Ayako Wakao
Known for: Acting
Born: November 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 co…
Known for
Irezumi
1966
Manji
1964
Red Angel
1966
Elegant Beast
1962
A Wife Confesses
1961
Seisaku's Wife
1965
The Betrothed
1957
Shroud of Snow
1967
The False Student
1960
The Blue Sky Maiden
1957
While Yet a Wife
1965
The House of Wooden Blocks
1968
Two Wives
1967
Stolen Pleasure
1962
The Temple of Wild Geese
1962
When the Cookie Crumbles
1967
A Night to Remember
1962
Onna no Kyūka
1974
Onna no Natsu
1975
Roses Bloom on a Rose Tree
1959
Onna no Katei
1977
Bamboo Doll of Echizen
1963
Modae
1964
The Forest of No Escape
1965
A Woman's Testament
1960
Freezing Point
1966
Thousand Cranes
1969
A Geisha's Diary
1961
Love of the Princess
1957
The Virgin Witness
1966
Goodbye, Hello
1959
The Ginza Three Boys
1961
Girls Born in August
1963
One Day at Summer's End
1968
Lady Chatterley of Japan
1953
Triangle Moods
1961
Bury Me Deep
1963
The Rockabilly Lady
1960
Les Mesdemoiselles
1961
She Came For Love
1963
Hot Spring Doctress
1964
Beauty the Enemy
1959
Red Love, Green Love
1962
Closing Time
1962
Strange Triangle
1965
The Most Valuable Wife
1959
The Third Will
1963
Wild Geese
1966
Zoku jūdai no seiten
1953
Zoku zoku Jûdai no seiten
1953
Jūdai no seiten
1953
Jūdai no yūwaku
1953
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
1955
Nami kage
1965
The Frolic of the Beasts
1964
Ripe and Marriageable
1959
Tokyo Eyes
1958
Love River
1958
Tokimeki no Gogo
1985
Shojo jutai
1966
I'll Cry Alone
1965
Shinkon nanatsu no tanoshimi
1958
Kokoro no nichigetsu
1954
Victory or Defeat
1954
Newlywed Diary: An Embarrassing Dream
1956
Shinkon nikki: Ureshii asa
1956
Farewell, Innocence
1955
Night Trap
1967
Musume no boken
1958
Street of Shame
1956
Victory and Defeat
1960
Afraid to Die
1960
A Geisha
1953
Princess from the Moon
1987
A Lustful Man
1961
Blood End
1969
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
1967
Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection
1963
The Phantom Horse
1955
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
1971
Evening Calm
1957
The Ladder of Success
1958
Enchanted Princess
1959
Maboroshi no Satsui
1971
A Rainbow at Every Turn
1956
Anchin and Kiyohime
1960
Love and Greed
1964
Cascading White Threads
1956
Bridge of Japan
1956
A Public Benefactor
1964
Spartan Education
1970
A Grain of Wheat
1958
The Time of Reckoning
1968
Diary of a Mad Old Man
1962
Bonchi
1960
Farewell Song
1955
The Saga of Tanegashima
1968
Vagabonds from Badgerville
1961
Their Legacy
1962
Tears
1956
The Cast-Off
1959
The Judo Champ
1958
Asu wa Nichiyōbi
1952
Maiko monogatari
1954
Bojô no kawa
1957
A Nice Guy
1960
An Actor's Revenge
1963
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
1970
Floating Weeds
1959
Asakusa at Night
1954
Punishment Room
1956
Firefly Light
1958
Marriageable Age
1961
The Gaijin
1959
Tama wa kudakezu
1955
Himitsu
1952
Shi no machi wo nogarete
1952
The Messenger from the Moon
1954
The Radiant Prince
1961
母子鶴
1952
A Design for Dying
1961
The Great Wall
1962
Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege
1964
A Certain Woman
1954
Izakaya Moheji 4
2015
Izakaya Moheji 2
2013
Jirocho Fuji
1959
Tsukigata Hanpeita
1956
Mōjū Tsukai no Shōjo
1952
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
1962
The Loyal 47 Ronin
1958
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
1975
The Story of a Blind Woman
1965
Daiei Studio is Bustling
1957
Spring Snow
2005
Mother
1958
Genroku Taiheiki
1975
Shin Heike Monogatari
1972
Takeda Shingen
1988
SMAP×SMAP
1996
Ohisama
2011
ときめきの午後
1985
女の夏
1975
女の家庭
1974
Tokugawa Yoshinobu
1998
愛と愛
1972
The Tale of Genji
1991