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Ayako Wakao

Born 1933-11-08

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

Floating Weeds 1959 · 7.9 Street of Shame 1956 · 7.8 Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo 1970 · 7.0 An Actor's Revenge 1963 · 7.3 A Geisha 1953 · 7.6 Irezumi 1966 · 7.2 A Wife Confesses 1961 · 7.5 Seisaku's Wife 1965 · 7.7 Afraid to Die 1960 · 6.4 Princess from the Moon 1987 · 6.3 The Graceful Brute 1962 · 7.3 Women Are Born Twice 1961 · 7.3 The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka 1967 · 7.5 Bamboo Doll of Echizen 1963 · 7.3 Tora-san's Shattered Romance 1971 · 6.7 Saikô shukun fujin 1959 · 6.7 Bridge of Japan 1956 · 7.5 Maboroshi no uma 1955 · 6.5