Ayako Wakao Movies

Adaptation of the novel by Masao Kume.

At sixteen, due to illness, Tsuruko goes blind, and has no choice but to become a massage therapist. One day, stumbling on a staircase, he meets a...

A father decides to put his delinquent daughter into a temple in Kyoto known for its austere novitiate. Initially resistant to all forms of...

Film directed by Shima Koji and starring Wakao Ayako

This unique melodrama depicts the anguish of a new wife whose husband confesses to her his infertility on their wedding night. The virgin wife, who...

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

Film directed by Eichi Koishi and starring Wakao Ayako

The film depicts a group of boys and girls who graduate from a local junior high school and head to Tokyo to find employment, and the teachers who...

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.

A Yasuzō Masumura film about a love affair starring Ayako Wakao. The literal title is The Two Who Got Wet.

A romantic comedy depicting the variant and whimsical daily lives of the Japanese mademoiselles in the Metropolis of Tokyo. How they react against...

When Shinsuke returns to Kyushu from the Russo-Japanese War he finds his Judo school hall neglected and in decay. His Judo teacher has died and his...

Film directed by Saeki Kozo with Wakao Ayako.

The intense selfishness of a man brings him fame and fortune but not happiness.

Once upon a time, Okuro (Ayako Wakao), a young female racoon, lived poorly with her drunken father. One day after they disguised themselves as...

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

Japanese film directed by Tadashi Imai.

The drama special satirizes the daily life of a wife with a businessman husband who is busy with his work.

On his return from school, young Ichiro finds his father in bed with his adopted sister, Namie. Enraged, he decides to outdo his father in terms of...