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Ayako Wakao

Ayako Wakao

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 fav

Born

Nov 08, 1933

Tokyo, Japan

Known For

Acting

Movies

167 acting

0 crew

Popularity

1.4

Known For

The Ginza Three Boys
The Ginza Three Boys
1961 • as Chikami Akiyama
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
1970 • as Umeno
★ 6.8
Irezumi
Irezumi
1966 • as Otsuya
★ 6.8
Floating Weeds
Floating Weeds
1959 • as Kayo
★ 7.5
An Actor's Revenge
An Actor's Revenge
1963 • as Namiji
★ 6.6
A Geisha
A Geisha
1953 • as Eiko
★ 7.6
Manji
Manji
1964 • as Mitsuko Tokumitsu
★ 6.5
Princess from the Moon
Princess from the Moon
1987 • as Tayoshime
★ 6.4
Street of Shame
Street of Shame
1956 • as Yasumi
★ 7.7
Seisaku's Wife
Seisaku's Wife
1965 • as Okane
★ 7.3
Spring Snow
★ 6.5
Two Wives
★ 7.3
Diary of a Mad Old Man
Diary of a Mad Old Man
1962 • as Satsuko
★ 6.7
Red Angel
Red Angel
1966 • as Nurse Sakura Nishi
★ 7.6
Afraid to Die
Afraid to Die
1960 • as Yoshie Koizumi
★ 6.3
Stolen Pleasure
Stolen Pleasure
1962 • as Masuko
★ 7.2
The Great Wall
The Great Wall
1962 • as Meng Jiangnü
★ 7.5
The Temple of Wild Geese
The Temple of Wild Geese
1962 • as Satoko Kirihara
★ 6.5
Her Secret
★ 8.0
Bamboo Doll of Echizen
Bamboo Doll of Echizen
1963 • as Tamae
★ 7.8
Thousand Cranes
Thousand Cranes
1969 • as Mrs. Ota
★ 8.2
The Blue Sky Maiden
The Blue Sky Maiden
1957 • as Yuko Ono
★ 7.1
The Most Valuable Wife
The Most Valuable Wife
1959 • as Kyoko Nonomiya
★ 8.0
Elegant Beast
Elegant Beast
1962 • as Yukie Mitani
★ 7.3
Mother
Mother
1958 • as Miss Mochizuki
The False Student
The False Student
1960 • as Mutsuko Takagi
★ 6.7
Ripe and Marriageable
Ripe and Marriageable
1959 • as Shinobu Takaniwa
★ 10.0
Punishment Room
Punishment Room
1956 • as Akiko Aochi
★ 6.9
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
1955 • as Yumiko Kiryû
★ 10.0
A Wife Confesses
A Wife Confesses
1961 • as Ayako Takigawa
★ 6.7
Anchin and Kiyohime
Anchin and Kiyohime
1960 • as Kiyohime
★ 4.8
A Lustful Man
A Lustful Man
1961 • as Yuugiridayuu
★ 5.6
Bonchi
Bonchi
1960 • as Ponta
★ 7.7
Tears
Tears
1956
The Cast-Off
The Cast-Off
1959 • as Takako Sanada
★ 8.0
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
1971 • as 明石夕子
★ 7.7
Love and Greed
Love and Greed
1964 • as Namiko Kawashiro
★ 7.8
The Loyal 47 Ronin
The Loyal 47 Ronin
1958 • as Orin, Carpenter's Daughter
★ 6.2
A Public Benefactor
A Public Benefactor
1964 • as Mitsuko Fukumura
★ 7.0
Marriageable Age
★ 7.0
Blood End
Blood End
1969 • as Otsuta
★ 6.3
Night Trap
Night Trap
1967 • as Aiko Manabe
Love of the Princess
Love of the Princess
1957 • as Kazunomiya
★ 8.0
A Geisha's Diary
A Geisha's Diary
1961 • as Koen
★ 7.5
Bridge of Japan
Bridge of Japan
1956 • as Ochise
★ 7.8
Jirocho Fuji
Jirocho Fuji
1959 • as Okiku
★ 7.4
Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection
★ 7.0
Enchanted Princess
Enchanted Princess
1959 • as Princess Kinuta / Okuro
★ 6.5
Izakaya Moheji 4
Izakaya Moheji 4
2015 • as Kihara Shino [New customer]
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
★ 6.6
movie
★ 9.0
While Yet a Wife
★ 7.0
Freezing Point
Freezing Point
1966 • as Natsue
★ 7.2
I'll Cry Alone
★ 10.0
The Saga of Tanegashima
The Saga of Tanegashima
1968 • as Wakasa
★ 5.5
Shojo jutai
Shojo jutai
1966 • as Aiko Takano
★ 9.0
A Certain Woman
A Certain Woman
1954 • as Aiko, Yoko's sister
★ 7.0
Nami kage
Nami kage
1965 • as Hinachiyo
★ 8.0
Beauty the Enemy
Beauty the Enemy
1959 • as Keiko Yoshino
★ 7.5
A Design for Dying
A Design for Dying
1961 • as Rinko Tsugawa
★ 6.5
Their Legacy
★ 10.0
One Day at Summer's End
One Day at Summer's End
1968 • as Mariko Nozaki
★ 6.5
The Radiant Prince
The Radiant Prince
1961 • as Aoi no ue
★ 7.0
The Time of Reckoning
The Time of Reckoning
1968 • as Machiko Yonekura
★ 7.5
The Third Will
The Third Will
1963 • as Fumino Hamada
★ 7.7
Hahakozuru
Hahakozuru
1952 • as Eiko
A Grain of Wheat
A Grain of Wheat
1958 • as Numata Ichiko
The Betrothed
★ 8.0
The Phantom Horse
The Phantom Horse
1955 • as Yuki Shiraishi
★ 6.5
Farewell Song
★ 10.0
Shroud of Snow
Shroud of Snow
1967 • as Taeko Sayama
★ 7.6
Closing Time
Closing Time
1962 • as Kimiko Matsuno
★ 7.0
Asakusa at Night
Asakusa at Night
1954 • as Namie Takashima
★ 7.0
Jūdai no seiten
★ 7.0
She Came For Love
She Came For Love
1963 • as Toshiko Ikuta
★ 9.0
Firefly Light
Firefly Light
1958 • as Oryo
★ 9.0
Triangle Moods
Triangle Moods
1961 • as Mariko Naoe
Lady Chatterley of Japan
Lady Chatterley of Japan
1953 • as Sakiko Takashima
★ 4.0
Strange Triangle
★ 7.3
Goodbye, Hello
Goodbye, Hello
1959 • as Kazuko Aota
★ 7.5
Victory and Defeat
Victory and Defeat
1960 • as Shizuko Abe
★ 8.0
Modae
Modae
1964
★ 7.0
Escape from the City of Death
Escape from the City of Death
1952 • as Setsuko Minami
★ 8.0
The Messenger from the Moon
The Messenger from the Moon
1954 • as Yoko Kotani
Tsukigata Hanpeita
Tsukigata Hanpeita
1956 • as Yuri Mamiya
★ 7.0
The Virgin Witness
The Virgin Witness
1966 • as Chiei, Nun
★ 7.5
The Rockabilly Lady
The Rockabilly Lady
1960 • as Mie Yashiro
★ 9.0
Red Love, Green Love
Red Love, Green Love
1962 • as Yukiko Oda
Les Mesdemoiselles
Les Mesdemoiselles
1961 • as Kasumi Fujisawa
★ 6.5
The Gaijin
★ 7.0
Bury Me Deep
Bury Me Deep
1963 • as Mrs. Senzu
★ 8.0
Wild Geese
Wild Geese
1966 • as Otama
★ 6.7
Izakaya Moheji 2
Izakaya Moheji 2
2013 • as Kihara Shino [New customer]
Hot Spring Doctress
Hot Spring Doctress
1964 • as Isao Shiozuki
★ 8.0
Vagabonds from Badgerville
Vagabonds from Badgerville
1961 • as Tayori
★ 8.5
Farewell, Innocence
Farewell, Innocence
1955 • as Mizosawa Reiko