Ako
Hiroshi TeshigaharaCast
Miki Irie Teruko Hasegawa Yoko Matsushita
Credits
Written by: 
Kôbô Abe
Cinematography: Yasuhiro Ishimoto
Music: 
Tôru Takemitsu
Produced by: Shigeru Wakatsuki
Plot
A day in the life of Ako, a 16-year-old Japanese girl, and her friends and co-workers. An alarm clock wakes her in a dorm; she gets ready for work and travels to a large bakery.
Sinekatalog’s take
Teshigahara follows a sixteen-year-old factory girl from alarm clock to bakery floor, observing routine with a documentary eye. The attention to ordinary rhythms is the appeal here, quiet and exact. A neat short for those curious about everyday work in postwar Japan.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.8 / 10 (496 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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