Cast & creator
Ayako Wakao
Best known for SMAP×SMAP, Ohisama, Takeda Shingen
Ayako Wakao (若尾文子, born 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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film credits
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television credits
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1952–2015 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (175)
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SMAP×SMAP
Bistro Guest
1996
Ohisama
Yoko Sudo (present day)
2011
Takeda Shingen
Oi Fujin
1988
Tokugawa Yoshinobu
Yoshiko Tokugawa
1998
Genroku Taiheiki
Someko
1975
Shin Heike Monogatari
Tokiwa Gozen
1972Studio wa ōsawagi
1956
I Love You
1956
Ginga no miyako
1957
Zoku ginga no miyako
1957
Bara no kōdōkan
1956
The Bride Carries On
1956
Hanayome no tameiki
1956
Where Might is Right
1955
One Day at Summer's End
Mariko Nozaki
1968
Inhibited Love
1955
The Tale of Genji
1991
Yearning
1954
Midori no nakama
1954
The Moon Over the Ruined Castle
1954
Shichinin no ani imōto
1955
Street of Shame
Yasumi
1956
Shunsetsu no mon
1953
Floating Weeds
Kayo
1959
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
Umeno
1970
Irezumi
Otsuya
1966
Kanojo no tokudane
1952
Outlaw
1953
Okore Sanpei
1953
Red Angel
Nurse Sakura Nishi
1966
Escape from Temptation
1957
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
Self
1975
Yonjū-hassai no teikō
1956
Yoidore nitōryū
1954
Tsuma koso waga inochi
1957
Manji
Mitsuko Tokumitsu
1964
Asashio yushio
1956
Diary of a Mad Old Man
Satsuko
1962
Machi no kotengu
1952
Hanayome hanamuko chanbara bushi
1952
Various Flowers
1959
An Actor's Revenge
Namiji
1963
Punishment Room
Akiko Aochi
1956
A Wife Confesses
Ayako Takigawa
1961
Strange Triangle
1965
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
Kae
1967
Musume hatsukoi yatton-bushi
1952
A Geisha
Eiko
1953
愛と愛
1972
Spring Snow
2005
Seisaku's Wife
Okane
1965
Princess from the Moon
Tayoshime
1987
Nagasaki no yoru
1955
A Girl Who Delivers Happiness
1955
A Lustful Man
Yuugiridayuu
1961
The Blue Sky Maiden
Yuko Ono
1957
The Temple of Wild Geese
Satoko Kirihara
1962
The House of Wooden Blocks
1968
Two Wives
1967
Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection
Yodogimi
1963
Thousand Cranes
Mrs. Ota
1969
The Great Wall
Meng Jiangnü
1962
A Night to Remember
1962
Afraid to Die
Yoshie Koizumi
1960
The Radiant Prince
Aoi no ue
1961
A Design for Dying
Rinko Tsugawa
1961
The Loyal 47 Ronin
Orin, Carpenter's Daughter
1958
Bonchi
Ponta
1960
A Nice Guy
1960
Bamboo Doll of Echizen
Tamae
1963
Stolen Pleasure
Masuko
1962
The Time of Reckoning
Machiko Yonekura
1968
The Third Will
Fumino Hamada
1963
Tears
1956
Blood End
Otsuta
1969
Closing Time
Kimiko Matsuno
1962
Enchanted Princess
Princess Kinuta / Okuro
1959
The Most Valuable Wife
Kyoko Nonomiya
1959
Jirocho Fuji
Okiku
1959
A Grain of Wheat
Numata Ichiko
1958
Beauty the Enemy
Keiko Yoshino
1959
Daiei Studio is Bustling
1957
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
明石夕子
1971
Anchin and Kiyohime
Kiyohime
1960
A Public Benefactor
Mitsuko Fukumura
1964
The Betrothed
1957
Maboroshi no Satsui
1971ときめきの午後
1985
Kokoro no nichigetsu
1954
Firefly Light
Oryo
1958Evening Calm
1957
I'll Cry Alone
1965
A Geisha's Diary
Koen
1961
A Certain Woman
Aiko, Yoko's sister
1954
Zoku zoku Jûdai no seiten
1953
Bridge of Japan
Ochise
1956
Asakusa at Night
Namie Takashima
1954
Musume no boken
1958
A Woman's Testament
1960
The Saga of Tanegashima
Wakasa
1968
Elegant Beast
Yukie Mitani
1962
Their Legacy
1962
Hahakozuru
Eiko
1952
Her Secret
1952
Shroud of Snow
Taeko Sayama
1967
Girls Born in August
1963
The Cast-Off
Takako Sanada
1959
Mother
Miss Mochizuki
1958
The Phantom Horse
Yuki Shiraishi
1955
Jūdai no yūwaku
1953
When the Cookie Crumbles
1967女の家庭
1974
Eternal Song of Nagasaki
1952
Victory and Defeat
Shizuko Abe
1960
Love and Greed
Namiko Kawashiro
1964
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
1962
Lady Chatterley of Japan
Sakiko Takashima
1953
Tsukigata Hanpeita
Yuri Mamiya
1956
The Ladder of Success
1958
Ripe and Marriageable
Shinobu Takaniwa
1959
Freezing Point
Natsue
1966
Love River
1958
Modae
1964
Night Trap
Aiko Manabe
1967
Nami kage
Hinachiyo
1965
She Came For Love
Toshiko Ikuta
1963
Jūdai no seiten
1953
The False Student
Mutsuko Takagi
1960
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
Yumiko Kiryû
1955
Love of the Princess
Kazunomiya
1957
The Forest of No Escape
1965
Roses Bloom on a Rose Tree
1959
Escape from the City of Death
Setsuko Minami
1952
Les Mesdemoiselles
Kasumi Fujisawa
1961
The Ginza Three Boys
Chikami Akiyama
1961
Tokyo Eyes
1958
Tama wa kudakezu
1955
Zoku jūdai no seiten
1953
The Frolic of the Beasts
1964
Marriageable Age
1961
Triangle Moods
Mariko Naoe
1961
Asu wa Nichiyōbi
1952
A Rainbow at Every Turn
1956
Izakaya Moheji 4
Kihara Shino [New customer]
2015
Spartan Education
1970
Vagabonds from Badgerville
Tayori
1961
The Messenger from the Moon
Yoko Kotani
1954
The Rockabilly Lady
Mie Yashiro
1960女の夏
1975
The Virgin Witness
Chiei, Nun
1966
Cascading White Threads
1956
Mōjū Tsukai no Shōjo
1952
Onna no Kyūka
1974
Shojo jutai
Aiko Takano
1966
The Gaijin
1959
The Judo Champ
1958
Wild Geese
Otama
1966
While Yet a Wife
1965
Red Love, Green Love
Yukiko Oda
1962
Hot Spring Doctress
Isao Shiozuki
1964Tokimeki no Gogo
1985
Shinkon nanatsu no tanoshimi
1958
Goodbye, Hello
Kazuko Aota
1959
Farewell, Innocence
Mizosawa Reiko
1955
Maiko monogatari
1954
Izakaya Moheji 2
Kihara Shino [New customer]
2013
Victory or Defeat
1954
Shinkon nikki: Ureshii asa
1956
Bojô no kawa
1957
The Story of a Blind Woman
1965
Newlywed Diary: An Embarrassing Dream
1956
Onna no Katei
1977
Farewell Song
1955
Bury Me Deep
Mrs. Senzu
1963