Ayako Wakao
Biography
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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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Acting (129 movies)
Musume no boken
1958
An Actor's Revenge
1963
Irezumi
1966
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
1970
Street of Shame
1956
Victory and Defeat
1960
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
1962
Afraid to Die
1960
A Geisha
1953
Floating Weeds
1959
Manji
1964
The Great Wall
1962
Princess from the Moon
1987
Red Angel
1966
A Lustful Man
1961
Blood End
1969
Elegant Beast
1962
A Wife Confesses
1961
Seisaku's Wife
1965
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
1967
Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege
1964
The Tale of Genji
1991
Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection
1963
The Phantom Horse
1955
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
1971
The Ladder of Success
1958
Jirocho Fuji
1959
The Betrothed
1957
Enchanted Princess
1959
幻の殺意
1971
Shroud of Snow
1967
A Rainbow at Every Turn
1956
The Priest and the Beauty
1960
The False Student
1960
Love and Greed
1964
The Blue Sky Maiden
1957
Cascading White Threads
1956
Spring Snow
2005
Bridge of Japan
1956
Asakusa at Night
1954
A Public Benefactor
1964
While Yet a Wife
1965
Punishment Room
1956
A Certain Woman
1954
Spartan Education
1970
Shi no machi wo nogarete
1952
Two Wives
1967
The House of Wooden Blocks
1968
Stolen Pleasure
1962
The Temple of Wild Geese
1962
A Night to Remember
1962
A Grain of Wheat
1958
Onna no Kyūka
1974
Firefly Light
1958
The Time of Reckoning
1968
Roses Bloom on a Rose Tree
1959
Izakaya Moheji 2
2013
Izakaya Moheji 4
2015
Onna no Katei
1977
Diary of a Mad Old Man
1962
Bamboo Doll of Echizen
1963
Modae
1964
The Loyal 47 Ronin
1958
The Forest of No Escape
1965
Bonchi
1960
A Woman's Testament
1960
The Freezing Point
1966
Thousand Cranes
1969
The Saga of Tanegashima
1968
A Geisha's Diary
1961
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
1975
Love of the Princess
1957
The Messenger from the Moon
1954
The Virgin Witness
1966
The Radiant Prince
1961
Vagabonds from Badgerville
1961
Marriageable Age
1961
Goodbye, Hello
1959
Girls Born in August
1963
The Ginza Three Boys
1961
Triangle Moods
1961
Lady Chatterley of Japan
1953
One Day at Summer's End
1968
The Rockabilly Lady
1960
Bury Me Deep
1963
She Came For Love
1963
Les Mesdemoiselles
1961
Beauty the Enemy
1959
Hot Spring Doctress
1964
Closing Time
1962
Red Love, Green Love
1962
母子鶴
1952
The Most Valuable Wife
1959
Their Legacy
1962
Strange Triangle
1965
Tears
1956
The Third Will
1963
A Design for Dying
1961
Wild Geese
1966
The Cast-Off
1959
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