Actor

Ayako Wakao

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Acting credits

138

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Very extensive acting filmography.

TMDB popularity

0.6

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Movies: 130Series: 8

TMDB ID: 97210

IMDb ID: nm0906723

Known for: Acting

Born: November 8, 1933

Age: 92

Place of birth: Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1952 - 2015

Years active: 64

Average TMDB rating: 6.98

Wikidata: Q1042106

Also known as

Аяко Вакао • آیاکو واکائو

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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.