Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
| 2002 | The Sea Is Watching | Writer |
| 2000 | Dora-Heita | Writer |
| 1999 | Ame Agaru | Writer |
| 1993 | Madadayo | Director, Screenwriter |
| 1991 | Rhapsody in August | Director |
| 1990 | Akira Kurosawa's Dreams | Director, Screenwriter |
| 1985 | Ran | Director, Film Editing, Writer |
| 1980 | Kagemusha | Director, Producer, Writer |
| 1975 | Dersu Uzala | Director, Writer |
| 1970 | Dodes 'Ka-Den | Director, Executive Producer, Producer, Writer |
| 1965 | Red Beard | Director, Writer |
| 1963 | High and Low | Director, Producer, Writer |
| 1962 | Sanjuro | Director, Film Editing, Writer |
| 1961 | Yojimbo | Director, Film Editing, Producer, Writer |
| 1960 | The Bad Sleep Well | Director, Film Editing, Producer, Writer |
| 1958 | The Hidden Fortress | Director, Film Editing, Producer, Writer |
| 1957 | The Lower Depths | Director |
| 1957 | Throne of Blood | Director, Film Editing, Producer, Screenwriter |
| 1955 | I Live in Fear | Director, Writer |
| 1954 | Seven Samurai | Director, Film Editing, Writer |
| 1952 | Ikiru | Director, Screenwriter |
| 1951 | The Idiot | Director, Film Editing, Screenwriter |
| 1950 | Rashomon (1950) | Director, Film Editing, Screenwriter |
| 1949 | Stray Dog (1991) | Associate Producer, Director, Writer |
| 1949 | The Quiet Duel | Director, Writer |
| 1948 | Drunken Angel | Director, Writer |
| 1947 | One Wonderful Sunday | Director |
| 1946 | No Regrets for Our Youth | Director, Film Editing, Screenwriter |
| 1945 | Sanshiro Sugata II | Director, Writer |
| 1945 | The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail | Director, Writer |
| 1944 | The Most Beautiful | Director, Screenwriter |
| 1943 | Sanshiro Sugata | Director, Screenwriter |
