Biography
Ayako Wakao (若尾文子, born 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.
Acted in 171
2010s
- 2015
Izakaya Moheji 4
Kihara Shino [New customer]
- 2013
- 2011
2000s
- 2005
Spring Snow
Movie
1990s
- 1998
Tokugawa Yoshinobu
Yoshiko Tokugawa · 49 episodes
- 1996
- 1991
The Tale of Genji
TV
1980s
- 1988
Takeda Shingen
Oi Fujin · 50 episodes
- 1987
Princess from the Moon
Tayoshime
1970s
- 1977
Onna no Katei
Movie
- 1975
Onna no Natsu
Movie
Genroku Taiheiki
Someko · 52 episodes
- 1974
- 1972
愛と愛
TV
Shin Heike Monogatari
Tokiwa Gozen · 52 episodes
- 1971
Maboroshi no Satsui
Movie
- 1970
Spartan Education
Movie
1960s
- 1969
Blood End
Otsuta
Thousand Cranes
Mrs. Ota
- 1968
The House of Wooden Blocks
Movie
The Time of Reckoning
Machiko Yonekura
The Saga of Tanegashima
Wakasa
- 1967
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
Kae
When the Cookie Crumbles
Movie
Two Wives
Movie
Night Trap
Aiko Manabe
Shroud of Snow
Taeko Sayama
- 1966
Wild Geese
Otama
The Virgin Witness
Chiei, Nun
- 1965
While Yet a Wife
Movie
Strange Triangle
Movie
Seisaku's Wife
Okane
The Story of a Blind Woman
Movie
Nami kage
Hinachiyo
- 1964
Modae
Movie
Manji
Mitsuko Tokumitsu
The Frolic of the Beasts
Movie
A Public Benefactor
Mitsuko Fukumura
Love and Greed
Namiko Kawashiro
- 1963
Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection
Yodogimi
Bamboo Doll of Echizen
Tamae
Bury Me Deep
Mrs. Senzu
The Third Will
Fumino Hamada
Girls Born in August
Movie
An Actor's Revenge
Namiji
- 1962
The Great Wall
Meng Jiangnü
Diary of a Mad Old Man
Satsuko
A Night to Remember
Movie
Red Love, Green Love
Yukiko Oda
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
Movie
Stolen Pleasure
Masuko
The Temple of Wild Geese
Satoko Kirihara
Their Legacy
Movie
- 1961
A Wife Confesses
Ayako Takigawa
The Radiant Prince
Aoi no ue
A Geisha's Diary
Koen
A Design for Dying
Rinko Tsugawa
Les Mesdemoiselles
Kasumi Fujisawa
Marriageable Age
Movie
Vagabonds from Badgerville
Tayori
- 1960
Anchin and Kiyohime
Kiyohime
A Nice Guy
Movie
Victory and Defeat
Shizuko Abe
Afraid to Die
Yoshie Koizumi
The Rockabilly Lady
Mie Yashiro
A Woman's Testament
Movie
1950s
- 1959
Enchanted Princess
Princess Kinuta / Okuro
Ripe and Marriageable
Shinobu Takaniwa
Beauty the Enemy
Keiko Yoshino
Various Flowers
Movie
Jirocho Fuji
Okiku
The Gaijin
Movie
Roses Bloom on a Rose Tree
Movie
- 1958
Musume no boken
Movie
The Ladder of Success
Movie
A Grain of Wheat
Numata Ichiko
The Judo Champ
Movie
Kuchibue o fuku wataridori
Movie
Love River
Movie
Firefly Light
Oryo
Mother
Miss Mochizuki
Shinkon nanatsu no tanoshimi
Movie
Tokyo Eyes
Movie
- 1957
The Blue Sky Maiden
Yuko Ono
Love of the Princess
Kazunomiya
Bojô no kawa
Movie
Daiei Studio is Bustling
Movie
Ginga no miyako
Movie
- 1956
Yonjū-hassai no teikō
Movie
Tsukigata Hanpeita
Yuri Mamiya
Bridge of Japan
Ochise
Cascading White Threads
Movie
Shinkon nikki: Ureshii asa
Movie
Newlywed Diary: An Embarrassing Dream
Movie
Street of Shame
Yasumi
A Rainbow at Every Turn
Movie
The Bride Carries On
Movie
Hanayome no tameiki
Movie
Bara no kōdōkan
Movie
- 1955
Where Might is Right
Movie
Shichinin no ani imōto
Movie
Tama wa kudakezu
Movie
Nagasaki no yoru
Movie
The Phantom Horse
Yuki Shiraishi
Inhibited Love
Movie
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
Yumiko Kiryû
Farewell, Innocence
Mizosawa Reiko
- 1954
The Moon Over the Ruined Castle
Movie
The Messenger from the Moon
Yoko Kotani
Green Friends
Movie
Asakusa at Night
Namie Takashima
Yearning
Movie
Maiko monogatari
Movie
A Certain Woman
Aiko, Yoko's sister
Kokoro no nichigetsu
Movie
- 1953
Jūdai no yūwaku
Movie
Zoku zoku Jûdai no seiten
Movie
Zoku jūdai no seiten
Movie
Lady Chatterley of Japan
Sakiko Takashima
Okore Sanpei
Movie
Jūdai no seiten
Movie
- 1952
Machi no kotengu
Movie
Her Secret
Movie
Asu wa Nichiyōbi
Movie
Hanayome hanamuko chanbara bushi
Movie
Hahakozuru
Eiko
Mōjū Tsukai no Shōjo
Movie
Escape from the City of Death
Setsuko Minami
Musume hatsukoi yatton-bushi
Movie
Eternal Song of Nagasaki
Movie
Appearances1
1970s
- 1975
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
Self