1951 Early SummerAssistant Director 1952 The Flavor of Green Tea Over RiceAssistant Director 1953 Tokyo StorySecond Assistant Director 1957 A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu EraScreenplay and Assistant Director 1961 Pigs and BattleshipsDirector 1962 Cupola, Where the Furnaces GlowScreenplay 1963 The Insect WomanWriter and Director 1964 Intentions of MurderScreenplay and Director 1966 The PornographersProducer, Screenplay, and Director 1968 Profound Desires of the GodsWriter and Director 1979 Vengeance Is MineDirector 1983 The Ballad of NarayamaDirector and Screenplay 1989 Black RainWriter and Director 1997 The EelDirector and Writer 2002 11'09''01 – September 11Director