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Ayako Wakao

Nov 08, 1933 (91 years old) in Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

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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.

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Ohisama
Yoko Sudo (present day)
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SMAP×SMAP
Bistro Guest
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Genroku Taiheiki
Someko
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Tokugawa Yoshinobu
Yoshiko Tokugawa
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Shin Heike Monogatari
Tokiwa Gozen
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Takeda Shingen
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A Geisha
Eiko
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Floating Weeds
Kayo
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An Actor's Revenge
Namiji
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Street of Shame
Yasumi

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