Filmography

Here is a chronological listing of the thirty films Kurosawa directed, each one marked “BW” (black-and-white) or “color.” I also note if a given work would conventionally be classified in one of two categories: either as a “period” (history) film, or as one dealing with the “contemporary.”

Sanshiro Sugata, 1943. BW, period

The Most Beautiful, 1944. BW, contemporary

Sanshiro Sugata, Part II, 1945. BW, period

The Men Who Tread on the Tiger’s Tail, 1945. BW, period

No Regrets for Our Youth, 1946. BW, contemporary

One Wonderful Sunday, 1947. BW, contemporary

Drunken Angel, 1948. BW, contemporary

The Quiet Duel, 1949. BW, contemporary

Stray Dog, 1949. BW, contemporary

Scandal, 1950. BW, contemporary

Rashomon, 1950. BW, period

The Idiot, 1951. BW, contemporary

Ikiru, 1952. BW, contemporary

Seven Samurai, 1954. BW, period

Record of a Living Being, 1955. BW, contemporary

Throne of Blood, 1957. BW, period

The Lower Depths, 1957. BW, period

The Hidden Fortress, 1958. BW, period

The Bad Sleep Well, 1960. BW, contemporary

Yojimbo, 1961. BW, period

Sanjuro, 1962. BW, period

High and Low, 1963. BW, contemporary

Red Beard, 1965. BW, period

Dodeskaden, 1970. Color, contemporary

Dersu Uzala, 1975. Color, period

Kagemusha, 1980. Color, period

Ran, 1985. Color, period

Dreams, 1990. Color, contemporary

Rhapsody in August, 1990. Color, contemporary

Madadayo, 1993. Color, contemporary