Joe Hisaishi
b. 1950 (age 76)
Nagano Prefecture, Japan
Composer
Director
Joe Hisaishi is a Japanese composer and director known for over 100 film scores and solo albums dating back to 1981. While possessing a stylistically distinct sound, his music has been known to explore and incorporate different genres.
Known For
Filmography
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★ 6.0
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey
2025 Composer
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★ 6.4
Silent Love
2024 Composer
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★ 7.3
The Boy and the Heron
2023 Composer
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★ 8.5
Yuzuru Hanyu Ice Story GIFT at Tokyo Dome
2023 Composer
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★ 6.1
A Summer Trip
2023 Composer
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★ 8.6
Spirited Away: Live on Stage
2022 Composer
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Hisaishi Symphonique - Avec ses incontournables 'Ponyo sur la falaise' et 'Princesse Mononoké'
2022 Self
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Klay World Remastered: Yellow Seed
2021 Composer
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★ 5.4
Soul Snatcher
2020 Composer
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★ 6.1
NiNoKuni
2019 Composer
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★ 6.5
Children of the Sea
2019 Composer
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★ 9.4
Shinka no toki
2019 Composer
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★ 6.8
What a Wonderful Family! 3: My Wife, My Life
2018 Composer
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★ 6.6
Till the End of the World
2018 Composer
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★ 7.7
Boro the Caterpillar
2018 Composer
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★ 6.4
Our Time Will Come
2017 Composer
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★ 7.0
What a Wonderful Family
2017 Composer
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★ 6.5
Flower and Sword
2017 Composer
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★ 6.8
What a Wonderful Family!
2016 Composer
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The Gift
2016 Composer
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★ 7.1
Celles et Ceux des Cimes et Cieux
2015 Composer
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★ 7.3
The Little House
2014 Composer
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★ 6.7
Snow on the Blades
2014 Composer
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★ 7.6
Isao Takahata and His Tale of Princess Kaguya
2014 Self
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★ 7.8
The Wind Rises
2013 Composer
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★ 8.0
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
2013 Composer
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★ 7.7
The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness
2013 Self
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★ 7.5
Tokyo Family
2013 Composer
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★ 7.0
Miracle Apples
2013 Composer
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Le calamar géant
2013 Composer
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★ 7.2
Casting Blossoms to the Sky
2012 Composer
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★ 6.8
Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer
2012 Composer
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★ 5.2
Sweetheart Chocolate
2012 Composer
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★ 4.9
Rest on Your Shoulder
2011 Composer
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★ 7.3
Let the Bullets Fly
2010 Composer
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★ 7.5
Ocean Heaven
2010 Composer
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★ 7.0
Villain
2010 Composer
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★ 7.5
Mr. Dough and the Egg Princess
2010 Composer
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★ 6.7
A Tale of Ululu's Wonderful Forest
2009 Composer
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★ 7.6
Ponyo
2008 Composer
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★ 8.0
Departures
2008 Composer
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I Want to Be a Shellfish
2008 Composer
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★ 8.8
Hisaishi Jo in Budoukan
2008 Self
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★ 5.9
Sunny et l'éléphant
2008 Composer
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★ 7.2
The Sun Also Rises
2007 Composer
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★ 7.3
A Tale of Mari and Three Puppies
2007 Composer
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★ 6.8
The Postmodern Life of My Aunt
2006 Composer
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★ 7.6
Welcome to Dongmakgol
2005 Composer
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★ 6.5
Yamato
2005 Composer
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★ 4.9
A Chinese Tall Story
2005 Composer
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★ 6.7
Ghibli et le mystère Miyazaki
2005 Self
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★ 8.2
Howl's Moving Castle
2004 Composer
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Nanako and Nanao: The Day They Became Sister and Brother
2004 Composer
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★ 7.5
Dolls
2002 Composer
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★ 7.4
When the Last Sword Is Drawn
2002 Composer
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★ 7.9
Mei and the Kitten Bus
2002 Composer
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★ 7.3
Imaginary Flying Machines
2002 Composer
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★ 6.8
The Invention of Destruction in the Imaginary Machines
2002 Composer
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★ 8.6
Spirited Away
2001 Composer
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★ 5.3
Tom Thumb
2001 Composer
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★ 7.0
Quartet
2001 Director
Writer
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★ 7.1
Brother
2000 Composer
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★ 7.2
First Love
2000 Composer
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★ 7.6
Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano
2000 Self
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Kawa no nagare no you ni
2000 Composer
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Chiisana eki de oriru
2000 Composer
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★ 7.7
Kikujiro
1999 Composer
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★ 7.0
Diary of Early Winter Shower
1998 Composer
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★ 8.3
Princess Mononoke
1997 Composer
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★ 7.7
Fireworks
1997 Composer
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★ 5.7
Parasite Eve
1997 Composer
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★ 7.4
Kids Return
1996 Composer
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★ 5.9
Turning Point
1994 Composer
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★ 7.4
Sonatine
1993 Composer
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★ 5.9
Haruka, Nostalgia
1993 Composer
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★ 6.4
Mizu no tabibito: Samurai kizzu
1993 Composer
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★ 7.7
Porco Rosso
1992 Composer
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★ 7.4
The Rocking Horsemen
1992 Composer
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★ 7.5
A Scene at the Sea
1991 Composer
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★ 7.1
Chizuko's Younger Sister
1991 Composer
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★ 5.1
The Passage to Japan
1991 Composer
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★ 6.5
Deer Friend
1991 Composer
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★ 5.3
Tasmania Story
1990 Composer
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Peesuke: Gatapishi monogatari
1990 Composer
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Kanbakku
1990 Composer
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★ 7.8
Kiki's Delivery Service
1989 Composer
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★ 6.6
Venus Wars
1989 Composer
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★ 6.6
Free and Easy 2
1989 Composer
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★ 8.1
My Neighbor Totoro
1988 Composer
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★ 6.2
Those Swell Yakuza
1988 Composer
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Green Requiem
1988 Composer
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★ 5.5
The Drifting Classroom
1987 Composer
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★ 6.8
Lovers' Time
1987 Composer
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Don Matsugorô no daibôken
1987 Composer
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This Story of Love
1987 Composer
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★ 8.0
Castle in the Sky
1986 Composer
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★ 6.4
Arion
1986 Composer
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★ 6.7
Maison Ikkoku - Apartment Fantasy
1986 Composer
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★ 3.5
Atami satsujin jiken
1986 Composer
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Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta: Promotion
1986 Self