Ayako Wakao

    Ayako Wakao

    November 8, 1933 (91 years old) in Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Ayako Wakao (่‹ฅๅฐพ ๆ–‡ๅญ, 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 Yasujirล 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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    Takeda ShingenTakeda Shingen
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    Street of ShameStreet of Shame
    Floating WeedsFloating Weeds

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