- Films
- 21
- Avg rating
- 7.05
- Peak run
- 1953’61
- 7+ run
- 4 films
Every film, by TMDB rating
The career
Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 25+ votes
Ayako by the numbers
Average
7.05
12 rated films
Vote weighted
7.08
bigger films count more
Median
7.0
half are better
Consistency
±0.47
rating spread
Career
53y
1953 to 2005
Total votes
1K
across every film
Best
7.7
Street of Shame
Worst
6.4
Princess from the Moon
Newest first
Filmography
| 2005 | Spring Snow | · | · | 4 |
| 1987 | Princess from the Moon | Tayoshime | 6.4 | 28 |
| 1975 | Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director | Self | · | 14 |
| 1970 |  Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo | Umeno | 6.8 | 85 |
| 1967 | The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka | Kae | · | 13 |
| 1966 |  Red Angel | Nurse Sakura Nishi | 7.6 | 69 |
| 1966 | Irezumi | Otsuya | 6.8 | 62 |
| 1965 | Seisaku's Wife | Okane | 7.3 | 27 |
| 1964 | Manji | Mitsuko Tokumitsu | 6.5 | 43 |
| 1963 | Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection | Yodogimi | · | 15 |
| 1963 |  An Actor's Revenge | Namiji | 6.6 | 78 |
| 1962 | Elegant Beast | Yukie Mitani | · | 24 |
| 1962 | The Temple of Wild Geese | Satoko Kirihara | · | 16 |
| 1961 | A Wife Confesses | Ayako Takigawa | 6.7 | 37 |
| 1961 | A Geisha's Diary | Koen | · | 13 |
| 1960 | Afraid to Die | Yoshie Koizumi | · | 12 |
| 1959 |  Floating Weeds | Kayo | 7.5 | 209 |
| 1958 | The Loyal 47 Ronin | Orin, Carpenter's Daughter | · | 12 |
| 1957 | The Blue Sky Maiden | Yuko Ono | 7.1 | 26 |
| 1956 | Punishment Room | Akiko Aochi | · | 7 |
Better together?
Ayako Wakao's regulars
- Yasuzō MasumuraDirector and actor · 8 films · 7.00 avg●+0.03
- Eiji FunakoshiCo-star · 4 films · 6.55 avg▼−0.14
- Yūzō KawashimaDirector and actor · 3 films
- Keizō KawasakiCo-star · 3 films · 7.10 avg▲+0.47
- Hiroshi KawaguchiCo-star · 3 films · 7.09 avg▲+0.07
- Kon IchikawaDirector and actor · 3 films · 6.50 avg▼−0.56
- Kenji MizoguchiDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.65 avg▲+0.48
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: Yasuzō Masumura and Ayako Wakao movies · Eiji Funakoshi and Ayako Wakao movies · Yūzō Kawashima and Ayako Wakao movies · Keizō Kawasaki and Ayako Wakao movies
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