0
Tsukigata Hanpeita
1956
7.8
Bridge of Japan
1956
NR
Tears
1956
NR
Asashio yushio
1956
NR
Cascading White Threads
1956
6.9
Punishment Room
1956
NR
Shinkon nikki: Ureshii asa
1956
NR
Newlywed Diary: An Embarrassing Dream
1956
7.7
Street of Shame
1956
NR
A Rainbow at Every Turn
1956
NR
Tama wa kudakezu
1955
6.5
The Phantom Horse
1955
10.0
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
1955
NR
Farewell, Innocence
1955
NR
A Girl Who Delivers Happiness
195510.0
Farewell Song
1955
NR
Victory or Defeat
1954
NR
The Moon Over the Ruined Castle
1954
NR
The Messenger from the Moon
1954
NR
Midori no nakama
1954
7.0
Asakusa at Night
1954
NR
Yearning
1954
NR
Maiko monogatari
1954
NR
Yoidore nitōryū
1954
7.0
A Certain Woman
1954
NR
Kokoro no nichigetsu
1954
NR
Jūdai no yūwaku
1953
NR
Outlaw
1953
NR
Zoku zoku Jûdai no seiten
1953
NR
Shunsetsu no mon
1953
7.6
A Geisha
1953
NR
Zoku jūdai no seiten
1953
4.0
Lady Chatterley of Japan
1953
NR
Okore Sanpei
1953
7.0
Jūdai no seiten
1953
NR
Kanojo no tokudane
1952
NR
Machi no kotengu
1952
8.0
Her Secret
1952
NR
Asu wa Nichiyōbi
1952
NR
Hanayome hanamuko chanbara bushi
1952
NR
Hahakozuru
1952
NR
Mōjū Tsukai no Shōjo
1952
8.0
Escape from the City of Death
1952
NR
Musume hatsukoi yatton-bushi
1952
NR
I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki
1952