Stray Dog – Akira Kurosawa (1949)
Rashomon – Akira Kurosawa (1950)
Vendetta of Samurai – Kazuo Mori (1952)
Ikiru – Akira Kurosawa (1952)
Seven Samurai – Akira Kurosawa (1954)
Samurai III: Duel on Ganryu Island – Hiroshi Inagaki (1956)
Throne of Blood – Akira Kurosawa (1957)
The Lower Depths – Akira Kurosawa (1957)
The Hidden Fortress – Akira Kurosawa (1958)
The Human Condition II: The Road to Eternity – Masaki Kobayashi (1959)
Their Own World – Tomu Uchida (1959)
Killing in Yoshiwara – Tomu Uchida (1960)
Samurai Vagabonds – Tadashi Sawashima (1960)
Yakuza of Ina – Masahiro Makino (1960)
Travels of Hibari & Chiemi: The Tumultuous Journey – Tadashi Sawashima (1962)
Travels of Hibari & Chiemi: The Lovebird's 1000 Ryo Umbrella – Tadashi Sawashima (1963)
A Brave Ronin – Yasushi Sasaki (1963)
High and Low – Akira Kurosawa (1963)
Cold Rice / Osan / Chan – Tomotaka Tasaka (1965)

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

A favorite performer of Akira Kurosawa, Chiaki left an indeliable mark as the priest in Rashomon, the light-hearted, wood-chopping Heihachi in Seven Samurai, and half of the bickering peasant duo in The Hidden Fortress.