List of the best Ayako Wakao movies: Afraid to Die(1960), Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo(1970), Floating Weeds(1959) ... ...
Crime, Drama
Japan
1960
96 Minutes
Yoshie Koizumi
Yukio Mishima Ayako Wakao Keizo Kawasaki Eiji Funakoshi Takashi Shimura Yaeko Mizutani Michiko Ono
Takeo is a young yakuza who renounces his former criminal activities after being released from prison. But sometimes escaping the past is not so easy.
Action, Adventure
Japan
1970
117 Minutes
Umeno
Shintarô Katsu Toshirô Mifune Ayako Wakao Osamu Takizawa Sakatoshi Masakane Shin Kishida Kanjuro Arashi Toshiyuki Hosokawa
Zatoichi tries to unrest the mob rule over a small village all while the gang leader's bodyguard is actually the Yojimbo, secretly taking the gang down from the inside. Will the two heroes realize in time that they are on the same side?
Drama
1959
115 Minutes
Kayo
Ganjirô Nakamura Haruko Sugimura Hiroshi Kawaguchi Machiko Ky? Ayako Wakao Kôji Mitsui Mutsuko Sakura Mantaro Ushio Haruo Tanaka Hitomi Nozoe Chishu Ryu
The leader (Ganjirô Nakamura) of a traveling acting troupe meets his former mistress (Haruko Sugimura) and their illegitimate son (Hiroshi Kawaguchi).