Tarô Iwashiro
Composer · Born May 1, 1965 (61) · Tokyo, Japan
Taro Iwashiro (岩代 太郎 Iwashiro Tarō) has composed the music for many Japanese television series and films. He has composed for both Red Cliff films, Shinobi: Heart Under Blade, Azumi, The Prince of Tennis, Rurouni Kenshin: The Motion Picture, and the Korean film Memories of Murder. He was also lead composer for the Capcom video game Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny. Iwashiro has often led the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra for his soundtracks, including the 2005 taiga drama Yoshitsune and 2008 film Red Cliff.
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Biography from TMDB.
- May 1, 1965 (61)
- Tokyo, Japan
- Composer
- 32 on MovieCove · 98 credits in all
What are Tarô Iwashiro's films like?
Across their 25 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 22
Light 2 · Serious 3 · Dark 17
A split, not a type: Grounded 10 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 6
Gentle 2 · Charged 6 · Intense 14
Steady 8 · Shifting 12 · Whiplash 2
Straight-faced 19 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 0
Slow burn 8 · Even-paced 12 · Relentless 2
Casual 3 · Engaged 16 · Full focus 3
A split, not a type: Easy watch 2 · Affecting 7 · Heavy 13
Resolved 17 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 2
Moods and endings
- Happy3
- Bittersweet11
- Tragic4
- Ambiguous7
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Tarô Iwashiro's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 14 of their 32 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (6).
- Crunchyroll
Subscription and free streaming for Tarô Iwashiro's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
98 credits, 32 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
The Secret Battlefield (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
One Last Love Letter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Guilty, the AI Said (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
A Light in the Harbor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Yukikaze(2025)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
The 35-Year Promise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Yasuko, Songs of Days Past (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Rude to Love(2024)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Imaginary Ritual (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Kubi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
(Ab)normal Desire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
The Moon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Village(2023)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
Grandson of a Monster (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Prior Convictions (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
The Journalist(2022)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all shows
Zenkamono (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Unlock Your Heart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Hito to shigoto (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
It's a Flickering Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Yakuza and the Family(2020)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Mother(2020)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
Fukushima 50(2020)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
The Journalist (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Starlight Promises(2018)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Uma Musume: Pretty Derby(2018)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows
A.I.C.O. Incarnation(2018)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all shows
Manhunt(2017)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
KADO: The Right Answer(2017)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all shows
Museum(2016)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
Ken San (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Double Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Detective Mitarai's Casebook: The Clockwork Current (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
The Crossing 2(2015)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
The Pearls of the Stone Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows
The Crossing(2014)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
Kiki's Delivery Service(2014)
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films
A Tale of Samurai Cooking (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Unforgiven(2013)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
Ask This of Rikyu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Super Fish - An Endless Adventure (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows
Tug of War! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Our Homeland (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
知られざる大英博物館 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Super Fish - An Endless Adventure (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
No More Cry (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Castle Under Fiery Skies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Battle Under Orion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Red Cliff II(2009)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
Kamui Gaiden(2009)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
252: Signal of Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Children of the Dark (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Red Cliff(2008)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
The Chasing World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Double Trouble (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
The End of the Wind (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Maiko Haaaan!!! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Akanezora Beyond the Crimson Sky (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Hear the Sound of Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Aogeba Tôtoshi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Sinking of Japan(2006)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
Spring Snow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
The Samurai I Loved (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all filmsDear Hinagon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Winter Game (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Blood and Bones(2004)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
Free and Easy 14 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Farewell, Kuro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Azumi(2003)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Memories of Murder(2003)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
ぼくの魔法使い (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
September 11(2002)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
Another Heaven (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Aoi: Tokugawa Three Generations (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Autumn Blossoms (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Ice World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Living Alone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Don't be a cry baby (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Visiting Marco(1999)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
Who Do You Think You Are? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Ping Pong Bath Station (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
With Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all filmsChildren of Promise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
The Perfect Boss (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Agri (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
The Dog of Flanders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Love Vacance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
The Bridge Club (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Midori no Makibaō (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Goodbye for Tomorrow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Sashow The Last Case (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Koi mo ni Dome Nara (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Career shape
A full career of 95 titles from 1995 to 2026.
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Tarô Iwashiro's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 73rd percentile, the median of all 26; across their 22 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 71st percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up11
- 50th to 74th11
- 25th to 49th9
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
15 of their 32 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved3
- Crowd Pleaser15
- Broadly Agreed2
- Mixed12
Reviewers score the sound and music 53/100 in their films, across 14 reviewed titles; fans 62, detractors 41. The element that speaks to their work as a composer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Tarô Iwashiro's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Tarô Iwashiro work with?
People who share at least 2 of Tarô Iwashiro's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; John Woo shares the most, 5.
Directors
- John WooShared titles: Manhunt (2017), The Crossing 2 (2015), The Crossing (2014), Red Cliff II (2009), Red Cliff (2008)See all 5 shared titles with John Woo
- Kazuya MurataShared titles: A.I.C.O. Incarnation (2018), Starlight Promises (2018), KADO: The Right Answer (2017)See all 3 shared titles with Kazuya Murata
- Michihito FujiiShared titles: The Journalist (2022), Yakuza and the Family (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Michihito Fujii
- Yōichi SaiShared titles: Kamui Gaiden (2009), Blood and Bones (2004)See all 2 shared titles with Yōichi Sai
Writers
- Yasuo HasegawaShared titles: Yukikaze (2025), Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Yasuo Hasegawa
- Chao-Bin SuShared titles: The Crossing 2 (2015), The Crossing (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Chao-Bin Su
- Ching-hui ChenShared titles: The Crossing 2 (2015), The Crossing (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Ching-hui Chen
- Hui-Ling WangShared titles: The Crossing 2 (2015), The Crossing (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Hui-Ling Wang
Actors
- Takeshi KaneshiroShared titles: The Crossing 2 (2015), The Crossing (2014), Red Cliff II (2009), Red Cliff (2008)See all 4 shared titles with Takeshi Kaneshiro
- Kôichi SatôShared titles: Fukushima 50 (2020), Unforgiven (2013), Kamui Gaiden (2009)See all 3 shared titles with Kôichi Satô
- Machiko OnoShared titles: Yakuza and the Family (2020), Museum (2016), Kiki's Delivery Service (2014)See all 3 shared titles with Machiko Ono
- Jun KunimuraShared titles: Manhunt (2017), Unforgiven (2013), Sinking of Japan (2006)See all 3 shared titles with Jun Kunimura
Cinematographers and editors
- Takahide ShibanushiShared titles: Yukikaze (2025), Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Takahide Shibanushi
- Kumiko SakamotoShared titles: A.I.C.O. Incarnation (2018), Starlight Promises (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Kumiko Sakamoto
- Fei ZhaoShared titles: The Crossing 2 (2015), The Crossing (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Fei Zhao
- Ismael Gomez IIIShared titles: The Crossing 2 (2015), The Crossing (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Ismael Gomez III
Producers
- Terence ChangShared titles: The Crossing 2 (2015), The Crossing (2014), Red Cliff II (2009), Red Cliff (2008)See all 4 shared titles with Terence Chang
- Nozomi EnokiShared titles: Kamui Gaiden (2009), Shinobi: Heart Under Blade (2005), Blood and Bones (2004)See all 3 shared titles with Nozomi Enoki
- Peikang LaShared titles: Manhunt (2017), The Crossing (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Peikang La
- Ergou KongShared titles: The Crossing 2 (2015), The Crossing (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Ergou Kong