Ayako Wakao
1933-11-08 ( 91 years old ) in Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

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.

Movies

Spring Snow 2005-10-09
Onna no Katei 1977-04-10
Onna no Natsu 1975-06-29
Onna no Kyūka 1974-07-28
幻の殺意 1971-04-15
Blood End 1969-11-15
Two Wives 1967-04-15
Shroud of Snow 1967-01-14
Shojo jutai 1966-10-29
Red Angel 1966-10-01
Wild Geese 1966-05-21
Irezumi 1966-01-15
Seisaku's Wife 1965-06-25
I'll Cry Alone 1965-04-17
Nami kage 1965-01-31
Modae 1964-10-03
Manji 1964-07-25
Love and Greed 1964-02-24
Bury Me Deep 1963-06-08
The Third Will 1963-03-31
Elegant Beast 1962-12-26
The Great Wall 1962-11-01
Closing Time 1962-04-18
Their Legacy 1962-01-03
Triangle Moods 1961-05-24
A Lustful Man 1961-03-21
Bonchi 1960-04-14
Afraid to Die 1960-03-22
Floating Weeds 1959-11-17
Jirocho Fuji 1959-06-03
The Cast-Off 1959-05-13
The Gaijin 1959-05-01
Goodbye, Hello 1959-01-03
The Judo Champ 1958-08-12
Love River 1958-04-22
Firefly Light 1958-03-18
Mother 1958-03-05
Tokyo Eyes 1958-01-03
The Betrothed 1957-05-28
Evening Calm 1957-04-01
Tears 1956-09-26
Farewell Song 1955-01-15
A Geisha 1953-08-12
母子鶴 1952-07-03