Snow Trail – Senkichi Taniguchi (1947)
Drunken Angel – Akira Kurosawa (1948)
Stray Dog – Akira Kurosawa (1949)
Rashomon – Akira Kurosawa (1950)
Vendetta of Samurai – Kazuo Mori (1952)
Vagabonds in a Country at War – Hiroshi Inagaki (1952)
The Life of Oharu – Kenji Mizoguchi (1952)
Seven Samurai – Akira Kurosawa (1954)
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto – Hiroshi Inagaki (1954)
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple – Hiroshi Inagaki (1955)
Samurai III: Duel on Ganryu Island – Hiroshi Inagaki (1956)
Throne of Blood – Akira Kurosawa (1957)
The Lower Depths – Akira Kurosawa (1957)
Yagyu Secret Scrolls, Part I – Hiroshi Inagaki (1957)
The Hidden Fortress – Akira Kurosawa (1958)
Yagyu Secret Scrolls, Part II – Hiroshi Inagaki (1958)
Life of a Swordsman – Hiroshi Inagaki (1959)
Chuji the Gambler – Senkichi Taniguchi (1960)
The Bad Sleep Well – Akira Kurosawa (1960)
Yojimbo – Akira Kurosawa (1961)
Daredevil in the Castle – Hiroshi Inagaki (1961)
Sanjuro – Akira Kurosawa (1962)
Chushingura – Hiroshi Inagaki (1962)
The Samurai Pirate – Senkichi Taniguchi (1963)
High and Low – Akira Kurosawa (1963)
Whirlwind – Hiroshi Inagaki (1964)
Samurai Assassin – Kihachi Okamoto (1965)
Red Beard – Akira Kurosawa (1965)
Rise Against the Sword – Hiroshi Inagaki (1966)
The Sword of Doom – Kihachi Okamoto (1966)
Adventure in Kigan Castle – Senkichi Taniguchi (1966)
Samurai Rebellion – Masaki Kobayashi (1967)
Samurai Banners – Hiroshi Inagaki (1969)
Red Lion – Kihachi Okamoto (1969)
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor – Tadashi Sawashima (1969)
Incident at Blood Pass – Hiroshi Inagaki (1970)
The Ambitious – Daisuke Ito (1970)
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo – Kihachi Okamoto (1970)
Ronin of the Wilderness (TV series, 1972-1973)
The Shogun's Samurai – Kinji Fukasaku (1978)
Swords of Vengeance – Kinji Fukasaku (1978)

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