Ayako Wakao
- 1959
The Most Valuable Wife
The Most Valuable Wife7.5 Feb. 11, 1959 HD
Kyoko is the third daughter of the Nonomiya family, a very ordinary family. Momoko, the eldest daughter, is married to Ichiro, the president of ...
Actors:Ayako Wakao, Chieko Higashiyama, Eiji Funakoshi, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Seiji Miyaguchi
- 1957
The Blue Sky Maiden
The Blue Sky Maiden6.795 Oct. 08, 1957 HD
Yuko is sent to the coastal regions to be raised away from the rest of her sophisticated family where she finds out from her ill grandmother that ...
Actors:Ayako Wakao, Keizō Kawasaki, Kenji Sugawara, Ryūji Shinagawa, Yuko Yashio
- 1961
A Geisha’s Diary
A Geisha’s Diary7.2 Jul. 28, 1961 HD
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 ...
Genre: Drama
Actors:Ayako Wakao, Frankie Sakai, Jun Fujimaki, Kyū Sazanka, Sō Yamamura
- 1962
Elegant Beast
Elegant Beast7.1 Dec. 26, 1962 HD
A greedy, materialistic family attempts to cover-up the embezzlement committed by the son while keeping their other schemes active. They discover ...
Actors:Ayako Wakao, Eiji Funakoshi, Hisano Yamaoka, Yūko Hamada, Yūnosuke Itō
- 1963
Bamboo Doll of Echizen
Bamboo Doll of Echizen7.6 Oct. 05, 1963 HD
Based on a novel by Tsutomu Mizukami, this haunting melodrama focuses on a young bamboo worker who takes his father’s prostitute as his wife.
Genre: Drama
Actors:Ayako Wakao, Jun Hamamura, Junichiro Yamashita, Kō Nishimura, Tamao Nakamura
- 1955
The Phantom Horse
The Phantom Horse6.0 Jul. 20, 1955 HD
Following the tragic death of his father, a young boy’s family trains his horse to compete in the local derby.
Genre: Drama
Actors:Ayako Wakao, Bontarō Miake, Eijirō Yanagi, Koreya Senda, Yoshirō Kitahara
- 1966
Irezumi
Irezumi6.954 Jan. 15, 1966 HD
Otsuya, the daughter of a rich merchant, elopes with her lover Shinsuke, an employee of her father’s. During their flight, Otsuya’s ...
Actors:Akio Hasegawa, Ayako Wakao, Fujio Suga, Gaku Yamamoto, Kei Satō
- 1965
Seisaku’s Wife
Seisaku’s Wife7.3 Jun. 25, 1965 HD
On the eve of the Russo-Japanese war at the beginning of the 20th century, small-town girl Okane has married an old wealthy man to escape a life ...
Actors:Ayako Wakao, Shoichi Ozawa, Takahiro Tamura, Yuka Konno, Yūzō Hayakawa
- 1960
Afraid to Die
Afraid to Die6.0 Mar. 22, 1960 HD
On his release from prison a young yakuza, along with his brother, decides to turn his back on criminal life instead of taking over the position ...
Actors:Ayako Wakao, Eiji Funakoshi, Keizō Kawasaki, Takashi Shimura, Yukio Mishima
- 1966
Red Angel
Red Angel7.636 Oct. 01, 1966 HD
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 ...
Actors:Ayako Wakao, Jōtarō Senba, Ranko Akagi, Shinsuke Ashida, Yūsuke Kawazu
- 1987
Princess from the Moon
Princess from the Moon6.4 Sep. 26, 1987 HD
Two poor, married farmers have recently lost their only child; after a freak visitation, they pry open an alien cocoon to greet their new daughter.
Genre: Adventure,Drama,Science Fiction
Actors:Ayako Wakao, Kiichi Nakai, Koji Ishizaka, Toshirō Mifune, Yasuko Sawaguchi
- 1971
Tora-san’s Shattered Romance
Tora-san’s Shattered Romance7.2 Jan. 15, 1971 HD
Torajiro becomes homesick during his travels after watching a television report about his hometown and meeting a young woman that reminds him of ...
Genre: Comedy
Actors:Ayako Wakao, Chieko Baisho, Chieko Misaki, Gin Maeda, Kiyoshi Atsumi
- 1970
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo6.803 Jan. 15, 1970 HD
With a price on his head, Ichi seeks tranquillity in a favorite village. Since his last visit, it has fallen prey to Boss Masagoro, the son of a ...
Actors:Ayako Wakao, Masakane Yonekura, Osamu Takizawa, Toshirō Mifune
- 1964
Manji
Manji6.487 Jul. 25, 1964 HD
The four principals in a love affair collide when jealousy, blackmail and suicide enter the picture.
Genre: Drama
Actors:Ayako Wakao, Eiji Funakoshi, Kyôko Kishida, Kyū Sazanka, Yūsuke Kawazu
- 1963
An Actor’s Revenge
An Actor’s Revenge6.556 Jan. 13, 1963 HD
In Edo Japan, a kabuki actor seeks revenge against the three men who drove his parents to their deaths years ago.
Genre: Drama
Actors:Ayako Wakao, Eiji Funakoshi, Fujiko Yamamoto, Kazuo Hasegawa, Naritoshi Hayashi
- 1961
A Wife Confesses
A Wife Confesses6.717 Oct. 29, 1961 HD
Tied to a mountain between her brutalizing spouse and her secret lover, disaster strikes; the authorities accuse her of murder and prompt a confession.
Actors:Ayako Wakao, Eitarō Ozawa, Haruko Mabuchi, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Jun Negami
- 1960
Bonchi
Bonchi7.0 Apr. 14, 1960 HD
Kikuji is the scion of an Osaka merchant family whose traditional power is matrilineal. Instructed by his overbearing mother and grandmother to ...
Genre: Drama
Actors:Ayako Wakao, Fubuki Koshiji, Mitsuko Kusabue, Raizō Ichikawa, Tamao Nakamura
- 1959
Floating Weeds
Floating Weeds7.476 Nov. 17, 1959 HD
When a theater troupe’s master visits his old flame, he unintentionally sets off a chain of unexpected events with devastating consequences.
Genre: Drama
Actors:Ayako Wakao, Ganjirō Nakamura II, Haruko Sugimura, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Machiko Kyō
- 1956
Bridge of Japan
Bridge of Japan7.3 Oct. 01, 1956 HD
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 ...
Actors:Ayako Wakao, Chikage Awashima, Fujiko Yamamoto, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Ryūji Shinagawa
- 1956
Street of Shame
Street of Shame7.702 Mar. 18, 1956 HD
The lives of five sex workers employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation is debating the passage of an anti-prostitution law.
Genre: Drama
Actors:Aiko Mimasu, Ayako Wakao, Kenji Sugawara, Machiko Kyō, Michiyo Kogure
- 1953
A Geisha
A Geisha7.519 Aug. 12, 1953 HD
Fleeing a distressing family situation, Eiko, a very young girl, becomes an apprentice to Miyoharu, a veteran geisha. Both, determined to ...
Genre: Drama
Actors:Ayako Wakao, Eitarō Shindō, Ichirō Sugai, Michiyo Kogure, Seizaburō Kawazu