Ayako Wakao Movies

  • 1959
    Floating Weeds

    Floating Weeds

    Floating Weeds

    7.4561959HD

    When a theater troupe's master visits his old flame, he unintentionally sets off a chain of unexpected events with devastating consequences. A remake...

    Floating Weeds
  • 1956
    Street of Shame

    Street of Shame

    Street of Shame

    7.6651956HD

    The lives of five prostitutes employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation is debating the passage of an anti-prostitution law.

    Street of Shame
  • 1953
    A Geisha

    A Geisha

    A Geisha

    7.5391953HD

    Eiko seeks out Miyoharu, a geisha, and asks to be her apprentice. When she is ready to receive clients, both women want the right to refuse certain...

    A Geisha
  • 1963
    An Actor's Revenge

    An Actor's Revenge

    An Actor's Revenge

    6.5411963HD

    In Edo Japan, a kabuki actor seeks revenge against the three men who drove his parents to their deaths years ago.

    An Actor's Revenge
  • 1971
    Tora-san's Shattered Romance

    Tora-san's Shattered Romance

    Tora-san's Shattered Romance

    7.21971HD

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

    Tora-san's Shattered Romance
  • 1966
    Red Angel

    Red Angel

    Red Angel

    7.6161966HD

    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...

    Red Angel
  • 1970
    Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo

    Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo

    Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo

    6.71970HD

    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...

    Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
  • 1964
    Manji

    Manji

    Manji

    6.4871964HD

    The four principals in a love affair collide when jealousy, blackmail and suicide enter the picture.

    Manji
  • 1975
    Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director

    Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director

    Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director

    6.81975HD

    In 39 interviews with actors and actresses, writers, producers and staff members, interspersed with film excerpts and stills, Shindō recounts...

    Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
  • 1966
    Irezumi

    Irezumi

    Irezumi

    71966HD

    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...

    Irezumi
  • 1960
    Afraid to Die

    Afraid to Die

    Afraid to Die

    61960HD

    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 of...

    Afraid to Die
  • 1987
    Princess from the Moon

    Princess from the Moon

    Princess from the Moon

    6.4381987HD

    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.

    Princess from the Moon
  • 1958
    The Loyal 47 Ronin

    The Loyal 47 Ronin

    The Loyal 47 Ronin

    61958HD

    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...

    The Loyal 47 Ronin
  • 1959
    Goodbye, Hello

    Goodbye, Hello

    Goodbye, Hello

    61959HD

    Comedy drama by Kon Ichikawa

    Goodbye, Hello
  • 1991
    The Tale of Genji

    The Tale of Genji

    The Tale of Genji

    01991HD

    TV movie based on the novel "The Tale of Genji" by Murasaki Shikibu, which tells about the life of Prince Hikaru Genji, who was nicknamed "Shining"...

    The Tale of Genji
  • 1960
    The False Student

    The False Student

    The False Student

    6.51960HD

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

    The False Student
  • 1961
    A Wife Confesses

    A Wife Confesses

    A Wife Confesses

    6.71961HD

    Tied to a mountain between her brutalizing spouse and her secret lover, disaster strikes; the authorities accuse her of murder and prompt a...

    A Wife Confesses
  • 2005
    Spring Snow

    Spring Snow

    Spring Snow

    42005HD

    Based on the first novel, Spring Snow, of Mishima Yukio's Sea of Fertility tetralogy, it follows the troubled and illicit affair between two...

    Spring Snow
  • 1964
    Modae

    Modae

    Modae

    01964HD

    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...

    Modae
  • 1965
    Nami kage

    Nami kage

    Nami kage

    01965HD

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

    Nami kage