- Films
- 20
- Avg rating
- 7.40
- Peak run
- 1953’63
- 7+ run
- 5 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 an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Ayako by the numbers
Average
7.40
9 rated films
Vote weighted
7.42
bigger films count more
Median
7.4
half are better
Consistency
±0.38
rating spread
Career
35y
1953 to 1987
Total votes
36.2K
across every film
Best
7.9
Floating Weeds
Worst
6.8
Swastika
Newest first
Filmography
| 1987 | Princess from the Moon | Tayoshime | · | 681 |
| 1970 | Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo | Umeno | 7.0 | 3,160 |
| 1967 | The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka | Kae | · | 327 |
| 1966 | The Red Angel | Nurse Sakura Nishi | 7.7 | 2,284 |
| 1966 | Irezumi | Otsuya | 7.1 | 1,704 |
| 1965 | Seisaku's Wife | Okane | · | 857 |
| 1964 | Swastika | Mitsuko Tokumitsu | 6.8 | 1,335 |
| 1963 | An Actor's Revenge | Namiji | 7.3 | 3,221 |
| 1963 | Shinobi No Mono 3: Resurrection | Yodogimi | · | 353 |
| 1962 | The Temple of Wild Geese | Satoko Kirihara | · | 278 |
| 1962 | The Graceful Brute | Yukie Mitani, the agent's accountant | · | 621 |
| 1961 | A Wife Confesses | Ayako Takigawa | 7.4 | 1,009 |
| 1961 | Women Are Born Twice | Koen | · | 266 |
| 1960 | Afraid to Die | Yoshie Koizumi | · | 703 |
| 1959 | Floating Weeds | Kayo | 7.9 | 9,914 |
| 1958 | The Loyal 47 Ronin | Orin (carpenter's daughter) | · | 374 |
| 1957 | We'll Meet Again | Yûko Ono | · | 648 |
| 1956 | Street of Shame | Yasumi | 7.8 | 5,474 |
| 1956 | Punishment Room | Akiko Aochi | · | 264 |
| 1953 | A Geisha | Eiko | 7.6 | 2,692 |
Better together?
Ayako Wakao's regulars
- Yasuzō MasumuraDirector and actor · 8 films · 7.25 avg●−0.03
- Eiji FunakoshiCo-star · 4 films · 7.05 avg▲+0.12
- Yūzō KawashimaDirector and actor · 3 films
- Hiroshi KawaguchiCo-star · 3 films · 7.65 avg▲+0.20
- Kon IchikawaDirector and actor · 3 films · 7.30 avg▼−0.09
- Kenji MizoguchiDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.70 avg▲+0.23
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Ayako Wakao
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