Ayako Wakao
Biography
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.
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Complete Filmography & Verdicts
| Year | Movie | Character | Rating | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Princess from the Moon | Tayoshime | FLOP | |
| 1975 | Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director | Self | HIT | |
| 1971 | Tora-san's Shattered Romance | Yūko | HIT | |
| 1970 | Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo | Umeno | HIT | |
| 1969 | Blood End | Otsuta | FLOP | |
| 1969 | Thousand Cranes | Mrs. Ota | HIT | |
| 1968 | The House of Wooden Blocks | - | HIT | |
| 1968 | The Time of Reckoning | - | HIT | |
| 1967 | The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka | Kae | FLOP | |
| 1967 | When the Cookie Crumbles | - | FLOP | |
| 1967 | Two Wives | - | HIT | |
| 1967 | Shroud of Snow | Taeko Sayama | HIT | |
| 1966 | Red Angel | Nurse Sakura Nishi | HIT | |
| 1966 | The Freezing Point | Natsue | HIT | |
| 1966 | Irezumi | Otsuya | HIT | |
| 1965 | While Yet a Wife | - | HIT | |
| 1965 | Seisaku's Wife | Okane | HIT | |
| 1964 | Manji | Mitsuko Tokumitsu | FLOP | |
| 1964 | Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege | Yodogimi | FLOP | |
| 1964 | Love and Greed | Namiko Kawashiro | HIT | |
| 1963 | Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection | Yodogimi | HIT | |
| 1963 | Bamboo Doll of Echizen | Tamae | HIT | |
| 1963 | The Third Will | Fumino Hamada | HIT | |
| 1963 | An Actor's Revenge | Namiji | HIT | |
| 1962 | Elegant Beast | Yukie Mitani, the agent's accountant | HIT | |
| 1962 | The Great Wall | Chiang-nu | FLOP | |
| 1962 | Diary of a Mad Old Man | Satsuko | HIT | |
| 1962 | A Night to Remember | - | FLOP | |
| 1962 | Stolen Pleasure | Masuko | HIT | |
| 1962 | The Temple of Wild Geese | Satoko Kirihara | HIT | |
| 1961 | A Wife Confesses | Ayako Takigawa | HIT | |
| 1961 | The Radiant Prince | Aoi no ue | FLOP | |
| 1961 | A Geisha's Diary | Koen | HIT | |
| 1961 | Vagabonds from Badgerville | Tayori | HIT | |
| 1960 | The False Student | Mutsuko Takagi | HIT | |
| 1960 | Bonchi | Ponta | HIT | |
| 1960 | Afraid to Die | Yoshie Koizumi | FLOP | |
| 1959 | Enchanted Princess | Princess Kinuta / Okuro | FLOP | |
| 1959 | Floating Weeds | Kayo | HIT | |
| 1959 | Jirocho Fuji | Okiku | HIT | |
| 1959 | Roses Bloom on a Rose Tree | - | HIT | |
| 1959 | The Most Valuable Wife | Kyoko Nonomiya | HIT | |
| 1958 | The Loyal 47 Ronin | Orin, Carpenter's Daughter | FLOP | |
| 1957 | The Blue Sky Maiden | Yûko Ono | HIT | |
| 1956 | Tsukigata Hanpeita | Yuri Mamiya | HIT | |
| 1956 | Bridge of Japan | Ochise | HIT | |
| 1956 | Punishment Room | Akiko Aochi | HIT | |
| 1956 | Street of Shame | Yasumi | HIT | |
| 1955 | The Phantom Horse | Yuki Shiraishi | FLOP | |
| 1953 | A Geisha | Eiko | HIT |