Ayako Wakao Movies

Otama, daughter of a poor candy vendor, becomes the mistress of a man whom she believes to be a widower and owner of a prosperous dry goods store....

Princess Kiyo accidentally injures a local priest, Anchin, while on a hunt. She apologizes, but feels irritated by Anchin’s indifference to her...

Comedy drama by Kon Ichikawa

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

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

Ayako Wakao won the Blue Ribbon and the Kinema Jumpo for this film.

Group of women escape Chinese controlled area for Japanese occupied lands during Pacific War.

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

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

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...

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

Momoko and Asako are half sisters, daughters of the famous architect Tsuneo Mizuhara, who also have another half sister in Kyôto, Wakako, whom...

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

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

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