Ayako Wakao Filmes

A young woman decides to leave school in order to help her sister.

Torajiro becomes homesick during his travels after watching a television report about his hometown and meeting a young woman that reminds him of his...

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

"The Time of Reckoning" transforms a screwball-comedy plot into a sober study of a successful businessman with serious relationship problems...

Adaptation of the Shôji Yuki novel.

After the boxing champion retires, the head of a powerful gym, Minegishi (So Yamamura), recommends Yamanaka (Hiroshi Kawaguchi), who is no longer in...

Film directed by Eichi Koishi and starring Wakao Ayako

Kisuke, a young bamboo worker marries Tomoe, a geisha who was once involved with Kisuke's late father.

A studio introduction version for Daiei Stars.

Adaptation of the novel by Masao Kume.

Kazuko and Umeko have been friends since college. They are modern businesswomen who have many obligations in life and are not ready for marriage....

Film directed by Shima Koji and starring Wakao Ayako

Shikiko Oba is nimble with her fingers and teaches dressmaking and designing. Among her pupils are Rinko, Katsumi and Tomie. Ginshiro, who is as...

A girl rebels against her mother, who runs a brothel in Yokohama, and attempts to find freedom on her own.

Ichikawa's 1956 adaptation of Nihonbashi was the first to take the work of Kyoka Izumi— until then regarded as a writer of common tragic...

[Period covered: 1614-1615] Tokugawa Ieyasu is now the ruler of all Japan. But one last loose thread must be tied up before his domination is...