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    Ayako Wakao

    1933-11-08 (90 years old) in Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

    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.

    Movies

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    Izakaya Moheji 4
    0 %|Jun 8, 2015
    Comedy, Drama
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    Izakaya Moheji 2
    0 %|Aug 5, 2013
    Comedy, Drama
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    Spring Snow
    40 %|Oct 9, 2005
    Drama, Romance, History
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    The Tale of Genji
    0 %|Dec 27, 1991
    Drama, History
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    Princess from the Moon
    64 %|Sep 26, 1987
    Adventure, Drama, Science Fiction
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    Tokimeki no Gogo
    0 %|Jul 7, 1985
    TV Movie, Drama
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    Meiso chizu
    0 %|Oct 22, 1983
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    Onna no Katei
    0 %|Apr 10, 1977
    TV Movie, Drama
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    Onna no Natsu
    0 %|Jun 29, 1975
    TV Movie, Drama
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    Onna no Kyūka
    0 %|Jul 28, 1974
    TV Movie, Drama
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    幻の殺意
    0 %|Apr 15, 1971
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    Tora-san's Shattered Romance
    72 %|Jan 15, 1971
    Comedy
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    Suparuta Kyouiku Kutabare Oyaji
    0 %|Aug 12, 1970
    Comedy, Drama
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    Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
    67 %|Jan 15, 1970
    Adventure, Action, Drama
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    Blood End
    62 %|Nov 15, 1969
    Drama, Action, Thriller, Romance, History
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    Thousand Cranes
    90 %|Apr 19, 1969
    Romance, Drama
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    One Day at Summer's End
    0 %|Nov 30, 1968
    Drama
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    The House of Wooden Blocks
    0 %|Oct 30, 1968
    Drama
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    The Time of Reckoning
    70 %|Jun 29, 1968
    Drama
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    The Saga of Tanegashima
    50 %|May 18, 1968
    Drama
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    The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
    69 %|Oct 28, 1967
    Drama
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    When the Cookie Crumbles
    60 %|Jun 9, 1967
    Drama
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    Two Wives
    74 %|Apr 15, 1967
    Drama
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    Shroud of Snow
    80 %|Jan 14, 1967
    Drama
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    Shojo jutai
    0 %|Oct 29, 1966
    Drama
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    Red Angel
    76 %|Oct 1, 1966
    War, Drama, Romance
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    Wild Geese
    50 %|May 21, 1966
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    The Freezing Point
    68 %|Mar 26, 1966
    Drama
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    The Virgin Witness
    0 %|Jan 29, 1966
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    Irezumi
    69 %|Jan 15, 1966
    Crime, Drama, Thriller
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    Strange Triangle
    0 %|Jul 31, 1965
    Drama
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    Seisaku's Wife
    73 %|Jun 25, 1965
    Drama, Romance, War
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    The Story of a Blind Woman
    0 %|Feb 20, 1965
    Drama
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    Nami kage
    0 %|Jan 31, 1965
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    The Forest of No Escape
    0 %|Jan 23, 1965
    Mystery
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    While Yet a Wife
    0 %|Jan 1, 1965
    Drama
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    Modae
    0 %|Oct 3, 1964
    Drama
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    Manji
    65 %|Jul 25, 1964
    Drama
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    Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege
    62 %|Jul 10, 1964
    Action, Drama, History
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    Kemono no tawamure
    0 %|Jun 11, 1964
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    A Public Benefactor
    0 %|Apr 4, 1964
    Drama
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    Love and Greed
    70 %|Feb 24, 1964
    Drama
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    Hot Spring Doctress
    0 %|Jan 9, 1964
    Comedy, Romance
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    Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection
    71 %|Dec 28, 1963
    Drama, Action
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    Bamboo Doll of Echizen
    76 %|Oct 5, 1963
    Drama
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    She Came For Love
    0 %|Aug 28, 1963
    Drama
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    Bury Me Deep
    0 %|Jun 8, 1963
    Drama, Mystery
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    The Third Will
    80 %|Mar 31, 1963
    Drama
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    Girls Born in August
    0 %|Feb 19, 1963
    Comedy, Romance
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    An Actor's Revenge
    65 %|Jan 13, 1963
    Drama
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    Elegant Beast
    71 %|Dec 26, 1962
    Comedy, Drama
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    The Great Wall
    60 %|Nov 1, 1962
    Drama, History
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    Diary of a Mad Old Man
    65 %|Oct 20, 1962
    Drama, Comedy
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    Hiroshima Heartache
    60 %|Sep 30, 1962
    Drama, Romance
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    Red Love, Green Love
    0 %|Jun 17, 1962
    Drama
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    Closing Time
    0 %|Apr 18, 1962
    Drama
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    Stolen Pleasure
    68 %|Mar 14, 1962
    Drama
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    The Temple of Wild Geese
    63 %|Jan 21, 1962
    Drama
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    Their Legacy
    0 %|Jan 3, 1962
    Drama, Comedy
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    A Wife Confesses
    67 %|Oct 29, 1961
    Drama, Mystery, Romance
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    The Radiant Prince
    0 %|Oct 14, 1961
    Drama, Romance
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    A Geisha's Diary
    72 %|Jul 28, 1961
    Drama
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    A Design for Dying
    60 %|Jun 28, 1961
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    Triangle Moods
    0 %|May 24, 1961
    Drama
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    A Lustful Man
    59 %|Mar 21, 1961
    Comedy, Drama
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    Les Mesdemoiselles
    60 %|Feb 15, 1961
    Comedy
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    Marriageable Age
    0 %|Jan 14, 1961
    Comedy, Drama
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    Vagabonds from Badgerville
    70 %|Jan 3, 1961
    Comedy, Adventure, Music
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    The Ginza Three Boys
    0 %|Jan 3, 1961
    Comedy, Romance
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    The False Student
    65 %|Oct 8, 1960
    Drama
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    The Priest and the Beauty
    30 %|Aug 9, 1960
    Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Horror
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    Victory and Defeat
    0 %|Apr 27, 1960
    Drama, Action
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    Bonchi
    70 %|Apr 14, 1960
    Drama
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    Afraid to Die
    60 %|Mar 22, 1960
    Drama, Crime
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    The Rockabilly Lady
    0 %|Mar 8, 1960
    Drama, Romance
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    A Woman's Testament
    58 %|Jan 14, 1960
    Drama
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    Enchanted Princess
    62 %|Dec 27, 1959
    Fantasy, Comedy, Music
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    Floating Weeds
    75 %|Nov 17, 1959
    Drama
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    Ripe and Marriageable
    0 %|Sep 17, 1959
    Comedy, Drama
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    Beauty the Enemy
    0 %|Aug 12, 1959
    Drama, Romance
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    Jirocho Fuji
    68 %|Jun 3, 1959
    Drama
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    The Cast-Off
    0 %|May 13, 1959
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    The Gaijin
    0 %|May 1, 1959
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    Roses Bloom on a Rose Tree
    80 %|Mar 11, 1959
    Drama
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    The Most Valuable Wife
    75 %|Feb 11, 1959
    Comedy, Drama
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    Goodbye, Hello
    0 %|Jan 3, 1959
    Comedy, Drama
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    Musume no boken
    0 %|Nov 1, 1958
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    A Grain of Wheat
    0 %|Sep 14, 1958
    Drama
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    The Judo Champ
    0 %|Aug 12, 1958
    Action
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    Love River
    0 %|Apr 22, 1958
    Drama
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    The Ladder of Success
    0 %|Apr 1, 1958
    Drama
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    The Loyal 47 Ronin
    60 %|Apr 1, 1958
    Drama, History
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    Firefly Light
    0 %|Mar 18, 1958
    Drama
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    Mother
    0 %|Mar 5, 1958
    Drama
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    Tokyo Eyes
    0 %|Jan 3, 1958
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    The Blue Sky Maiden
    68 %|Oct 8, 1957
    Drama, Comedy
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    The Betrothed
    0 %|May 28, 1957
    Drama
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    Evening Calm
    0 %|Apr 1, 1957
    Drama
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    Love of the Princess
    0 %|Mar 19, 1957
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    Daiei Studio is Bustling
    0 %|Jan 15, 1957
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    Tsukigata Hanpeita
    70 %|Oct 16, 1956
    Action, Romance, History
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    Bridge of Japan
    73 %|Oct 1, 1956
    Romance, Drama
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    Tears
    0 %|Sep 26, 1956
    Drama
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    滝の白糸
    0 %|Jul 12, 1956
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    Punishment Room
    69 %|Jun 28, 1956
    Drama
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    Street of Shame
    76.57 %|Mar 18, 1956
    Drama
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    A Rainbow at Every Turn
    0 %|Feb 19, 1956
    Drama
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    The Phantom Horse
    60 %|Jul 20, 1955
    Drama
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    Farewell Song
    0 %|Jan 15, 1955
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    浅草の夜
    0 %|Jul 14, 1954
    Drama, Romance
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    A Certain Woman
    0 %|Mar 13, 1954
    Drama
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    Jūdai no yūwaku
    0 %|Dec 29, 1953
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    続々十代の性典
    0 %|Sep 22, 1953
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    A Geisha
    75 %|Aug 12, 1953
    Drama
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    Zoku jūdai no seiten
    0 %|May 15, 1953
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    Lady Chatterley of Japan
    0 %|Apr 5, 1953
    Comedy
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    Jûdai no seiten
    0 %|Feb 5, 1953
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    母子鶴
    0 %|Jul 3, 1952
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    Shi no machi wo nogarete
    0 %|May 22, 1952
    Drama, War

    Series

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    Ohisama
    90 %|Apr 4, 2011
    Drama
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    Tokugawa Yoshinobu
    0 %|Jan 4, 1998
    Drama
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    SMAP×SMAP
    85 %|Apr 15, 1996
    Comedy
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    Takeda Shingen
    75 %|Jan 10, 1988
    Drama, War & Politics
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    Takeda Shingen
    75 %|Jan 10, 1988
    Drama, War & Politics
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    ときめきの午後
    0 %|Jul 7, 1985
    actor
    女の夏
    0 %|Jun 29, 1975
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    Genroku Taiheiki
    0 %|Jan 5, 1975
    Drama
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    女の家庭
    0 %|Apr 10, 1974
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    Shin Heike Monogatari
    100 %|Jan 2, 1972
    Drama