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Ayako Wakao (November 8, 1933, Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese actress. Contracted to Daiei Studios in 1951 as part of the fifth "New Face" group, she often appeared in the films of director Yasuzo Masumura. Has appeared in nearly 160 films since her debut in 1952.
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26 September 1987
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.
15 November 1969
Sentaro is been severely beaten for his defiance of the government and the high taxes during a time of famine.
29 October 1961
Tied to a mountain between her brutalizing spouse and her secret lover, disaster strikes; the authorities accuse her of murder and prompt a confession.
01 October 1956
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 melodramas—and re-evaluate it as a tanbi-ha work of decadence, aestheticism, and intrigue.
20 October 1962
Utsugi, a seventy-seven-year-old man of refined tastes who is recovering from a stroke, discovers that, while his body is decaying, his libido still rages on -- unwittingly sparked by the gentle, kindly attentions of his daughter-in-law Satsuko, a chic, flashy dancer with a shady past.
15 January 1971
Torajiro becomes homesick during his travels after watching a television report about his hometown and meeting a young woman that reminds him of his sister Sakura.
31 January 1965
Ayako Wakao won the Blue Ribbon and the Kinema Jumpo for this film.
27 December 1991
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" by people for his dazzling noble beauty.
28 August 1963
Toshiko is the madam of a bar in Osaka who tries to keep her private life private and claims not to have a lover.
01 October 1966
In 1939, Sakura Nishi is a young army nurse who is sent to the field hospitals in China during the Sino-Japanese war.
30 November 1968
A Yasuzō Masumura film about a love affair starring Ayako Wakao. The literal title is The Two Who Got Wet.
24 May 1961
Ayako Wakao portrays a downtown rice ball shop girl whose heart is set on her business. Involved in her life are three young men—stage actor Goro, businessman Kokichi and Sanpei Pachinko.
21 March 1961
Fascinated with women from an early age, Yonosuke had his first sexual encounter at the age of seven.
23 January 1965
Adaptation of Seicho Matsumoto's novel of the same name.
24 May 1975
In 39 interviews with actors and actresses, writers, producers and staff members, interspersed with film excerpts and stills, Shindō recounts the life and career of his friend and mentor Mizoguchi.
15 February 1961
A romantic comedy depicting the variant and whimsical daily lives of the Japanese mademoiselles in the Metropolis of Tokyo.
14 April 1960
Kikuji is the scion of an Osaka merchant family whose traditional power is matrilineal. Instructed by his overbearing mother and grandmother to give them an heiress for the family business, he stands by helplessly as his wife is thrown out of the house for producing a son.
12 August 1959
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.
28 July 1974
It depicts a few days in the life of a farmer's wife who takes her first vacation in Tokyo.
08 June 1963
A suspense directed by Umetsugu Inoue, starring Ayako Wakao, depicting the intense lust created by the passion of a writhing woman.
29 December 1953
Film directed by Seiji Hisamatsu and starring Wakao Ayako
23 April 1955
A Girl isn't Allowed to Love is a 1955 Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa.
18 March 1956
The lives of five sex workers employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation is debating the passage of an anti-prostitution law.
14 January 1960
The first story concerns an attractive young woman who works in a Tokyo nightclub. Her plan for a solid financial future has a double whammy.
27 December 1959
Once upon a time, Okuro (Ayako Wakao), a young female racoon, lived poorly with her drunken father. One day after they disguised themselves as parasols, they were wrongly brought to the Racoon Palace, where the young racoon princess (also Ayako Wakao) made a mess of her arranged marriage with the beautiful racoon prince (Raizô Ichikawa).
22 May 1952
Group of women escape Chinese controlled area for Japanese occupied lands during Pacific War.
31 March 1963
A story about a wealthy family and the greed and selfishness of three daughters and relatives, afterr
03 October 1964
This unique melodrama depicts the anguish of a new wife whose husband confesses to her his infertility on their wedding night.
29 January 1966
A father decides to put his delinquent daughter into a temple in Kyoto known for its austere novitiate.
03 January 1961
A musical about the escapades of some tanuki passing themselves off as humans in human society.
03 June 1959
Legendary yakuza Shimizu Jirocho and his 28 henchmen travel the unruly path from a 'Fire Festival' in Akiba to a decisive battle by the Fujigawa.
12 August 1953
Fleeing a distressing family situation, Eiko, a very young girl, becomes an apprentice to Miyoharu, a veteran geisha.
28 June 1961
Shikiko Oba is nimble with her fingers and teaches dressmaking and designing. Among her pupils are Rinko, Katsumi and Tomie.
31 July 1965
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.
04 April 1964
The intense selfishness of a man brings him fame and fortune but not happiness.
20 July 1955
Following the tragic death of his father, a young boy's family trains his horse to compete in the local derby.
03 January 1962
Heitaro, who had served his firm loyally for 30 years, reaches the retirement age. He has four unmarried daughters and decides to split his retirement allowance he has received from his firm into 500,000 yen for each daughter as a wedding dowry.
28 June 1956
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.
15 January 1970
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 merchant rumored to have stolen gold from the shogunate.
08 October 1957
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 she is not who she thought she was.
29 June 1968
"The Time of Reckoning" transforms a screwball-comedy plot into a sober study of a successful businessman with serious relationship problems involving three women: his wife of ten years who announces she is pregnant by another man; a mistress who wants to have a baby with him; and an ex-lover who claims he fathered her son.
14 January 1967
1930. In splendid snowy settings, the trials and pain of a woman married to a man who maintains a relationship with their servant.
15 April 1967
After a random encounter at a bar, two couples collide. Two men, two women, embroiled in a love-and-hate drama that threatens to engulf them.
17 November 1959
When a theater troupe's master visits his old flame, he unintentionally sets off a chain of unexpected events with devastating consequences.
29 June 1975
It depicts the emotional ups and downs of a designer who runs a clothing store and her husband over the course of a summer.
15 January 1955
A young woman decides to leave school in order to help her sister.
25 June 1965
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 of poverty.
22 September 1953
Film directed by Eichi Koishi and starring Wakao Ayako
