Ayako Wakao
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
SMAP×SMAP
Bistro Guest
1996
Series
Ohisama
Yoko Sudo (present day)
2011
Series
Takeda Shingen
Oi Fujin
1988
Series
Shin Heike Monogatari
Tokiwa Gozen
1972
Series
Genroku Taiheiki
Someko
1975
Series
Tokugawa Yoshinobu
Yoshiko Tokugawa
1998
Film
Chinkasai
1960
Film
Jirocho Fuji
Okiku
1959
Film
The Bride Carries On
1956
Film
Street of Shame
Yasumi
1956
Film
Kanojo no tokudane
1952
Film
Kuchibue o fuku wataridori
1958
Film
Various Flowers
1959
Film
Yoidore nitōryū
1954
Film
Floating Weeds
Kayo
1959
Film
Hanayome no tameiki
1956
Film
Bara no kōdōkan
1956
Film
I Love You
1956
Film
Irezumi
Otsuya
1966
Film
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
Self
1975
Film
Machi no kotengu
1952
Film
A Geisha
Eiko
1953
Film
Tsuma koso waga inochi
1957
Film
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
Umeno
1970
Studio wa ōsawagi
1956
Film
Inhibited Love
1955
Series
The Tale of Genji
1991
Film
Manji
Mitsuko Tokumitsu
1964
Film
Asashio yushio
1956
Evening Calm
1957
Film
Musume hatsukoi yatton-bushi
1952
Film
Shunsetsu no mon
1953
Film
Night Trap
Aiko Manabe
1967
Film
Maboroshi no Satsui
1971
Film
The Moon Over the Ruined Castle
1954
Film
Ginga no miyako
1957
Film
Outlaw
1953
Film
Shichinin no ani imōto
1955
Film
Midori no nakama
1954
Film
Escape from Temptation
1957
ときめきの午後
1985
Series
愛と愛
1972
Film
Yonjū-hassai no teikō
1956
Film
An Actor's Revenge
Namiji
1963
Film
Hanayome hanamuko chanbara bushi
1952
Film
Yearning
1954
Film
Bonchi
Ponta
1960
Film
A Girl Who Delivers Happiness
1955
Film
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
Kae
1967
Film
Princess from the Moon
Tayoshime
1987
Film
Where Might is Right
1955
Film
Their Legacy
1962
Film
A Lustful Man
Yuugiridayuu
1961
Film
Her Secret
1952
Film
The Blue Sky Maiden
Yuko Ono
1957
Film
Zoku ginga no miyako
1957
Film
My Son's Revolt
1958
Film
Nami kage
Hinachiyo
1965
Film
Red Angel
Nurse Sakura Nishi
1966
Film
The Temple of Wild Geese
Satoko Kirihara
1962
Film
A Wife Confesses
Ayako Takigawa
1961
Film
The Time of Reckoning
Machiko Yonekura
1968
Film
Punishment Room
Akiko Aochi
1956
Film
The Most Valuable Wife
Kyoko Nonomiya
1959
Film
Okore Sanpei
1953
Film
The Betrothed
1957
Film
Seisaku's Wife
Okane
1965
Film
Bridge of Japan
Ochise
1956
Film
Hahakozuru
Eiko
1952
Film
Mother
Miss Mochizuki
1958
Film
A Woman's Testament
1960
Film
A Night to Remember
1962
Film
Two Wives
1967
Film
Diary of a Mad Old Man
Satsuko
1962
Film
Nagasaki no yoru
1955
Film
The Loyal 47 Ronin
Orin, Carpenter's Daughter
1958
Film
Beauty the Enemy
Keiko Yoshino
1959
Film
Freezing Point
Natsue
1966
Film
The Great Wall
Meng Jiangnü
1962
Film
Love River
1958
Film
Girls Born in August
1963
Film
Escape from the City of Death
Setsuko Minami
1952
Film
Afraid to Die
Yoshie Koizumi
1960
Film
Enchanted Princess
Princess Kinuta / Okuro
1959
Film
The Radiant Prince
Aoi no ue
1961
Film
Bamboo Doll of Echizen
Tamae
1963
女の夏
1975
Film
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
明石夕子
1971
Film
A Nice Guy
1960
Film
The Frolic of the Beasts
1964
女の家庭
1974
Film
One Day at Summer's End
Mariko Nozaki
1968
Film
Zoku zoku Jûdai no seiten
1953
Film
While Yet a Wife
1965
Film
Spring Snow
2005
Film
Love and Greed
Namiko Kawashiro
1964
Film
Triangle Moods
Mariko Naoe
1961
Film
The Judo Champ
1958
Film
A Geisha's Diary
Koen
1961
Film
Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection
Yodogimi
1963
Film
Stolen Pleasure
Masuko
1962
Film
Elegant Beast
Yukie Mitani
1962
Film
Marriageable Age
1961
Film
The False Student
Mutsuko Takagi
1960
Film
Shroud of Snow
Taeko Sayama
1967
Film
Anchin and Kiyohime
Kiyohime
1960
Film
Les Mesdemoiselles
Kasumi Fujisawa
1961
Film
The Virgin Witness
Chiei, Nun
1966
Film
Spartan Education
1970
Film
The Ginza Three Boys
Chikami Akiyama
1961
Film
A Public Benefactor
Mitsuko Fukumura
1964
Film
Closing Time
Kimiko Matsuno
1962
Film
The Third Will
Fumino Hamada
1963
Film
The Ladder of Success
1958
Film
Tokyo Eyes
1958
Film
Tears
1956
Film
Onna no Katei
1977
Film
The Cast-Off
Takako Sanada
1959
Film
A Design for Dying
Rinko Tsugawa
1961
Film
A Rainbow at Every Turn
1956
Film
Maiko monogatari
1954
Film
Goodbye, Hello
Kazuko Aota
1959
Film
Daiei Studio is Bustling
1957
Film
Modae
1964
Film
Jūdai no seiten
1953
Film
Thousand Cranes
Mrs. Ota
1969
Film
The Phantom Horse
Yuki Shiraishi
1955
Film
Blood End
Otsuta
1969
Film
Firefly Light
Oryo
1958
Film
Musume no boken
1958
Film
Ripe and Marriageable
Shinobu Takaniwa
1959
Film
She Came For Love
Toshiko Ikuta
1963
Film
Cascading White Threads
1956
Film
Love of the Princess
Kazunomiya
1957
Film
The Saga of Tanegashima
Wakasa
1968
Film
Zoku jūdai no seiten
1953
Film
The Messenger from the Moon
Yoko Kotani
1954
Film
I'll Cry Alone
1965
Film
Red Love, Green Love
Yukiko Oda
1962
Film
Jūdai no yūwaku
1953
Film
Roses Bloom on a Rose Tree
1959
Film
Victory and Defeat
Shizuko Abe
1960
Film
The House of Wooden Blocks
1968
Film
A Certain Woman
Aiko, Yoko's sister
1954
Film
A Grain of Wheat
Numata Ichiko
1958
Film
The Forest of No Escape
1965
Film
Vagabonds from Badgerville
Tayori
1961
Film
The Gaijin
1959
Film
Izakaya Moheji 4
Kihara Shino [New customer]
2015
Film
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
Yumiko Kiryû
1955
Film
Shinkon nanatsu no tanoshimi
1958
Film
Shojo jutai
Aiko Takano
1966
Film
Wild Geese
Otama
1966
Film
Eternal Song of Nagasaki
1952
Film
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
1962
Film
Asakusa at Night
Namie Takashima
1954
Tokimeki no Gogo
1985
Film
The Story of a Blind Woman
1965
Film
The Rockabilly Lady
Mie Yashiro
1960
Film
Tama wa kudakezu
1955
Film
Farewell Song
1955
Film
Newlywed Diary: An Embarrassing Dream
1956
Film
Victory or Defeat
1954
Film
Bojô no kawa
1957
Film
Asu wa Nichiyōbi
1952
Film
Mōjū Tsukai no Shōjo
1952
Film
Kokoro no nichigetsu
1954
Film
Onna no Natsu
1975
Film
When the Cookie Crumbles
1967
Film
Strange Triangle
1965
Film
Hot Spring Doctress
Isao Shiozuki
1964
Film
Lady Chatterley of Japan
Sakiko Takashima
1953
Film
Tsukigata Hanpeita
Yuri Mamiya
1956
Film
Bury Me Deep
Mrs. Senzu
1963
Film
Shinkon nikki: Ureshii asa
1956
Film
Onna no Kyūka
1974
Film
Izakaya Moheji 2
Kihara Shino [New customer]
2013
Film
Farewell, Innocence
Mizosawa Reiko
1955