Ayako Wakao
Born in Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan — Nov 08 1933
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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 Ichika…
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Bistro Guest
Ohisama
Yoko Sudo (present day)
Shin Heike Monogatari
Tokiwa Gozen
Takeda Shingen
Genroku Taiheiki
Someko
Tokugawa Yoshinobu
Yoshiko Tokugawa
Street of Shame
Yasumi
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
Umeno
Love and Greed
Namiko Kawashiro
She Came For Love
Toshiko Ikuta
The Tale of Genji
Irezumi
Otsuya
The Great Wall
Chiang-nu
An Actor's Revenge
Namiji
The Loyal 47 Ronin
Orin, Carpenter's Daughter
愛と愛
Goodbye, Hello
Kazuko Aota
Spring Snow
A Geisha's Diary
Koen
The Temple of Wild Geese
Satoko Kirihara
A Lustful Man
Yuugiridayuu
Princess from the Moon
Tayoshime
A Wife Confesses
Ayako Takigawa
Floating Weeds
Kayo
Nami kage
Hinachiyo
A Geisha
Eiko
Diary of a Mad Old Man
Satsuko
Manji
Mitsuko Tokumitsu
The Most Valuable Wife
Kyoko Nonomiya
Marriageable Age
Red Angel
Nurse Sakura Nishi
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
Kae
Spartan Education
Afraid to Die
Yoshie Koizumi
The Time of Reckoning
A Woman's Testament
The Saga of Tanegashima
Wakasa
A Design for Dying
Elegant Beast
Yukie Mitani, the agent's accountant
A Night to Remember
The House of Wooden Blocks
Mother
Miss Mochizuki
The Blue Sky Maiden
Yûko Ono
Blood End
Otsuta
Zoku jūdai no seiten
女の夏
Jūdai no yūwaku
The Cast-Off
Takako Sanada
Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection
Yodogimi
The Radiant Prince
Aoi no ue
A Public Benefactor
Mitsuko Fukumura
Musume no boken
Bamboo Doll of Echizen
Tamae
The Phantom Horse
Yuki Shiraishi
Daiei Studio is Bustling
Bridge of Japan
Ochise
The Third Will
Fumino Hamada
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
Yumiko Kiryû
Two Wives
Tokyo Eyes
Their Legacy
I'll Cry Alone
Stolen Pleasure
Masuko
Bury Me Deep
Mrs. Senzu
Love River
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
Yūko
A Rainbow at Every Turn
Bonchi
Ponta
The Forest of No Escape
Anchin and Kiyohime
Kiyohime
The Ginza Three Boys
Chikami Akiyama
The False Student
Mutsuko Takagi
Lady Chatterley of Japan
Sakiko Takashima
Thousand Cranes
Mrs. Ota
Maiko monogatari
Jirocho Fuji
Okiku
Zoku zoku Jûdai no seiten
The Messenger from the Moon
Yoko Kotani
Freezing Point
Natsue
Farewell Song
ときめきの午後
Victory and Defeat
Shizuko Abe
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
Strange Triangle
Punishment Room
Akiko Aochi
Beauty the Enemy
Keiko Yoshino
Red Love, Green Love
Yukiko Oda
Firefly Light
Oryo
One Day at Summer's End
Mariko Nozaki
The Story of a Blind Woman
Les Mesdemoiselles
Kasumi Fujisawa
Vagabonds from Badgerville
Tayori
The Gaijin
Ripe and Marriageable
Shinobu Takaniwa
When the Cookie Crumbles
Love of the Princess
Kazunomiya
While Yet a Wife
Triangle Moods
Mariko Naoe
Modae
Hot Spring Doctress
Isao Shiozuki
Onna no Katei
The Frolic of the Beasts
The Rockabilly Lady
Mie Yashiro
A Grain of Wheat
Numata Ichiko
Seisaku's Wife
Okane
Girls Born in August
女の家庭
The Ladder of Success
The Judo Champ
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
Self
A Certain Woman
Aiko, Yoko's sister
Asakusa at Night
Namie Takashima
Roses Bloom on a Rose Tree
Evening Calm
Jūdai no seiten
Izakaya Moheji 2
Kihara Shino [New customer]
The Betrothed
Enchanted Princess
Princess Kinuta / Okuro
Closing Time
Kimiko Matsuno
Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege
Yodogimi
Shinkon nanatsu no tanoshimi
Onna no Natsu
Tsukigata Hanpeita
Yuri Mamiya
Tokimeki no Gogo
Izakaya Moheji 4
Kihara Shino [New customer]
Cascading White Threads
Asu wa Nichiyōbi
Wild Geese
Otama
Shi no machi wo nogarete
Setsuko Minami
Tears
Tama wa kudakezu
Kokoro no nichigetsu
Shroud of Snow
Taeko Sayama
The Virgin Witness
Chiei, Nun
母子鶴
Eiko
Bojô no kawa
Maboroshi no Satsui
Farewell, Innocence
Mizosawa Reiko
Mōjū Tsukai no Shōjo
Shojo jutai
Aiko Takano
Victory or Defeat
Onna no Kyūka
Himitsu
Newlywed Diary: An Embarrassing Dream
Shinkon nikki: Ureshii asa