Vendetta of Samurai – Kazuo Mori (1952)
Ikiru – Akira Kurosawa (1952)
Seven Samurai – Akira Kurosawa (1954)
The Lower Depths – Akira Kurosawa (1957)
Yagyu Secret Scrolls, Part I – Hiroshi Inagaki (1957)
Souls in the Moonlight – Tomu Uchida (1957)
Tange Sazen: Secret of the Golden Spell – Sadatsugu Matsuda (1958)
Yagyu Secret Scrolls, Part II – Hiroshi Inagaki (1958)
The Three Treasures – Hiroshi Inagaki (1959)
Mighty Shosuke – Sadatsugu Matsuda (1960)
Zatoichi's Flashing Sword – Kazuo Ikehiro (1964)
Red Beard – Akira Kurosawa (1965)
Red Lion – Kihachi Okamoto (1969)

(Key films outside the jidai-geki genre are listed in gray)

An unmistakable character actor famed for his wrinkly, rubber-faced expressiveness, Hidari was the go-to guy whenever a Japanese director needed a forlorn old geezer. The Gabby Hayes of jidai-geki.