Occupation Actress TV shows Tokugawa Yoshinobu Role Actress | Name Ayako Wakao Years active 1952–present | |
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Movies A Geisha, Red Angel, Floating Weeds, Street of Shame, Afraid to Die Similar People Yasuzo Masumura, Machiko Kyo, Kisho Kurokawa, Fujiko Yamamoto, Hiroshi Kawaguchi | ||
Yuzo Kawashima x Ayako Wakao
Ayako Wakao (若尾 文子, Wakao Ayako, November 8, 1933, Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese actress. Contracted to Daiei Studios in 1951 as part of the fifth "New Face" group, she often appeared in the films of director Yasuzo Masumura. She has appeared in nearly 160 films since her debut in 1952.
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Career
Wakao appeared in Kenji Mizoguchi's Street of Shame. She also appeared in Yasujirō Ozu's Floating Weeds.
Filmography
Actress
2015
Izakaya Moheji 4 (TV Movie)
2014
Izakaya Moheji 3 (TV Movie)
2013
Izakaya Moheji 2 (TV Movie)
2012
Red Dead Wagon 29: The Reunion (TV Movie) as
Mayu mizuo
2011
Sunshine (TV Series) as
narration / Yoko Sudo (Old) / Yoko Sudo / ...
2009
Kekkon (TV Movie)
2005
Haru no yuki as
Geshuji monzeki
2003
Hatsu tsubomi (TV Movie)
2003
Musashi (TV Series) as
Yodo
- Musashi Forever (2003) - Yodo
- Kill Yagyu! (2003) - Yodo
- A Tearful Farewell (2003) - Yodo
- Mortal Enemy, Munenori Yagyu (2003) - Yodo
- The Winter Campaign Begins (2003) - Yodo
- Osugi Dies (2003) - Yodo
- Save the Village (2003) - Yodo
- A Trusting Heart (2003) - Yodo
- Homecoming (2003) - Yodo
1998
Tokugawa Yoshinobu (TV Series) as
Yoshiko Tokugawa
1992
Meisô chizu (TV Movie) as
Ayako Teranishi
1991
Genji monogatari (TV Series)
1989
Shuntou (TV Movie)
1988
Takeda Shingen (TV Series)
1987
Princess from the Moon as
Tayoshime
1982
Daiyaru no naka no onna: Anata! Shinja ikenai! (TV Movie) as
Takako
1975
Genroku taiheiki (TV Series)
1971
Maboroshi no satsui
1971
Tora-san's Shattered Romance as
Yûko Akashi
1970
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo as
Umeno
1969
Tengu-tô as
Otsuta
1969
Thousand Cranes as
Mrs. Ota
1968
Nureta futari as
Mariko Nozaki
1968
Tsumiki no hako as
Hisayo Kawakami
1968
The Time of Reckoning as
Machiko Yonekura
1968
Teppô denraiki as
Wakasa
1967
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka as
Kae
1967
Satogashi ga kowareru toki as
Kyoko Senzaka
1967
Tsuma futari as
Michiko Nagai
1967
Yoru no wana as
Aiko Manabe
1967
Yuki no mosho as
Taeko Sayama
1966
Shojo jutai as
Aiko Takano
1966
The Red Angel as
Nurse Sakura Nishi
1966
Gan as
Otama
1966
Hyoten as
Natsue
1966
The Virgin Witness as
Chiei, Nun
1966
Irezumi as
Otsuya
1965
Tsuma no hi no ai no katamini
1965
Furin as
Seiko
1965
Seisaku's Wife as
Okane
1965
Obi o toku Natsuko as
Natsuko Fukuoka
1965
The Story of a Blind Woman
1965
Nami kage as
Hinachiyo
1965
Kajitsu no nai mori as
Miyuki Eto
1964
Onsen jôi as
Isao Shiozuki
1964
Shiawasa nara te o tatake
1964
Modae as
Chieko Ueda
1964
Swastika as
Mitsuko Tokumitsu
1964
Kemono no tawamure as
Yûko Kusakado
1964
Kizudarake no sanga as
Mitsuko Fukumura
1964
Otto ga mita 'Onna no kobako' yori as
Namiko Kawashiro
1963
1963 nen Daiei Star Hana no nengajô (Short)
1963
Hachigatsu umare no Onna as
Yumi Takigawa
1963
Shinobi No Mono 3: Resurrection as
Yodogimi
1963
Bamboo Doll of Echizen as
Tamae
1963
Onna ga aishite nikumu toki as
Toshiko Ikuta
1963
Watashi o fukaku umete as
Mrs. Senzu
1963
Nyokei kazoku as
Ayano Hamada
1963
An Actor's Revenge as
Namiji
1962
Yatchaba no Onna as
Yukiko Oda
1962
The Graceful Brute as
Yukie Mitani, the agent's accountant
1962
The Great Wall as
Chiang-nu
1962
Diary of a Mad Old Man as
Sachiko
1962
A Night to Remember as
Akiko Hayashima
1962
Heiten jikan as
Kimiko Matsuno
1962
Tadare as
Masuko
1962
The Temple of Wild Geese as
Satoko Kirihara
1962
Katei no jijô as
Kazuyo, the 1st daughter
1961
A Wife Confesses as
Ayako Takigawa
1961
Shin Genji monogatari as
Aoi no ue
1961
Ginza no bonbon as
Fumi
1961
Women Are Born Twice as
Koen
1961
Onna no kunshô as
Michiko Tsugawa
1961
Tokyo onigiri musume as
Mariko Naoe
1961
Kôshoku ichidai otoko as
Yugiri
1961
Ojôsan as
Kasumi Fujisawa
1961
Konki as
Namiko Karasawa
1961
Ginzakko monogatari as
Chikami Akiyama
1961
Hanakurabe tanuki dochu as
Tayori
1960
A False Student as
Mutsuko
1960
Anchin to Kiyohime as
Kiyohime
1960
Sutekina yaro
1960
Shôri to haiboku as
Shizuko Abe
1960
Bonchi as
Ponta
1960
Afraid to Die as
Yoshie Koizumi
1960
Onna wa teikô suru as
Mie Yashiro, the promoter
1960
A Woman's Testament as
Kimi
1959
Hatsuharu tanuki goten as
Princess Kinuta / Okuro (plays two parts)
1959
Floating Weeds as
Kayo
1959
Mi wa jukushitari as
Shinobu Takaniwa
1959
Bibô ni tsumi ari as
Keiko Yoshino
1959
Jirôchô Fuji as
Okiku
1959
Hanran as
Takako Sanada
1959
Yamada Nagamasa - Oja no ken as
Aya Tsuda
1959
Bara no ki ni bara no hana saku as
Reiko Yano
1959
Saikô shukun fujin as
Kyoko Nonomiya
1959
Anata to watashi no aikotoba: Sayônara, konnichiwa as
Kazuko Aota
1958
Musume no boken
1958
Yoru no sugao as
Hisako
1958
A Grain of Wheat as
Ichiko Numata
1958
Haha as
Miss Mochizuki
1958
Aiga
1958
The Loyal 47 Ronin as
Orin (carpenter's daughter)
1958
Glow of the Firefly as
Oryô
1958
Shinkon nanatsu no tanoshimi
1958
Tôkyô no hitomi
1957
We'll Meet Again as
Yûko Ono
1957
Yuunagi as
Ryoko Shima
1957
Tsuma koso waga inochi
1957
Nagasugita haru as
Momoko Kida
1957
Suzakumon as
Kazunomiya (Sayako-naishinô)
1957
Bojô no kawa
1957
Zoku ginga no Miyako
1957
Studio wa ten'yawan'ya (Short)
1957
Ginga no miyako
1956
Kimi o aisu
1956
Yonjû-hassai no teikô as
Rie, Kotaro's daughter
1956
Tsukigata Hanpeita: Hana no maki; Arashi no maki as
Yuri Mamiya
1956
Bridge of Japan as
Ochise
1956
Namida as
Shizuko
1956
Studio wa ôsawagi
1956
Asa Ushio Yûshio
1956
Cascading White Threads
1956
Punishment Room as
Akiko Aochi
1956
Shinkon nikki: Ureshii asa (Short) as
Chieko Hanazaki
1956
Shinkon nikki: Hazukashii yume (Short) as
Chieko Hanazaki
1956
Street of Shame as
Yasumi
1956
Niji ikutabi as
Asako Mizuhara
1956
Niiduma no negoto (Short) as
Yoshiko
1956
Hanayome no tameiki as
Yoshiko
1956
Bara no kôdôkan as
Shinobu
1955
Dankongai as
Saeko Sumida
1955
Shichinin no ani imôto as
Setsu
1955
Tama wa kudakezu
1955
Nagasaki no yoru
1955
Maboroshi no uma as
Yuki Shiraishi
1955
Musume no endan
1955
Bara ikutabika as
Yumiko Kiryû
1955
Tsuki ni tobu kari as
Reiko Mizusawa
1955
Kôfuku o haitatsu suru musume
1955
The Fireflies' Glow as
Reiko Asakura
1954
Yoidore ni tôryû
1954
Shôhai
1954
Kôjô no tsuki
1954
Messenger from the Moon
1954
Midori no nakama as
Natsuko Sayama
1954
Asakusa no yoru as
Namie Takashima
1954
Bojô
1954
Aru onna as
Aiko, Yoko's sister
1954
Maiko monogatari
1954
Kokoro no nichigetsu
1953
Jûdai no yûwaku
1953
Muhomono as
Okoma
1953
Zoku zoku Jûdai no seiten as
Keiko Tadokoro
1953
Shunsetsu no mon
1953
A Geisha as
Eiko
1953
Zoku Jûdai no seiten as
Natsuko Shigeno
1953
Okore sanpei
1953
Lady Chatterley of Japan
1953
Jûdai no seiten as
Eiko Takanashi
1952
Hanayome hanamuko chambara bushi
1952
Machi no ko tengu
1952
Himitsu as
Mariko Maki
1952
Ashita wa nichiyôbi
1952
Hahakozuru as
Eiko - her daughter
1952
Môjû tsukai no shôjo
1952
Shino machi o nogarete as
Setsuko Minami
1952
Musume hatsukoi yatton-bushi
Self
2015
Sawako no asa (TV Series) as
Self
- Ayako Wakao (2015) - Self
2013
Bokura no jidai (TV Series) as
Self
- Ayako Wakao, Aiko Nagayama & Yuri Takano (2013) - Self
2010
Chûbô desuyo! (TV Series) as
Self
- Ayako Wakao (2010) - Self
1975
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director (Documentary) as
Self
References
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