Ayako Wakao Movies

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

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...

1930. In splendid snowy settings, the trials and pain of a woman married to a man who maintains a relationship with their servant.

A young woman marries someone else, but cannot forget her first lover.

A greedy, materialistic family attempts to cover-up the embezzlement committed by the son while keeping their other schemes active. They discover...

The inventor of a ground-breaking glue, Sanada, becomes rich thanks to his discovery a high executive in his company. Because of this promotion, his...

A woman's desperate attempt to prove her husband's innocence after he has been sentenced to death for the murder of his mistress. She tracks down...

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

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

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

Film directed by Seiji Hisamatsu and starring Wakao Ayako

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

A young girl is rigorously trained in the feminine arts so that she can become a geisha. As she struggles through life, she learns to live not just...

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

Japanese film directed by Tadashi Imai.