Ayako Wakao Movies

A coming-of-age film.

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

A theater troupe master's visit with his old flame unintentionally sets off a chain of unexpected events with devastating consequences.

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

This story depicts the struggles of a man living in the cutthroat world of competition and the pure love of his wife.

A young man who is ostracized by society because his older brother has a criminal record—a situation that even threatens his marriage—is...

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...

Otsuya, the daughter of a rich merchant, elopes with her lover Shinsuke, an employee of her father's. During their flight, Otsuya's beauty attracts...

In 1939, Sakura Nishi is a young army nurse who is sent to the field hospitals in China during the Sino-Japanese war. She has to assist the surgeon...

Shimada is a student of U College. When the college's baseball team wins the day, he and his friend Ito drug two girls they met at the game.

Judo movie.

Follows five sex workers employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation debates the passage of an anti-prostitution law.

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...

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...

After helping a woman recover her wallet, which had been stolen by a pickpocket, a rough-around-the-edges young man who is a sixth-dan judo...

A romantic story about a young medical student and a Japanese dancer who meet while watching a university ice hockey league game, and how they...

Keita, who had been taken along as a cover for his father-in-law’s affair, was discovered by his new wife when she unexpectedly showed up while...