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Ayako Wakao

08 Nov, 1933 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.

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Аяко Вакао

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Musume no boken
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Meiso chizu
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A Geisha
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Manji
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Red Angel
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Evening Calm
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Jirocho Fuji
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幻の殺意
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滝の白糸
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Two Wives
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Modae
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Bonchi
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Closing Time
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母子鶴
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Tears
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Wild Geese
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The Cast-Off
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Nami kage
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The Gaijin
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Tokyo Eyes
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Love River
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Mother
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Shojo jutai
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