Ako

Sixties Japanese coming-of-age studies meets kitchen-sink realism set over a single day. A bakery trainee navigates dorm life, co-workers, and a borrowed Pontiac crammed with friends until a breakdown tests her fragile hold on adulthood. A snapshot of teen drift in a decade obsessed with transition.

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Hiroshi Teshigahara directed Ako in 1964. See Hiroshi Teshigahara's full filmography, where to start with Hiroshi Teshigahara, or where to go after you've seen everything by Hiroshi Teshigahara.

Ako was released in 1964 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 29 minutes.