What is Ayako Wakao?
[[File:Ayako Wakao cropped.jpg|right|200px]] {{nihongo|'''Ayako Wakao'''|若尾 文子|Wakao Ayako|November 8, 1933}} is a Japanese actress. She was born in [[Tokyo]]. She was a favorite actress of director [[Yasuzo Masumura]], starring in 25 of his movies. She appeared in [[Kenji Mizoguchi]]'s ''[[A Geisha]]'' and ''[[Street of Shame]]''.<ref>{{cite web|first=Donald|last=Richie|author-link=Donald Richie|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2001/11/11/books/mizoguchis-street-of-shame/|title=Mizoguchi's street of shame|publisher=[[The Japan Times]]|date=November 11, 2011}}</ref> She also appeared in [[Yasujirō Ozu]]'s ''[[Floating Weeds]]''.<ref>{{cite web|first=Alan|last=Bett|url=http://www.theskinny.co.uk/film/reviews/303595-floating_weeds|title=Floating Weeds|publisher=[[The Skinny (magazine)|The Skinny]]|date=November 30, 2012}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{IMDb name|0906723}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Wakao, Ayako}} [[Category:1933 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Actors from Tokyo]] {{actor-stub}}