Ayako Wakao
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.
Musume no boken
An Actor's Revenge
(Namiji)
Irezumi
(Otsuya)
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
(Umeno)
Street of Shame
(Yasumi)
Victory and Defeat
(Shizuko Abe)
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
Meiso chizu
(Ayako Teranishi)
Afraid to Die
(Yoshie Koizumi)
A Geisha
(Eiko)
Floating Weeds
(Kayo)
Manji
(Mitsuko Tokumitsu)
The Great Wall
(Chiang-nu)
Princess from the Moon
(Tayoshime)
Red Angel
(Nurse Sakura Nishi)
A Lustful Man
(Yuugiridayuu)
Blood End
(Otsuta)
Elegant Beast
(Yukie Mitani, the agent's accountant)
A Wife Confesses
(Ayako Takigawa)
Seisaku's Wife
(Okane)
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
(Kae)
Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege
(Yodogimi)
The Tale of Genji
Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection
(Yodogimi)
The Phantom Horse
(Yuki Shiraishi)
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
(Yūko)
Evening Calm
The Ladder of Success
Jirocho Fuji
(Okiku)
The Betrothed
Enchanted Princess
(Princess Kinuta / Okuro)
幻の殺意
Shroud of Snow
(Taeko Sayama)
A Rainbow at Every Turn
The Priest and the Beauty
(Kiyohime)
The False Student
(Mutsuko Takagi)
The Blue Sky Maiden
(Yûko Ono)
Love and Greed
(Namiko Kawashiro)
滝の白糸
Spring Snow
Bridge of Japan
(Ochise)
浅草の夜
(Namie Takashima)
A Public Benefactor
(Mitsuko Fukumura)
While Yet a Wife
Punishment Room
(Akiko Aochi)
A Certain Woman
(Aiko, Yoko's sister)
Suparuta Kyouiku Kutabare Oyaji
Shi no machi wo nogarete
(Setsuko Minami)
Two Wives
Stolen Pleasure
(Masuko)
The House of Wooden Blocks
The Temple of Wild Geese
(Satoko Kirihara)
When the Cookie Crumbles
A Night to Remember
A Grain of Wheat
(Numata Ichiko)
Onna no Kyūka
Firefly Light
(Oryo)
The Time of Reckoning
Onna no Natsu
Roses Bloom on a Rose Tree
Izakaya Moheji 2
(Kihara Shino [New customer])
Izakaya Moheji 4
(Kihara Shino [New customer])
Onna no Katei
Diary of a Mad Old Man
(Satsuko)
Bamboo Doll of Echizen
(Tamae)
Modae
The Loyal 47 Ronin
(Orin, Carpenter's Daughter)
The Forest of No Escape
Bonchi
(Ponta)
Farewell Song
A Woman's Testament
The Freezing Point
(Natsue)
Thousand Cranes
(Mrs. Ota)
The Saga of Tanegashima
(Wakasa)
A Geisha's Diary
(Koen)
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
Love of the Princess
(Kazunomiya)
The Messenger from the Moon
(Yoko Kotani)
The Virgin Witness
(Chiei, Nun)
The Radiant Prince
(Aoi no ue)
Vagabonds from Badgerville
(Tayori)
Marriageable Age
Goodbye, Hello
(Kazuko Aota)
The Ginza Three Boys
(Chikami Akiyama)
Girls Born in August
One Day at Summer's End
(Mariko Nozaki)
Triangle Moods
(Mariko Naoe)
Lady Chatterley of Japan
(Sakiko Takashima)
Les Mesdemoiselles
(Kasumi Fujisawa)
She Came For Love
(Toshiko Ikuta)
Bury Me Deep
(Mrs. Senzu)
The Rockabilly Lady
(Mie Yashiro)
Beauty the Enemy
(Keiko Yoshino)
Hot Spring Doctress
(Isao Shiozuki)
Closing Time
(Kimiko Matsuno)
Red Love, Green Love
(Yukiko Oda)
母子鶴
(Eiko)
The Most Valuable Wife
(Kyoko Nonomiya)
Their Legacy
Strange Triangle
Tears
The Third Will
(Fumino Hamada)
A Design for Dying
Wild Geese
(Otama)
The Cast-Off
Zoku jūdai no seiten
Jūdai no yūwaku
Jûdai no seiten
続々十代の性典
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
(Yumiko Kiryû)
Nami kage
(Hinachiyo)
Tsukigata Hanpeita
(Yuri Mamiya)
The Gaijin
The Frolic of the Beasts
The Story of a Blind Woman
Ripe and Marriageable
(Shinobu Takaniwa)
Tokyo Eyes
Love River
Mother
(Miss Mochizuki)
The Judo Champ
Daiei Studio is Bustling
Tokimeki no Gogo
Shojo jutai
(Aiko Takano)
I'll Cry Alone
Genroku Taiheiki
(Someko)
Shin Heike Monogatari
(Tokiwa Gozen)
Takeda Shingen
SMAP×SMAP
(Bistro Guest)
Ohisama
(Yoko Sudo (present day))
ときめきの午後
女の夏
女の家庭
Tokugawa Yoshinobu
(Yoshiko Tokugawa)
Takeda Shingen
(Oi Fujin)