Ayako Wakao

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 Known For

SMAP×SMAP

as Bistro Guest

Ohisama

as Yoko Sudo (present day)

Genroku Taiheiki

as Someko

Takeda Shingen

Takeda Shingen

as Oi Fujin

Shin Heike Monogatari

as Tokiwa Gozen

Tokugawa Yoshinobu

as Yoshiko Tokugawa

愛と愛

ときめきの午後

女の家庭

The Tale of Genji

女の夏

Princess from the Moon

as Tayoshime

Spring Snow

A Geisha

as Eiko

Irezumi

as Otsuya

Floating Weeds

as Kayo

Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo

as Umeno

Street of Shame

as Yasumi

Afraid to Die

as Yoshie Koizumi