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Ayako Wakao

Name in Native Language: "若尾文子" (Japanese/JA)
Actress / Film Actress | * 11/08/1933 (90) | Tokyo (Japan)
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. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Romance / Love

Known for these Movies & Shows

Ayako Wakao won the Blue Ribbon and the Kinema Jumpo for this film. ...

Nami kage

Certification unknown

1965 | 1h 47min
 
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Tied to a mountain between her brutalizing spouse and her secret lover, disaster strikes; the authorities accuse her of murder and prompt a confession. ...

A Wife Confesses

Certification unknown

1961 | 3.3/5 | 1h 31min
Drama, Mystery
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On the eve of the Russo-Japanese war at the beginning of the 20th century, small-town girl Okane has married an old wealthy man to escape a life of poverty. Upon her husband’s sudden death, she with ...

Seisaku's Wife

Certification unknown

1965 | 3.6/5 | 1h 33min
War, Drama, Romance / Love
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A young girl is rigorously trained in the feminine arts so that she can become a geisha. As she struggles through life, she learns to live not just as a woman but as a complete person. ...

A Geisha's Diary

Certification unknown

1961 | 3.6/5 | 1h 39min
Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Ayako Wakao

Kinuyo Tanaka Award 2x Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actress
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Movies with Ayako Wakao as Actress(94)

2005 Snowy Love Fall in Spring
as Ayako Teranishi1992 Meisô chizu
1991 The Tale of Genji
as Tayoshime1987 Princess from the Moon
1975 Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
1971 幻の殺意
as Yūko1971 Tora-san's Shattered Romance
as Umeno1970 Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
as Otsuta1969 Blood End
as Mrs. Ota1969 Thousand Cranes
as Mariko Nozaki1968 One Day at Summer's End
as Wakasa1968 The Saga of Tanegashima
1968 The House of Wooden Blocks
1968 The Time of Reckoning
1967 When the Cookie Crumbles
1967 Shroud of Snow
1967 Two Wives
as Kae1967 The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
as Nurse Sakura Nishi1966 Red Angel
as Natsue1966 The Freezing Point
as Chiei, Nun1966 The Virgin Witness
as Otama1966 Wild Geese
as Otsuya1966 Irezumi
as Okane1965 Seisaku's Wife
1965 The Forest of No Escape
as Hinachiyo1965 Nami kage
1965 Strange Triangle
as Isao Shiozuki1964 Hot Spring Doctress
as Mitsuko Fukumura1964 A Public Benefactor
as Mitsuko Tokumitsu1964 Manji
1964 Kemono no tawamure
as Yodogimi1964 Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege
as Namiko Kawashiro1964 Love and Greed
as Toshiko Ikuta1963 She Came For Love
as Mrs. Senzu1963 Bury Me Deep
as Namiji1963 An Actor's Revenge
as Tamae1963 Bamboo Doll of Echizen
1963 Girls Born in August
as Fumino Hamada1963 The Third Will
as Yodogimi1963 Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection
1962 Hiroshima Heartache
as Masuko1962 Stolen Pleasure
as Chiang-nu1962 The Great Wall
as Satoko Kirihara1962 The Temple of Wild Geese
as Satsuko1962 Diary of a Mad Old Man
as Yukiko Oda1962 Red Love, Green Love
1962 Their Legacy
as Yukie Mitani, the agent's accountant1962 The Graceful Brute
as Kimiko Matsuno1962 Closing Time
as Kasumi Fujisawa1961 Les Mesdemoiselles
as Chikami Akiyama1961 The Ginza Three Boys
as Tayori1961 Vagabonds from Badgerville
as Koen1961 A Geisha's Diary
1961 Marriageable Age
as Mariko Naoe1961 Triangle Moods
1961 A Design for Dying
as Yuugiridayuu1961 A Lustful Man
as Aoi no ue1961 The Radiant Prince
as Ayako Takigawa1961 A Wife Confesses
as Mutsuko Takagi1960 The False Student
as Kiyohime1960 The Priest and the Beauty
1960 A Woman's Testament
as Ponta1960 Bonchi
as Yoshie Koizumi1960 Afraid to Die
as Mie Yashiro1960 The Rockabilly Lady
as Okiku1959 Jirocho Fuji
as Keiko Yoshino1959 Beauty the Enemy
1959 The Cast-Off
as Kayo1959 Floating Weeds
as Kyoko Nonomiya1959 The Most Valuable Madam
as Kazuko Aota1959 Goodbye, Hello
as Princess Kinuta / Okuro1959 Enchanted Princess
1959 The Gaijin
1958 The Ladder of Success
as Oryo1958 Firefly Light
1958 Musume no boken
as Orin, Carpenter's Daughter1958 The Loyal 47 Ronin
1957 The Betrothed
1957 Evening Calm
as Yûko Ono1957 The Blue Sky Maiden
as Kazunomiya1957 Love of the Princess
as Ochise1956 Bridge of Japan
as Yuri Mamiya1956 Tsukigata Hanpeita
1956 Tears
as Yasumi1956 Street of Shame
as Akiko Aochi1956 Punishment Room
1955 Farewell Song
as Yuki Shiraishi1955 The Phantom Horse
as Yumiko Kiryû1955 A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
as Sakiko Takashima1953 Lady Chatterley of Japan
as Eiko1953 A Geisha
1953 続々十代の性典
as Setsuko Minami1952 Shi no machi wo nogarete
as Eiko1952 母子鶴

TV Shows/Series with Ayako Wakao as Actress(6)

as Yoko Sudo (present day)2011 Ohisama
as Yoshiko Tokugawa1998 Tokugawa Yoshinobu
as Oi Fujin1988 Takeda Shingen
1988 Takeda Shingen
as Someko1975 Genroku Taiheiki
as Tokiwa Gozen1972 Shin Heike Monogatari

Citizenship: Japan
Born: Wednesday, 11/08 1933 (November) in Tokyo (Japan) (current age: 90 years + 170 days)
Zodiac sign: Scorpio (Chinese zodiac sign: Rooster)
Languages: Japanese (JA)
Spouses (current/former): Kisho Kurokawa
Other names for Ayako Wakao (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"若尾文子"
"와카오 아야코"
"Аяко Вакао"
"わかお あやこ" (Kana/Japanese)
Ayako Wakao frequently works together with these people:
Masaichi Nagata (31x, Crew)
Eiji Funakoshi (29x, Actor)
Yasuzō Masumura (25x, Crew)
Tatsuji Nakashizu (21x, Crew)
Keizô Kawasaki (19x, Actor)
Hiroshi Kawaguchi (18x, Actor)
Raizō Ichikawa (17x, Actor)
Machiko Kyō (17x, Actress)
Setsuo Kobayashi (16x, Crew)
Kaneto Shindō (15x, Crew)
Ganjirô Nakamura II (15x, Actor)
Seiken Tamukai (2x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:14330, Added: 05/06/2018, Last updated: 03/31/2024