Humanity and Paper Balloons – Sadao Yamanaka (1937)
The 47 Ronin – Kenji Mizoguchi (1941)
Rashomon – Akira Kurosawa (1950)
Ikiru – Akira Kurosawa (1952)
Seven Samurai – Akira Kurosawa (1954)
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto – Hiroshi Inagaki (1954)
Bloody Spear on Mount Fuji – Tomu Uchida (1955)
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple – Hiroshi Inagaki (1955)
Samurai III: Duel on Ganryu Island – Hiroshi Inagaki (1956)
Early Spring – Yasujiro Ozu (1956)
Street of Shame – Kenji Mizoguchi (1956)
Throne of Blood – Akira Kurosawa (1957)
Chuji the Gambler – Senkichi Taniguchi (1960)
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs – Mikio Naruse (1960)
Yojimbo – Akira Kurosawa (1961)
The End of Summer – Yasujiro Ozu (1961)
Chushingura – Hiroshi Inagaki (1962)
An Autumn Afternoon – Yasujiro Ozu (1962)
Rise Against the Sword – Hiroshi Inagaki (1966)

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

Durable character actor whose jovial round face pops up all throughout the history of Japanese cinema. Jidai-geki fans know him as a member of the Seven Samurai as well as for his supporting roles in Yojimbo, the Samurai trilogy and Bloody Spear on Mount Fuji.