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Ayako Wakao

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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Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

151

Gender

Female

Birthday

1933-11-08

Place of Birth

Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

Also Known As

Аяко Вакао, آیاکو واکائو

Known For

Musume no boken An Actor's Revenge Irezumi Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo Street of Shame Victory and Defeat Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo 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 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 Maboroshi no Satsui Shroud of Snow A Rainbow at Every Turn Anchin and Kiyohime The False Student The Blue Sky Maiden Love and Greed Cascading White Threads Spring Snow Bridge of Japan Asakusa at Night A Public Benefactor While Yet a Wife Punishment Room A Certain Woman Spartan Education Escape from the City of Death 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 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 Hahakozuru 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 Jūdai no seiten Zoku zoku Jûdai no seiten 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 Shinkon nanatsu no tanoshimi Asu wa Nichiyōbi Kokoro no nichigetsu Maiko monogatari Victory or Defeat Tama wa kudakezu Newlywed Diary: An Embarrassing Dream Shinkon nikki: Ureshii asa Bojô no kawa Farewell, Innocence Mōjū Tsukai no Shōjo Her Secret Night Trap A Nice Guy Asashio yushio A Girl Who Delivers Happiness Various Flowers Yonjū-hassai no teikō Musume hatsukoi yatton-bushi I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki Hanayome hanamuko chanbara bushi Machi no kotengu Kanojo no tokudane Okore Sanpei Shunsetsu no mon Outlaw Yoidore nitōryū Yearning Midori no nakama
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