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Ayako Wakao

Ayako Wakao

Acting • 1933-11-08 • Tokyo, Japan

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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Street of Shame7.7

Street of Shame

1956

Floating Weeds7.5

Floating Weeds

1959

Red Angel7.6

Red Angel

1966

Irezumi6.8

Irezumi

1966

A Geisha7.6

A Geisha

1953

Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo6.8

Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo

1970

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