- Films
- 19
- Avg rating
- 6.63
- Peak run
- 2017’24
- 7+ run
- 2 films
Every film, by TMDB rating
The career
Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.
As a cinematographer, films with 25+ votes
Akira by the numbers
Average
6.63
11 rated films
Vote weighted
6.69
bigger films count more
Median
6.8
half are better
Consistency
±0.84
rating spread
Career
29y
1998 to 2026
Total votes
1.84K
across every film
Best
7.5
Kingdom III: The Flame of Destiny
Worst
5.3
Platinum Data
Newest first
Filmography
| 2026 | Kingdom 5: The Clash of Souls | · | 2 |
| 2024 |  Kingdom: Return of the Great General | 6.8 | 678 |
| 2024 | The Yin Yang Master Zero | · | 12 |
| 2023 |  Kingdom III: The Flame of Destiny | 7.5 | 141 |
| 2022 |  Kingdom 2: Far and Away | 7.3 | 135 |
| 2017 |  Mixed Doubles | 6.5 | 48 |
| 2017 | Ajin: Demi-Human | 7.3 | 147 |
| 2015 | The Curtain Rises | · | 7 |
| 2013 | Platinum Data | 5.3 | 39 |
| 2012 |  Key of Life | 7.5 | 119 |
| 2011 | Princess Toyotomi | · | 9 |
| 2008 |  Shaolin Girl | 5.6 | 37 |
| 2006 | Udon | · | 14 |
| 2006 | Limit of Love: Umizaru | · | 9 |
| 2005 | Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean | · | 22 |
| 2004 | Sea Monkey | · | 10 |
| 2002 |  Returner | 6.6 | 263 |
| 2002 |  Ping Pong | 7.1 | 64 |
| 1998 |  Tomie | 5.4 | 88 |
Better together?
Akira Sako's regulars
- Shinsuke SatoCinematographer · 4 films · 7.21 avg
- Katsuyuki MotohiroCinematographer · 4 films · 6.47 avg
- Eiichiro HasumiCinematographer · 2 films
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.
Films together: Shinsuke Sato and Akira Sako movies · Katsuyuki Motohiro and Akira Sako movies · Eiichiro Hasumi and Akira Sako movies
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