
Three stories about modern women. The first works in a nightclub and plans to marry the boss. Read More »
Tag Archives: Ayako Wakao
Enchanted Princess / Hatsuharu tanuki goten (1959) Keigo Kimura, Raizô Ichikawa, Ayako Wakao, Shintarô Katsu

Once upon a time, Okuro (Ayako Wakao), a young female racoon, lived poorly with her drunken father. Read More »
Wild Geese / Gan (1966) Kazuo Ikehiro, Ayako Wakao, Gaku Yamamoto, Eitarô Ozawa

A poor woman agrees to marry a much older man, not knowing that his wife is still alive. Read More »
Fireflies / Hotarubi (1958) Heinosuke Gosho, Chikage Awashima, Junzaburô Ban, Ayako Wakao

Tose got incredibly lucky to go from being the peasants’ daughter to the owner of a famous inn. Read More »
The Radiant Prince / Shin Genji monogatari (1961) Kazuo Mori, Raizô Ichikawa, Ayako Wakao, Hanayo Sumi

Driven to an obsession with the emperor’s new concubine, Lady Fujitsubo, whose resemblance to his late mother Read More »
Maboroshi no uma / The Phantom Horse (1955) Kôji Shima

Following the tragic death of his father, a young boy’s family trains his horse to compete in the local derby. Read More »
Karakkaze yarô / Afraid to Die (1960) Yasuzô Masumura

A group of yakuza is hired to break a strike and an antihero of his former law partners faces Read More »
Sono yo wa wasurenai / A Night to Remember (1962) Kôzaburô Yoshimura, Ayako Wakao, Jirô Tamiya, Keizô Kawasaki

Seventeen years after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, a newspaper reporter embarks Read More »
Stolen Pleasure / Tadare (1962) Yasuzô Masumura, Ayako Wakao, Jirô Tamiya, Yaeko Mizutani

Based on the original novel by Tokuda Shusei, adaptation by Kaneto Shindo, Masumura Yasuzo directs. Read More »
Freezing Point (1966) Satsuo Yamamoto

Keizo Tsujiguchi believes his wife Natsue was having an extramarital affair when their child was kidnapped and killed. Read More »