Ayako Wakao
Birthday: 1933-11-08 | Place of Birth: Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, JapanFrom 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
Acting
Role
as Kihara Shino [New customer]
as Kihara Shino [New customer]
as Yoko Sudo (present day)
as Yoshiko Tokugawa
as Tayoshime
as Someko
as Tokiwa Gozen
as Namiji
as Yūko
as Kayo
as Umeno
as Mrs. Ota
as Otsuta
as Mariko Nozaki
as Wakasa
as Kae
