- Films
- 8
- Avg rating
- 7.12
- Peak run
- 2005’23
- 7+ run
- 4 films
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As a writer, films with 1,000+ votes
Makoto by the numbers
Average
7.12
5 rated films
Vote weighted
7.13
bigger films count more
Median
7.1
half are better
Consistency
±0.26
rating spread
Career
22y
2005 to 2026
Total votes
29.9K
across every film
Best
7.5
The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl
Worst
6.8
River
Newest first
Filmography
| 2026 | You Are the Film | · | 151 |
| 2025 | Rewrite | · | 120 |
| 2023 | River | 6.8 | 3,518 |
| 2020 |  Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes | 7.2 | 11,491 |
| 2018 |  Penguin Highway | 7.1 | 4,772 |
| 2017 |  The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl | 7.5 | 7,613 |
| 2016 | Bitter Sweet | · | 261 |
| 2005 | Summer Time Machine Blues | 7.0 | 1,956 |
Better together?
Makoto Ueda's regulars
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: Junta Yamaguchi and Makoto Ueda movies
Takes
On Makoto Ueda
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