Ayako Wakao

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1933-11-08 (92 years old)

Place of Birth

Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

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 M...

Acting

1963

1966

Irezumi

as Otsuya

1956

1960

Victory and Defeat

as Shizuko Abe

1960

Afraid to Die

as Yoshie Koizumi

1953

A Geisha

as Eiko

1959

1964

Manji

as Mitsuko Tokumitsu

1962

The Great Wall

as Chiang-nu

1987

1966

Red Angel

as Nurse Sakura Nishi

1961

A Lustful Man

as Yuugiridayuu

1969

Blood End

as Otsuta

1962

Elegant Beast

as Yukie Mitani, the agent's accountant

1961

A Wife Confesses

as Ayako Takigawa

1965

1955

The Phantom Horse

as Yuki Shiraishi

1959

Jirocho Fuji

as Okiku

1959

Enchanted Princess

as Princess Kinuta / Okuro

1967

Shroud of Snow

as Taeko Sayama

1960

The False Student

as Mutsuko Takagi

1964

Love and Greed

as Namiko Kawashiro

1957

1956

1954

Asakusa at Night

as Namie Takashima

1964

A Public Benefactor

as Mitsuko Fukumura

1956

Punishment Room

as Akiko Aochi

1954

A Certain Woman

as Aiko, Yoko's sister

1952

Shi no machi wo nogarete

as Setsuko Minami

1962

1962

The Temple of Wild Geese

as Satoko Kirihara

1958

A Grain of Wheat

as Numata Ichiko

1958

2013

Izakaya Moheji 2

as Kihara Shino [New customer]

2015

Izakaya Moheji 4

as Kihara Shino [New customer]

1964

1958

The Loyal 47 Ronin

as Orin, Carpenter's Daughter

1960

Bonchi

as Ponta

1966

1969

Thousand Cranes

as Mrs. Ota

1961

1957

1954

1966

The Virgin Witness

as Chiei, Nun

1961

The Radiant Prince

as Aoi no ue

1959

Goodbye, Hello

as Kazuko Aota

1961

The Ginza Three Boys

as Chikami Akiyama

1961

Triangle Moods

as Mariko Naoe

1953

Lady Chatterley of Japan

as Sakiko Takashima

1968

One Day at Summer's End

as Mariko Nozaki

1960

The Rockabilly Lady

as Mie Yashiro

1963

Bury Me Deep

as Mrs. Senzu

1963

She Came For Love

as Toshiko Ikuta

1961

Les Mesdemoiselles

as Kasumi Fujisawa

1959

Beauty the Enemy

as Keiko Yoshino

1964

Hot Spring Doctress

as Isao Shiozuki

1962

Closing Time

as Kimiko Matsuno

1962

1952

母子鶴

as Eiko

1959

The Most Valuable Wife

as Kyoko Nonomiya

1956

1963

The Third Will

as Fumino Hamada

1966

Wild Geese

as Otama

1955

1965

Nami kage

as Hinachiyo

1956

Tsukigata Hanpeita

as Yuri Mamiya

1959

Ripe and Marriageable

as Shinobu Takaniwa

1958

Mother

as Miss Mochizuki

1966

Shojo jutai

as Aiko Takano

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