Osaka Elegy – Kenji Mizoguchi (1936)
Sisters of the Gion – Kenji Mizoguchi (1936)
The Famous Sword – Kenji Mizoguchi (1945)
Tateshi Danpei – Masahiro Makino (1950)
Throne of Blood – Akira Kurosawa (1957)
The Lower Depths – Akira Kurosawa (1957)
Tokyo Twilight – Yasujiro Ozu (1957)
Yojimbo – Akira Kurosawa (1961)
Daredevil in the Castle – Hiroshi Inagaki (1961)
The Shogun's Samurai – Kinji Fukasaku (1978)

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

A grande dame of the Japanese cinema, Isuzu Yamada is best known for the prestige films she made with the likes of Kenji Mizoguchi. She also dabbled in chambara with notable results, dating back to silent movies about swordsman Tange Sazen.