Ayako Wakao

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.

Known For

SMAP×SMAP

Genroku Taiheiki

Takeda Shingen

Takeda Shingen

Ohisama

Tokugawa Yoshinobu

Shin Heike Monogatari

Irezumi

All Movies (136)

• Izakaya Moheji 42015 · as Kihara Shino [New customer]
• Izakaya Moheji 22013 · as Kihara Shino [New customer]
• Spring Snow2005
• Princess from the Moon1987 · as Tayoshime
• Tokimeki no Gogo1985
• Onna no Katei1977
• Onna no Natsu1975
• Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director1975 · as Self
• Onna no Kyūka1974
• Maboroshi no Satsui1971
• Tora-san's Shattered Romance1971 · as Yūko
• Spartan Education1970
• Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo1970 · as Umeno
• Blood End1969 · as Otsuta
• Thousand Cranes1969 · as Mrs. Ota
• One Day at Summer's End1968 · as Mariko Nozaki
• The House of Wooden Blocks1968
• The Time of Reckoning1968
• The Saga of Tanegashima1968 · as Wakasa
• The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka1967 · as Kae
• When the Cookie Crumbles1967
• Two Wives1967
• Night Trap1967 · as Aiko Manabe
• Shroud of Snow1967 · as Taeko Sayama
• Shojo jutai1966 · as Aiko Takano
• Red Angel1966 · as Nurse Sakura Nishi
• Wild Geese1966 · as Otama
• Freezing Point1966 · as Natsue
• The Virgin Witness1966 · as Chiei, Nun
• Irezumi1966 · as Otsuya
• While Yet a Wife1965
• Strange Triangle1965
• Seisaku's Wife1965 · as Okane
• I'll Cry Alone1965
• The Story of a Blind Woman1965
• Nami kage1965 · as Hinachiyo
• The Forest of No Escape1965
• Modae1964
• Manji1964 · as Mitsuko Tokumitsu
• Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege1964 · as Yodogimi
• The Frolic of the Beasts1964
• A Public Benefactor1964 · as Mitsuko Fukumura
• Love and Greed1964 · as Namiko Kawashiro
• Hot Spring Doctress1964 · as Isao Shiozuki
• Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection1963 · as Yodogimi
• Bamboo Doll of Echizen1963 · as Tamae
• She Came For Love1963 · as Toshiko Ikuta
• Bury Me Deep1963 · as Mrs. Senzu
• The Third Will1963 · as Fumino Hamada
• Girls Born in August1963
• An Actor's Revenge1963 · as Namiji
• Elegant Beast1962 · as Yukie Mitani
• The Great Wall1962 · as Chiang-nu
• Diary of a Mad Old Man1962 · as Satsuko
• A Night to Remember1962
• Red Love, Green Love1962 · as Yukiko Oda
• Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo1962
• Closing Time1962 · as Kimiko Matsuno
• Stolen Pleasure1962 · as Masuko
• The Temple of Wild Geese1962 · as Satoko Kirihara
• Their Legacy1962
• A Wife Confesses1961 · as Ayako Takigawa
• The Radiant Prince1961 · as Aoi no ue
• A Geisha's Diary1961 · as Koen
• A Design for Dying1961
• Triangle Moods1961 · as Mariko Naoe
• A Lustful Man1961 · as Yuugiridayuu
• Les Mesdemoiselles1961 · as Kasumi Fujisawa
• Marriageable Age1961
• Vagabonds from Badgerville1961 · as Tayori
• The Ginza Three Boys1961 · as Chikami Akiyama
• The False Student1960 · as Mutsuko Takagi
• Anchin and Kiyohime1960 · as Kiyohime
• A Nice Guy1960
• Victory and Defeat1960 · as Shizuko Abe
• Bonchi1960 · as Ponta
• Afraid to Die1960 · as Yoshie Koizumi
• The Rockabilly Lady1960 · as Mie Yashiro
• A Woman's Testament1960
• Enchanted Princess1959 · as Princess Kinuta / Okuro
• Floating Weeds1959 · as Kayo
• Ripe and Marriageable1959 · as Shinobu Takaniwa
• Beauty the Enemy1959 · as Keiko Yoshino
• Jirocho Fuji1959 · as Okiku
• The Cast-Off1959 · as Takako Sanada
• The Gaijin1959
• Roses Bloom on a Rose Tree1959
• The Most Valuable Wife1959 · as Kyoko Nonomiya
• Goodbye, Hello1959 · as Kazuko Aota
• Musume no boken1958
• The Ladder of Success1958
• A Grain of Wheat1958 · as Numata Ichiko
• The Judo Champ1958
• Love River1958
• The Loyal 47 Ronin1958 · as Orin, Carpenter's Daughter
• Firefly Light1958 · as Oryo
• Mother1958 · as Miss Mochizuki
• Shinkon nanatsu no tanoshimi1958
• Tokyo Eyes1958
• The Blue Sky Maiden1957 · as Yûko Ono
• The Betrothed1957
• Evening Calm1957
• Love of the Princess1957 · as Kazunomiya
• Bojô no kawa1957
• Daiei Studio is Bustling1957
• Tsukigata Hanpeita1956 · as Yuri Mamiya
• Bridge of Japan1956 · as Ochise
• Tears1956
• Cascading White Threads1956
• Punishment Room1956 · as Akiko Aochi
• Shinkon nikki: Ureshii asa1956
• Newlywed Diary: An Embarrassing Dream1956
• Street of Shame1956 · as Yasumi
• A Rainbow at Every Turn1956
• Tama wa kudakezu1955
• The Phantom Horse1955 · as Yuki Shiraishi
• A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love1955 · as Yumiko Kiryû
• Farewell, Innocence1955 · as Mizosawa Reiko
• Farewell Song1955
• Victory or Defeat1954
• The Messenger from the Moon1954 · as Yoko Kotani
• Asakusa at Night1954 · as Namie Takashima
• A Certain Woman1954 · as Aiko, Yoko's sister
• Maiko monogatari1954
• Kokoro no nichigetsu1954
• Jūdai no yūwaku1953
• Zoku zoku Jûdai no seiten1953
• A Geisha1953 · as Eiko
• Zoku jūdai no seiten1953
• Lady Chatterley of Japan1953 · as Sakiko Takashima
• Jūdai no seiten1953
• Himitsu1952
• Asu wa Nichiyōbi1952
• 母子鶴1952 · as Eiko
• Shi no machi wo nogarete1952 · as Setsuko Minami
• Mōjū Tsukai no Shōjo1952

All TV Shows (12)

• Ohisama2011 · as Yoko Sudo (present day)
• Tokugawa Yoshinobu1998 · as Yoshiko Tokugawa
• SMAP×SMAP1996 · as Bistro Guest
• The Tale of Genji1991
• Takeda Shingen1988
• Takeda Shingen1988 · as Oi Fujin
• ときめきの午後1985
• 女の夏1975
• Genroku Taiheiki1975 · as Someko
• 女の家庭1974
• 愛と愛1972
• Shin Heike Monogatari1972 · as Tokiwa Gozen