Ayako Wakao Movies

Well before “Shogun” as warring clans were fighting for power throughout Japan, a Portuguese vessel ran aground off Tanegashima. Lord...

A young man is determined to have as many affairs as possible but not to get married. One of his conquests is of a different mind however. For she is...

A biting portrait of the world of classical Japanese dance: an ambitious young woman (Wakao Ayako) shoves aside her mentor (Kyo Machiko) on her way...

Adaptation of Seicho Matsumoto's novel of the same name.

Film directed by Shima Koji and starring Wakao Ayako

Yoshimura's 48th film is the contemporary story of a well-to-do family showing the frailties and failings of the class, the egotism, and the complete...

It depicts the emotional ups and downs of a designer who runs a clothing store and her husband over the course of a summer.

A comedy movie for salaryman.

Yano Reiko is a part-time student. After being introduced by a well-known classmate, she becomes the tutor for Mariko, the second daughter of the...

Japanese film directed by Tadashi Imai.

Film directed by Eichi Koishi and starring Wakao Ayako

In a rural district of Tokyo, the owner of a farm is abandoned by his two daughters who are attracted to the life of the big city.

In a match where professional baseball referee Yuzo Tagami was observing a young referee, Hara, a player who got angry at the indecisive judge,...

A studio introduction version for Daiei Stars.

Ayako Wakao portrays a downtown rice ball shop girl whose heart is set on her business. Involved in her life are three young men—stage actor...

A youth drama set in a Japanese university which is home to a group of active, leftist students.

A young scriptwriter with a yakuza upbringing, an iron-fire dancer, a young painter, and a pure-hearted downtown girl fall in love in Asakusa in this...

Japan, 1701. A group of samurai become rônin after their lord is forced to commit seppuku for assaulting a court official, who will become the...