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