Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: 와카오 아야코 , Аяко Вакао
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 57
TV Involvements: 5
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Takeda Shingen
(1988) Oi FujinGenroku Taiheiki
(1975) SomekoShin Heike Monogatari
(1972) Tokiwa GozenOhisama
(2011) Yoko Sudo (present day)Floating Weeds
(1959) KayoIrezumi
(1966) OtsuyaTokugawa Yoshinobu
(1998) Yoshiko TokugawaZatoichi Meets Yojimbo
(1970) UmenoActing
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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2011 | Yoko Sudo (present day) | |
2005 | N/A | |
1998 | Yoshiko Tokugawa | |
1996 | Bistro Guest | |
1991 | N/A | |
1988 | Oi Fujin | |
N/A | ||
1987 | Tayoshime | |
1983 | Ayako Teranishi | |
1975 | N/A | |
Someko | ||
1972 | Tokiwa Gozen | |
1971 | N/A | |
Yūko | ||
1970 | N/A | |
Umeno | ||
1969 | Otsuta | |
Mrs. Ota | ||
1968 | Mariko Nozaki | |
N/A | ||
N/A | ||
Wakasa | ||
1967 | Kae | |
N/A | ||
N/A | ||
N/A | ||
1966 | Nurse Sakura Nishi | |
Otama | ||
Natsue | ||
Chiei, Nun | ||
Otsuya | ||
1965 | N/A | |
Okane | ||
Hinachiyo | ||
N/A | ||
1964 | Mitsuko Tokumitsu | |
Yodogimi | ||
N/A | ||
Mitsuko Fukumura | ||
Namiko Kawashiro | ||
Isao Shiozuki | ||
1963 | Yodogimi | |
Tamae | ||
Toshiko Ikuta | ||
Mrs. Senzu | ||
Fumino Hamada | ||
N/A | ||
Namiji | ||
1962 | Yukie Mitani, the agent's accountant | |
Chiang-nu | ||
Satsuko | ||
N/A | ||
Yukiko Oda | ||
N/A | ||
Kimiko Matsuno | ||
Masuko | ||
Satoko Kirihara | ||
N/A | ||
1961 | Ayako Takigawa | |
Aoi no ue | ||
Koen | ||
N/A | ||
Mariko Naoe | ||
Yuugiridayuu | ||
Kasumi Fujisawa | ||
N/A | ||
Chikami Akiyama | ||
Tayori | ||
1960 | Mutsuko Takagi | |
Kiyohime | ||
Shizuko Abe | ||
Ponta | ||
Yoshie Koizumi | ||
Mie Yashiro | ||
N/A | ||
1959 | Princess Kinuta / Okuro | |
Kayo | ||
Keiko Yoshino | ||
Okiku | ||
N/A | ||
N/A | ||
Kyoko Nonomiya | ||
Kazuko Aota | ||
1958 | N/A | |
N/A | ||
Orin, Carpenter's Daughter | ||
Oryo | ||
1957 | Yûko Ono | |
N/A | ||
N/A | ||
Kazunomiya | ||
1956 | Yuri Mamiya | |
Ochise | ||
N/A | ||
N/A | ||
Akiko Aochi | ||
Yasumi | ||
N/A | ||
1955 | Yuki Shiraishi | |
Yumiko Kiryû | ||
N/A | ||
1954 | Yoko Kotani | |
Namie Takashima | ||
1953 | N/A | |
N/A | ||
Eiko | ||
N/A | ||
Sakiko Takashima | ||
N/A | ||
1952 | Eiko | |
Setsuko Minami | ||
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |