- Acting films
- 20
- Acting avg
- 7.02
- Peak run
- 1985’20
- 7+ run
- 2 films
Acting films, 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
Wakaba by the numbers
Average
7.02
6 rated films
Vote weighted
7.01
bigger films count more
Median
7.1
half are better
Consistency
±0.47
rating spread
Career
60y
1961 to 2020
Total votes
440
across every film
Best
7.7
His Motorbike, Her Island
Worst
6.3
Glory to the Filmmaker!
Newest first
Filmography
| 2020 |  Labyrinth of Cinema | Communication | 6.9 | 32 |
| 2017 |  Hanagatami | Old Maid | 7.2 | 37 |
| 2007 | Switching – Goodbye Me | Kazumi's Grandmother | · | 12 |
| 2007 |  Glory to the Filmmaker! | Madam at the Bar | 6.3 | 61 |
| 1998 |  Sada | Toki | · | 18 |
| 1993 |  A Touch of Fever | Yoriko's Mother | · | 13 |
| 1992 | The Rocking Horsemen | Shino Shirai | · | 14 |
| 1991 |  Chizuko's Younger Sister | Mako's Mother | · | 16 |
| 1989 |  Beijing Watermelon | Haruzo's Sister | · | 7 |
| 1988 |  The Discarnates | Ayako Imamura | · | 18 |
| 1986 | Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast | Soutaroh's Mother | · | 7 |
| 1986 |  His Motorbike, Her Island | Miyo's Mother | 7.7 | 50 |
| 1985 |  Lonely Heart | PTA President | 7.2 | 28 |
| 1984 |  The Island Closest to Heaven | Madame Hiroko | · | 13 |
| 1983 |  The Girl Who Leapt Through Time | Noriko | 6.8 | 41 |
| 1982 |  I Are You, You Am Me | Chie Saitoh | · | 15 |
| 1966 | Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn | Hagino | · | 17 |
| 1964 | Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple | Otsu | · | 13 |
| 1962 | Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights | Otsu | · | 14 |
| 1961 | Miyamoto Musashi | Otsu | · | 14 |
Better together?
Wakaba Irie's regulars
- Isao KimuraCo-star · 3 films
- Kinnosuke NakamuraCo-star · 3 films
- Chieko NaniwaCo-star · 3 films
- Tomu UchidaDirector and actor · 3 films
- Nobuhiko ObayashiDirector and actor · 3 films · 6.82 avg▼−0.24
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: Wakaba Irie and Isao Kimura movies · Wakaba Irie and Kinnosuke Nakamura movies · Wakaba Irie and Chieko Naniwa movies · Tomu Uchida and Wakaba Irie movies
Takes