
Cast
Ayako Wakao
Acting
Cast
Ayako Wakao
Known for
Acting
Born
1933-11-08
From
Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Also 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.

Street of Shame
as Yasumi

Irezumi
as Otsuya

Floating Weeds
as Kayo

Princess from the Moon
as Tayoshime

A Geisha
as Eiko

Spring Snow

Red Angel
as Nurse Sakura Nishi

Elegant Beast
as Yukie Mitani, the agent's accountant

The Blue Sky Maiden
as Yûko Ono

Manji
as Mitsuko Tokumitsu

An Actor's Revenge
as Namiji

A Night to Remember

The Loyal 47 Ronin
as Orin, Carpenter's Daughter

Bridge of Japan
as Ochise

Afraid to Die
as Yoshie Koizumi

Strange Triangle

Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
as Umeno

A Wife Confesses
as Ayako Takigawa

The House of Wooden Blocks

The Temple of Wild Geese
as Satoko Kirihara

Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection
as Yodogimi

The Great Wall
as Chiang-nu

Bamboo Doll of Echizen
as Tamae

Love and Greed
as Namiko Kawashiro

Stolen Pleasure
as Masuko

A Lustful Man
as Yuugiridayuu

Bonchi
as Ponta

The Phantom Horse
as Yuki Shiraishi

Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege
as Yodogimi

A Design for Dying

Seisaku's Wife
as Okane

母子鶴
as Eiko

Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
as Self

Firefly Light
as Oryo

Jirocho Fuji
as Okiku

Maboroshi no Satsui

The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
as Kae

Nami kage
as Hinachiyo

Their Legacy

Diary of a Mad Old Man
as Satsuko

Goodbye, Hello
as Kazuko Aota

Anchin and Kiyohime
as Kiyohime

A Geisha's Diary
as Koen

The Ginza Three Boys
as Chikami Akiyama

Izakaya Moheji 4
as Kihara Shino [New customer]

Tora-san's Shattered Romance
as Yūko

The Betrothed

Mother
as Miss Mochizuki

Marriageable Age

Two Wives

A Certain Woman
as Aiko, Yoko's sister

The False Student
as Mutsuko Takagi

Modae

One Day at Summer's End
as Mariko Nozaki

When the Cookie Crumbles

Freezing Point
as Natsue

The Most Valuable Wife
as Kyoko Nonomiya

The Third Will
as Fumino Hamada

Tears

The Ladder of Success

Shi no machi wo nogarete
as Setsuko Minami

The Rockabilly Lady
as Mie Yashiro

The Cast-Off
as Takako Sanada

The Virgin Witness
as Chiei, Nun

The Saga of Tanegashima
as Wakasa

The Radiant Prince
as Aoi no ue

The Messenger from the Moon
as Yoko Kotani

Evening Calm

Beauty the Enemy
as Keiko Yoshino

Triangle Moods
as Mariko Naoe

Thousand Cranes
as Mrs. Ota

Musume no boken

A Woman's Testament

While Yet a Wife

Tsukigata Hanpeita
as Yuri Mamiya

Shojo jutai
as Aiko Takano

Enchanted Princess
as Princess Kinuta / Okuro

Closing Time
as Kimiko Matsuno

Spartan Education

Punishment Room
as Akiko Aochi

Red Love, Green Love
as Yukiko Oda

Les Mesdemoiselles
as Kasumi Fujisawa

She Came For Love
as Toshiko Ikuta

Daiei Studio is Bustling

Izakaya Moheji 2
as Kihara Shino [New customer]

Blood End
as Otsuta

Tokyo Eyes

Wild Geese
as Otama

Kokoro no nichigetsu

I'll Cry Alone

Zoku zoku Jûdai no seiten

Bojô no kawa

Zoku jūdai no seiten

Ripe and Marriageable
as Shinobu Takaniwa

A Rainbow at Every Turn

Maiko monogatari

A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
as Yumiko Kiryû

Love River

A Public Benefactor
as Mitsuko Fukumura

The Gaijin

Victory and Defeat
as Shizuko Abe

Victory or Defeat

Vagabonds from Badgerville
as Tayori

Asakusa at Night
as Namie Takashima

Shroud of Snow
as Taeko Sayama

Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo

Bury Me Deep
as Mrs. Senzu

Asu wa Nichiyōbi

The Story of a Blind Woman

Onna no Natsu

The Forest of No Escape

Farewell Song

Hot Spring Doctress
as Isao Shiozuki

Shinkon nanatsu no tanoshimi

The Time of Reckoning

The Judo Champ

Lady Chatterley of Japan
as Sakiko Takashima

Onna no Kyūka

Love of the Princess
as Kazunomiya

The Frolic of the Beasts

Girls Born in August

Shinkon nikki: Ureshii asa

Jūdai no yūwaku

Jūdai no seiten

Cascading White Threads

Tokimeki no Gogo

Newlywed Diary: An Embarrassing Dream

A Grain of Wheat
as Numata Ichiko

Onna no Katei

Roses Bloom on a Rose Tree

Tama wa kudakezu

Himitsu

Farewell, Innocence
as Mizosawa Reiko

Night Trap
as Aiko Manabe

Mōjū Tsukai no Shōjo
