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Ayako Wakao

Actor · 111 credits · 18 in highly-rated films

Best known for Floating Weeds (1959)

Frequent collaborators: Eiji Funakoshi, Kenji Sugawara, Bontarō Miake, Machiko Kyō, Hiroshi Kawaguchi

Best Ayako Wakao movies by genre

Movies (111 total, ranked by score)

  1. Floating Weeds

    1959 · ★ 7.5 (202 votes)

    Drama

    1

  2. Street of Shame

    1956 · ★ 7.7 (151 votes)

    Drama

    2

  3. Red Angel

    1966 · ★ 7.7 (66 votes)

    War, Drama, Romance

    3

  4. Irezumi

    1966 · ★ 6.9 (61 votes)

    Crime, Drama, Thriller

    4

  5. Hot Spring Doctress

    1964

    Comedy, Romance

    5

  6. Firefly Light

    1958

    Drama

    6

  7. An Actor's Revenge

    1963 · ★ 6.6 (76 votes)

    Drama

    7

  8. When the Cookie Crumbles

    1967 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Drama

    8

  9. Seisaku's Wife

    1965 · ★ 7.3 (26 votes)

    Drama, Romance, War

    9

  10. Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo

    1970 · ★ 6.8 (81 votes)

    Adventure, Action, Drama

    10

  11. Bridge of Japan

    1956 · ★ 7.3 (3 votes)

    Romance, Drama

    11

  12. Elegant Beast

    1962 · ★ 7.3 (21 votes)

    Drama, Crime

    12

  13. Bamboo Doll of Echizen

    1963 · ★ 7.8 (13 votes)

    Drama

    13

  14. A Rainbow at Every Turn

    1956

    Drama

    14

  15. A Geisha's Diary

    1961 · ★ 7.5 (13 votes)

    Drama

    15

  16. Their Legacy

    1962 · ★ 10.0 (1 votes)

    Drama, Comedy

    16

  17. Love and Greed

    1964 · ★ 6.5 (2 votes)

    Crime, Drama, Romance

    17

  18. Asakusa at Night

    1954

    Drama, Romance

    18

  19. Manji

    1964 · ★ 6.5 (43 votes)

    Drama

    19

  20. The Gaijin

    1959

    20

  21. The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka

    1967 · ★ 6.3 (10 votes)

    Drama

    21

  22. A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love

    1955

    22

  23. Princess from the Moon

    1987 · ★ 6.5 (27 votes)

    Adventure, Drama, Science Fiction

    23

  24. Strange Triangle

    1965 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Drama

    24

  25. The Blue Sky Maiden

    1957 · ★ 6.9 (23 votes)

    Drama, Comedy

    25

  26. Goodbye, Hello

    1959 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Comedy, Drama

    26

  27. The Phantom Horse

    1955 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Drama

    27

  28. Thousand Cranes

    1969 · ★ 8.2 (4 votes)

    Romance, Drama

    28

  29. Blood End

    1969 · ★ 6.3 (6 votes)

    Drama, Action, Thriller

    29

  30. Freezing Point

    1966 · ★ 7.2 (6 votes)

    Drama

    30

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.