Ayako Wakao Movies

After helping a woman recover her wallet, which had been stolen by a pickpocket, a rough-around-the-edges young man who is a sixth-dan judo...

A woman's desperate attempt to prove her husband's innocence after he has been sentenced to death for the murder of his mistress. She tracks down...

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

A girl rebels against her mother, who runs a brothel in Yokohama, and attempts to find freedom on her own.

Follows five sex workers employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation debates the passage of an anti-prostitution law.

A young engineer and a pure-hearted mountain girl take on the challenges of the Akan primeval forest, where lawlessness and violence run rampant.

Judo movie.

Keita, who had been taken along as a cover for his father-in-law’s affair, was discovered by his new wife when she unexpectedly showed up while...

A young judo athlete ends up working as a cabaret bouncer.

A young man who is ostracized by society because his older brother has a criminal record—a situation that even threatens his marriage—is...

A coming-of-age film.

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...

Fleeing a distressing family situation, Eiko, a very young girl, becomes an apprentice to Miyoharu, a veteran geisha. Both, determined to preserve...

Heitaro, who had served his firm loyally for 30 years, reaches the retirement age. He has four unmarried daughters and decides to split his...