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Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 8, 1933
Place of Birth
Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Also Known As
- Аяко Вакао
- آیاکو واکائو
Ayako Wakao
1.3 Popularity
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.
Known For
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Kihara Shino [New customer]
Izakaya Moheji 4
2015
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Kihara Shino [New customer]
Izakaya Moheji 2
2013
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Yoko Sudo (present day)
Ohisama
2011
4.0
Spring Snow
2005
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Yoshiko Tokugawa
Tokugawa Yoshinobu
1998
8.5
Bistro Guest
SMAP×SMAP
1996
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The Tale of Genji
1991
7.5
Takeda Shingen
1988
7.5
Oi Fujin
Takeda Shingen
1988
6.3
Tayoshime
Princess from the Moon
1987
Credits
Izakaya Moheji 4
as Kihara Shino [New customer]
2015
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Izakaya Moheji 2
as Kihara Shino [New customer]
2013
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Ohisama
as Yoko Sudo (present day)
2011
9.0
Spring Snow
2005
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Tokugawa Yoshinobu
as Yoshiko Tokugawa
1998
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SMAP×SMAP
as Bistro Guest
1996
8.5
The Tale of Genji
1991
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Takeda Shingen
1988
7.5
Takeda Shingen
as Oi Fujin
1988
7.5
Princess from the Moon
as Tayoshime
1987
6.3
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Tokimeki no Gogo
1985
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ときめきの午後
1985
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Onna no Katei
1977
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Onna no Natsu
1975
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女の夏
1975
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Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
as Self
1975
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Genroku Taiheiki
as Someko
1975
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Onna no Kyūka
1974
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女の家庭
1974
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愛と愛
1972
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Shin Heike Monogatari
as Tokiwa Gozen
1972
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幻の殺意
1971
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Tora-san's Shattered Romance
as Yūko
1971
7.2
Spartan Education
1970
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Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
as Umeno
1970
6.7
Blood End
as Otsuta
1969
6.2
Thousand Cranes
as Mrs. Ota
1969
8.3
One Day at Summer's End
as Mariko Nozaki
1968
5.0
The House of Wooden Blocks
1968
6.5
The Time of Reckoning
1968
7.0
The Saga of Tanegashima
as Wakasa
1968
5.0
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
as Kae
1967
6.2
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When the Cookie Crumbles
1967
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Two Wives
1967
7.3
Shroud of Snow
as Taeko Sayama
1967
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Shojo jutai
as Aiko Takano
1966
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Red Angel
as Nurse Sakura Nishi
1966
7.6
Wild Geese
as Otama
1966
5.0
The Freezing Point
as Natsue
1966
6.8
The Virgin Witness
as Chiei, Nun
1966
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Irezumi
as Otsuya
1966
6.8
While Yet a Wife
1965
7.0
Strange Triangle
1965
6.0
Seisaku's Wife
as Okane
1965
7.3
I'll Cry Alone
1965
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The Story of a Blind Woman
1965
5.0
Nami kage
as Hinachiyo
1965
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The Forest of No Escape
1965
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Modae
1964
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Manji
as Mitsuko Tokumitsu
1964
6.3
Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege
as Yodogimi
1964
6.2
The Frolic of the Beasts
1964
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A Public Benefactor
as Mitsuko Fukumura
1964
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Love and Greed
as Namiko Kawashiro
1964
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Hot Spring Doctress
as Isao Shiozuki
1964
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Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection
as Yodogimi
1963
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Bamboo Doll of Echizen
as Tamae
1963
7.6
She Came For Love
as Toshiko Ikuta
1963
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Bury Me Deep
as Mrs. Senzu
1963
6.0
The Third Will
as Fumino Hamada
1963
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Girls Born in August
1963
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An Actor's Revenge
as Namiji
1963
6.6
Elegant Beast
as Yukie Mitani, the agent's accountant
1962
7.1
The Great Wall
as Chiang-nu
1962
6.0
Diary of a Mad Old Man
as Satsuko
1962
6.5
A Night to Remember
1962
6.0
Red Love, Green Love
as Yukiko Oda
1962
0.0
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
1962
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Closing Time
as Kimiko Matsuno
1962
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Stolen Pleasure
as Masuko
1962
6.8
The Temple of Wild Geese
as Satoko Kirihara
1962
6.5
Their Legacy
1962
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A Wife Confesses
as Ayako Takigawa
1961
6.5
The Radiant Prince
as Aoi no ue
1961
6.0
A Geisha's Diary
as Koen
1961
7.4
A Design for Dying
1961
6.0
Triangle Moods
as Mariko Naoe
1961
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A Lustful Man
as Yuugiridayuu
1961
5.4
Les Mesdemoiselles
as Kasumi Fujisawa
1961
6.0
Marriageable Age
1961
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Vagabonds from Badgerville
as Tayori
1961
7.0
The Ginza Three Boys
as Chikami Akiyama
1961
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The False Student
as Mutsuko Takagi
1960
6.5
Anchin and Kiyohime
as Kiyohime
1960
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Victory and Defeat
as Shizuko Abe
1960
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Bonchi
as Ponta
1960
7.0
Afraid to Die
as Yoshie Koizumi
1960
6.0
The Rockabilly Lady
as Mie Yashiro
1960
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A Woman's Testament
1960
5.8
Enchanted Princess
as Princess Kinuta / Okuro
1959
6.2
Floating Weeds
as Kayo
1959
7.5
Ripe and Marriageable
as Shinobu Takaniwa
1959
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Beauty the Enemy
as Keiko Yoshino
1959
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Jirocho Fuji
as Okiku
1959
6.8
The Cast-Off
as Takako Sanada
1959
6.0
The Gaijin
1959
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Roses Bloom on a Rose Tree
1959
8.0
The Most Valuable Wife
as Kyoko Nonomiya
1959
7.5
Goodbye, Hello
as Kazuko Aota
1959
6.0
Musume no boken
1958
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The Ladder of Success
1958
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A Grain of Wheat
as Numata Ichiko
1958
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The Judo Champ
1958
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Love River
1958
0.0
The Loyal 47 Ronin
as Orin, Carpenter's Daughter
1958
6.0
Firefly Light
as Oryo
1958
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Mother
as Miss Mochizuki
1958
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Shinkon nanatsu no tanoshimi
1958
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Tokyo Eyes
1958
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The Blue Sky Maiden
as Yûko Ono
1957
6.8
The Betrothed
1957
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Evening Calm
1957
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Love of the Princess
as Kazunomiya
1957
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Bojô no kawa
1957
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Daiei Studio is Bustling
1957
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Tsukigata Hanpeita
as Yuri Mamiya
1956
7.0
Bridge of Japan
as Ochise
1956
7.3
Tears
1956
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Cascading White Threads
1956
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Punishment Room
as Akiko Aochi
1956
6.9
Shinkon nikki: Ureshii asa
1956
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Newlywed Diary: An Embarrassing Dream
1956
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Street of Shame
as Yasumi
1956
7.7
A Rainbow at Every Turn
1956
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Tama wa kudakezu
1955
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The Phantom Horse
as Yuki Shiraishi
1955
6.0
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
as Yumiko Kiryû
1955
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Farewell, Innocence
as Mizosawa Reiko
1955
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Farewell Song
1955
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Victory or Defeat
1954
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The Messenger from the Moon
as Yoko Kotani
1954
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Asakusa at Night
as Namie Takashima
1954
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A Certain Woman
as Aiko, Yoko's sister
1954
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Maiko monogatari
1954
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Kokoro no nichigetsu
1954
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Jūdai no yūwaku
1953
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Zoku zoku Jûdai no seiten
1953
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A Geisha
as Eiko
1953
7.5
Zoku jūdai no seiten
1953
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Lady Chatterley of Japan
as Sakiko Takashima
1953
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Jūdai no seiten
1953
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Asu wa Nichiyōbi
1952
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母子鶴
as Eiko
1952
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Shi no machi wo nogarete
as Setsuko Minami
1952
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Mōjū Tsukai no Shōjo
1952
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