Ayako Wakao
ActingAlso Known As
Аяко Вакао, آیاکو واکائو
Biography
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 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.
Movies
(134 total)
Floating Weeds
as Kayo
Street of Shame
as Yasumi
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
as Umeno
An Actor's Revenge
as Namiji
Red Angel
as Nurse Sakura Nishi
A Geisha
as Eiko
Irezumi
as Otsuya
Manji
as Mitsuko Tokumitsu
A Wife Confesses
as Ayako Takigawa
Princess from the Moon
as Tayoshime
Seisaku's Wife
as Okane
The Blue Sky Maiden
as Yûko Ono
Elegant Beast
as Yukie Mitani, the agent's accountant
The Temple of Wild Geese
as Satoko Kirihara
Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege
as Yodogimi
Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection
as Yodogimi
Bamboo Doll of Echizen
as Tamae
A Geisha's Diary
as Koen
Afraid to Die
as Yoshie Koizumi
TV Shows
(12 total)
Shin Heike Monogatari
as Tokiwa Gozen
SMAP×SMAP
as Bistro Guest
Ohisama
as Yoko Sudo (present day)
Takeda Shingen
as Oi Fujin
Genroku Taiheiki
as Someko
Tokugawa Yoshinobu
as Yoshiko Tokugawa
