Directing
Dotanba
1956
Director
Production
Red Beard
1965
Producer
High and Low
1963
Producer
Sanjuro
1962
Producer
Yojimbo
1961
Executive Producer
Chikûho no kodomotachi
1960
Producer
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
1960
Producer
Writing
The Last Princess
2008
Original Story
Tsubaki Sanjuro
2007
Writer
Last Man Standing
1996
Original Film Writer
My Phoenix
1989
Screenplay
The Demon Comes in Spring
1989
Screenplay
Princess from the Moon
1987
Writer
The Greatest Man in the World
1986
Screenplay
The Warrior and the Sorceress
1984
Original Film Writer
Shi no dangai
1982
Original Story
Willful Murder
1981
Screenplay
Shag
1978
Writer
Ame no meguri ai
1977
Original Story
Ame no meguri ai
1977
Screenplay
The Sorrow of Paris
1976
Screenplay
Stray Dog
1973
Original Story
Man on a False Flight
1971
Original Story
Man on a False Flight
1971
Screenplay
Kaoyaku
1971
Screenplay
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
Screenplay
The Magoichi Saga
1969
Screenplay
Gateway to Glory
1969
Screenplay
Red Beard
1965
Screenplay
Hoodlum Soldier
1965
Screenplay
A Fistful of Dollars
1964
Original Story
The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
1964
Writer
Fumiko's Five Benefactors
1964
Writer
She Came For Love
1963
Screenplay
Ichi ka bachi ka
1963
Screenplay
Legacy of the 500,000
1963
Screenplay
High and Low
1963
Screenplay
Shin kitsune to tanuki
1962
Screenplay
Yoru no keisha
1962
Screenplay
Sanjuro
1962
Screenplay
Kaei
1961
Screenplay
Yojimbo
1961
Screenplay
Chikûho no kodomotachi
1960
Screenplay
The Bad Sleep Well
1960
Writer
Life of a Country Doctor
1960
Screenplay
Afraid to Die
1960
Writer
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
1960
Screenplay
Across the Darkness
1959
Writer
The Three Treasures
1959
Writer
The Story of Iron Arm Inao
1959
Writer
The Hidden Fortress
1958
Screenplay
The Days of Evil Women
1958
Screenplay
The Undefeated Woman
1958
Writer
The Eleventh Hour
1957
Novel
Last Days of the Samurai
1957
Screenplay
The Unbalanced Wheel
1957
Screenplay
Throne of Blood
1957
Screenplay
Wakanohana: The Story of the Devil of the Dohyō
1956
Story
Dotanba
1956
Screenplay
The Storm
1956
Writer
Will-o'-the-Wisp
1956
Writer
The Underworld
1956
Screenplay
Rikidozan: Man of Fury
1955
Screenplay
The Samurai of Edo
1955
Screenplay
Six Assassins
1955
Writer
Till We Meet Again
1955
Writer
No Time for Tears
1955
Writer
Vanished Enlisted Man
1955
Screenplay
A Man Among Men
1955
Story
Hirate Miki the Swordman
1954
Screenplay
The Black Current
1954
Screenplay
Kunisada Chūji
1954
Writer
Hanran
1954
Screenplay
Made in Japan
1953
Screenplay
The End of the Night
1953
Writer
Tange Sazen
1952
Screenplay
Scandal
1950
Screenplay
Stray Dog
1949
Writer
High and Low
Original Film Writer
A Fistful of Dollars Remake
Original Film Writer