Place of Birth:
Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Date of Birth:
11/8/1933
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.
Musume no boken
An Actor's Revenge
Irezumi
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
Street of Shame
Victory and Defeat
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
Meiso chizu
Afraid to Die
A Geisha
Floating Weeds
Manji
The Great Wall
Princess from the Moon
Red Angel
A Lustful Man
Blood End
Elegant Beast
A Wife Confesses
Seisaku's Wife
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege
The Tale of Genji
Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection
The Phantom Horse
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
Evening Calm
The Ladder of Success
Jirocho Fuji
The Betrothed
Enchanted Princess
幻の殺意
Shroud of Snow
A Rainbow at Every Turn
The Priest and the Beauty
The False Student
The Blue Sky Maiden
Love and Greed
滝の白糸
Spring Snow
Bridge of Japan
Asakusa at Night
A Public Benefactor
While Yet a Wife
Punishment Room
A Certain Woman
Spartan Education
Shi no machi wo nogarete
Two Wives
Stolen Pleasure
The House of Wooden Blocks
The Temple of Wild Geese
When the Cookie Crumbles
A Night to Remember
A Grain of Wheat
Onna no Kyūka
Firefly Light
The Time of Reckoning
Onna no Natsu
Roses Bloom on a Rose Tree
Izakaya Moheji 2
Izakaya Moheji 4
Onna no Katei
Diary of a Mad Old Man
Bamboo Doll of Echizen
Modae
The Loyal 47 Ronin
The Forest of No Escape
Bonchi
Farewell Song
A Woman's Testament
The Freezing Point
Thousand Cranes
The Saga of Tanegashima
A Geisha's Diary
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
Love of the Princess
The Messenger from the Moon
The Virgin Witness
The Radiant Prince
Vagabonds from Badgerville
Marriageable Age
Goodbye, Hello
The Ginza Three Boys
Girls Born in August
One Day at Summer's End
Triangle Moods
Lady Chatterley of Japan
Les Mesdemoiselles
She Came For Love
Bury Me Deep
The Rockabilly Lady
Beauty the Enemy
Hot Spring Doctress
Closing Time
Red Love, Green Love
母子鶴
The Most Valuable Wife
Their Legacy
Strange Triangle
Tears
The Third Will
A Design for Dying
Wild Geese
The Cast-Off
Zoku jūdai no seiten
Jūdai no yūwaku
Jûdai no seiten
続々十代の性典
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
Nami kage
Tsukigata Hanpeita
The Gaijin
The Frolic of the Beasts
The Story of a Blind Woman
Ripe and Marriageable
Tokyo Eyes
Love River
Mother
The Judo Champ
Daiei Studio is Bustling
Tokimeki no Gogo
Shojo jutai
I'll Cry Alone