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Ayako Wakao

8th November 1933 Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan Acting

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.

139 Movies 9 TV Shows 154 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Red Angel poster
Red Angel 1st October 1966 as Nurse Sakura Nishi
Manji poster
Manji 25th July 1964 as Mitsuko Tokumitsu
Mother poster
Mother 5th March 1958 as Miss Mochizuki
Ohisama poster
Ohisama 4th April 2011 as Yoko Sudo (present day)