- 2002 The Sea Is Watching (original screenplay)
- 2000 Dora-heita (screenplay)
- 1999 After the Rain (screenplay)
- 1998 HIS DEATH
- 1996 Last Man Standing (story)
- 1993 Madadayo (writer)
- ✔ 1991 Rhapsody in August
- ✔ 1990 Dreams (written by)
- 1985 Runaway Train (based on a screenplay by)
- ✔ 1985 Ran (screenplay)
- 1980 Kagemusha
- 1975 Dersu Uzala
- 1973 Nora inu (1949 screenplay)
- 1970 Dodes'ka-den (screenplay)
- ✔ 1970 Tora! Tora! Tora! (Japanese sequences - uncredited)
- 1968 The Last Day of Hsianyang (screenplay)
- 1965 Sanshiro Sugata (1943 screenplay "Sugata Sanshiro" and 1945 screenplay "Zoku Sugata Sanshiro")
- 1965 Red Beard (screenplay)
- 1964 The Outrage (screenplay "Rashomon")
- 1964 A Fistful of Dollars (screenplay "Yojimbo" - uncredited)
- 1964 Jakoman to Tetsu (and earlier screenplay)
- ✔ 1963 High and Low (screenplay)
- 1962 Fencing Master (1950 screenplay Tateshi danpei)
- 1962 Sanjuro (screenplay)
- ✔ 1961 Yojimbo (screenplay / story)
- 1960 Play of the Week (TV series)
- – Rashomon (1960) (teleplay)
- 1960 The Magnificent Seven (screenplay "Shichinin no samurai" - uncredited)
- 1960 The Bad Sleep Well (written by)
- 1959 Sengoku gunto-den (writer)
- ✔ 1958 The Hidden Fortress (written by)
- 1957 Nichiro sensô shôri no hishi: Tekichû ôdan sanbyaku-ri (earlier screenplay "Techiku odan sanbyaku ri" / screenplay)
- 1957 The Lower Depths
- ✔ 1957 Throne of Blood (screenplay)
- 1955 I Live in Fear (story)
- 1955 Asunaro monogatari (screenplay)
- 1955 Kieta chutai
- 1955 Sanshiro Sugata
- ✔ 1954 Seven Samurai (screenplay)
- 1953 Fukeyo haru kaze (writer)
- ✔ 1952 Ikiru (written by)
- 1952 Sengoku burai
- 1952 Vendetta of a Samurai
- 1951 Kedamono no yado
- 1951 The Idiot
- 1951 Ai to nikushimi no kanata e
- 1950 Tateshi Danpei
- ✔ 1950 Rashomon (screenplay)
- 1950 Jiruba Tetsu
- 1950 Scandal
- 1950 Desertion at Dawn
- 1949 Stray Dog (writer)
- 1949 Jakoman to Tetsu (writer)
- 1949 Jigoku no kifujin (writer)
- 1949 The Quiet Duel (writer)
- 1948 The Portrait (writer)
- 1948 Drunken Angel (written by)
- 1947 Snow Trail
- 1947 One Wonderful Sunday
- 1947 Four Love Stories (segment "Hatsukoi")
- 1946 No Regrets for Our Youth (uncredited)
- 1945 Sanshiro Sugata Part Two
- 1945 Appare Isshin Tasuke
- 1945 The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
- 1944 The Most Beautiful
may 17 2013 ∞
sep 6 2013 +