Ayako Wakao

Known for ActingBorn 1933-11-08 (age 92)Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Tokugawa Yoshinobu

I'll Cry Alone

Their Legacy

Ripe and Marriageable

Farewell Song

A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love

Ohisama

Shojo jutai

The Forest of No Escape

The Frolic of the Beasts

She Came For Love

The Rockabilly Lady

Beauty the Enemy

Firefly Light

Evening Calm

SMAP×SMAP

Vagabonds from Badgerville

Thousand Cranes

Nami kage

Hot Spring Doctress

Bury Me Deep

Victory and Defeat

Roses Bloom on a Rose Tree

The Most Valuable Wife

The Cast-Off

The Betrothed

Love of the Princess

Shi no machi wo nogarete

Himitsu

Bamboo Doll of Echizen

Shroud of Snow

Love and Greed

Takeda Shingen

Tora-san's Shattered Romance

Red Angel

Bridge of Japan

The Third Will

Bonchi

Street of Shame

The Time of Reckoning

The Virgin Witness

A Night to Remember

A Geisha's Diary

The Radiant Prince

Floating Weeds

Goodbye, Hello

A Geisha

Shin Heike Monogatari