Acting
Ayako Wakao
- Titles
- 77movies11TV showsmovies and TV shows
- Career
- 19522015
- Leading roles
- 71top three billing
- Average score
70/100
- Highest rated
Street of Shame77/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 11 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical7.1average 2.6
- Melancholy7.2average 4.7
- Pathos7.2average 5.2
- Psychological6.9average 5.6
- Eroticism3.1average 1.8
- Nostalgia4.8average 3.6
- Catharsis6.3average 5.1
- Family Dynamics5.7average 4.7
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism2.5, average 5.2
- Situational Comedy1.0, average 2.7
- Pop Culture0.6, average 2.2
- Physical Comedy1.5, average 2.5
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Social Commentary 7
- Historical Setting 5
- Character Study 5
- Complex Characters 4
- Japanese Cinema 4
- Political Intrigue 4
- Psychological Drama 3
- Intrigue 3
- Post-War Japan 2
- Historical Drama 2
- Coming-of-Age 2
- Moral Dilemma 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
- TTatsuji NakashizuEditorOne Day at Summer's End, Red Angel, Manji, A Wife Confesses, Seisaku's Wife, +15 more
Eiji FunakoshiActorManji, An Actor's Revenge, Thousand Cranes, Elegant Beast, The Most Valuable Wife, +11 more
Yasuzō MasumuraDirectorOne Day at Summer's End, Irezumi, Red Angel, The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka, Manji, +11 more
Hiroshi KawaguchiActorFloating Weeds, A Wife Confesses, Punishment Room, The Most Valuable Wife, Les Mesdemoiselles, +8 more
Raizō IchikawaActorThe Wife of Seishu Hanaoka, Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege, Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection, Bonchi, A Lustful Man, +7 more- SSetsuo KobayashiCinematographerOne Day at Summer's End, Red Angel, The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka, Princess from the Moon, Manji, +7 more
Keizō KawasakiActorDiary of a Mad Old Man, The Blue Sky Maiden, Punishment Room, Afraid to Die, Love and Greed, +6 more
Sei IkenoComposerRed Angel, Bamboo Doll of Echizen, Elegant Beast, A Geisha's Diary, The Temple of Wild Geese, +5 more
Machiko KyōActorFloating Weeds, Street of Shame, Thousand Cranes, Asakusa at Night, Jirocho Fuji, +4 more
Kaneto ShindōWriterIrezumi, The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka, Manji, Seisaku's Wife, Thousand Cranes, +4 more
Kazuo MiyagawaCinematographerIrezumi, Floating Weeds, Street of Shame, Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo, A Geisha, +4 more
Fujiko YamamotoActorAn Actor's Revenge, Jirocho Fuji, The Great Wall, Bridge of Japan, The Messenger from the Moon, +3 more
Movies and TV shows
882010s
3 titles
Izakaya Moheji 4 (2015)
as Kihara Shino [New customer]
Izakaya Moheji 2 (2013)
as Kihara Shino [New customer]
Ohisama (2011)
TV show · as Yoko Sudo (present day)
1990s
3 titles
Tokugawa Yoshinobu (1998)
TV show · as Yoshiko Tokugawa
SMAP×SMAP (1996)
TV show · as Bistro Guest
The Tale of Genji (1991)
TV show
1980s
3 titles · average score 63
Takeda Shingen (1988)
TV show · as Oi Fujin
63
Princess from the Moon (1987)
as Tayoshime
ときめきの午後 (1985)
TV show
1970s
7 titles · average score 69
女の夏 (1975)
TV show
Genroku Taiheiki (1975)
TV show · as Someko
女の家庭 (1974)
TV show
Shin Heike Monogatari (1972)
TV show · as Tokiwa Gozen
愛と愛 (1972)
TV show
69
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (1970)
as Umeno
1960s
46 titles · average score 69
One Day at Summer's End (1968)
as Mariko Nozaki
70
Irezumi (1966)
as Otsuya
77
Red Angel (1966)
as Nurse Sakura Nishi
75
Seisaku's Wife (1965)
as Okane
66
Manji (1964)
as Mitsuko Tokumitsu
69
An Actor's Revenge (1963)
as Namiji
68
Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection (1963)
as Yodogimi
Diary of a Mad Old Man (1962)
as Satsuko
67
The Temple of Wild Geese (1962)
as Satoko Kirihara
70
A Wife Confesses (1961)
as Ayako Takigawa
72
A Geisha's Diary (1961)
as Koen
62
Afraid to Die (1960)
as Yoshie Koizumi
1950s
26 titles · average score 72
77
Floating Weeds (1959)
as Kayo
Beauty the Enemy (1959)
as Keiko Yoshino
Goodbye, Hello (1959)
as Kazuko Aota
Firefly Light (1958)
as Oryo
69
The Blue Sky Maiden (1957)
as Yûko Ono
Love of the Princess (1957)
as Kazunomiya
77
Street of Shame (1956)
as Yasumi
69
Punishment Room (1956)
as Akiko Aochi
Bridge of Japan (1956)
as Ochise
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love (1955)
as Yumiko Kiryû
Asakusa at Night (1954)
as Namie Takashima
75
A Geisha (1953)
as Eiko