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Ayako Wakao
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Ayako Wakao - filmography
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Princess From The Moon
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Ayako Wakao, Yasuko Sawaguchi
Director: Kon Ichikawa
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When a mysterious light appears in the sky a poor couple investigate and find a small pod near the grave of their daughter. The pod breaks open to reveal a small baby who looks very much like their daughter. They decide to adopt her and she grows up to be a young lady of exceptional beauty who is ..read more »
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46%
from 169 members
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Red Angel
on DVD
(1966)
Starring: Ayako Wakao, Shinsuke Ashida, Yusuke Kawazu
Director: Yasuzo Masumura
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Set against the Sino-Japanese war of 1939, a young angelic military nurse is raped by her patients and sent to the front line for daring to register a complaint. Posted to a rag-tag demoralised unti, she falls in love with an impotent morphine-addicted surgeon. Together the pair seek solace in each ..read more »
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52%
from 715 members
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Irezumi
on DVD
(1966)
Starring: Ayako Wakao, Akio Hasegawa, Gaku Yamamoto
Director: Yasuzo Masumura
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When a young girl is seduced and has a spider tattooed on her back; she herself becomes a predatory monster, taking revenge on every man who has shared her bed.
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59%
from 184 members
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Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
on DVD
(1965)
Starring: Shintaro Katsu, Toshiro Mifune, Ayako Wakao
Director: Kihachi Okamoto
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A blind man returns to a village, of which he was once very fond. Upon his return however, he finds that things have changed considerably. There are two factions vying for power and people are getting killed... Japanese dialogue.
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62%
from 625 members
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Manji
on DVD
(1964)
Starring: Ayako Wakao, Kyoko Kishida, Yusuke Kawazu
Director: Yasuzo Masumura, Yasuko Masumura
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Acclaimed Japanese New Wave director Yasuzo Masumura takes on the intricacies of love in his acclaimed film MANJI. When a dissatisfied, bored wife meets a mysterious, sexy woman in an art class, the two embark on a passionate affair. Soon, the unhappy wife's husband and her new girlfriend's ..read more »
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54%
from 109 members
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An Actor's Revenge
on DVD
(1962)
Starring: Kazuo Hasegawa, Fujiko Yamamoto, Ayako Wakao
Director: Kon Ichikawa
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Perhaps director Kon Ichikawa's most stylistically inventive film, AN ACTOR'S REVENGE was adapted from a newspaper serial written by Otokichi Mikami and stars Kazuo Hasegawa as Yukinojo Nakamura, a celebrated "oyama," or female impersonator, working with the Ichimura kabuki troupe in 1836 Edo. ..read more »
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66%
from 700 members
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Floating Weeds
on DVD
(1959)
Starring: Ganjiro Nakamura, Machiko Kyo, Ayako Wakao
Director: Yasujiro Ozu
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In this sly and subtle Japanese morality tale, Yasujiro Ozu observes a stray Kabuki troupe as they follow their leader to a small coastal village. The troupe puts on a shambling performance and questions their vocation. Meanwhile, the troupe leader visits an old mistress and their illegitimate son ..read more »
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68%
from 851 members
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Sansho Dayu & Gion Bayashi
(2 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Kinuyo Tanaka, Michiyo Kogure, Yoshiaki Hanayagi
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
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Based on an ancient legend, as recounted by celebrated author Mori Ogai (in his short story of the same name, written in 1915), and adapted by Japanese director Mizoguchi Kenji, Sansho Dayu is both distinctively Japanese and as deeply affecting as a Greek tragedy. Described in its opening title as "..read more »
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78%
from 333 members
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