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Shigeru Umebayashi

Career

Active from 1983 to 2025, busiest in 2006 with 5 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score60/100
Highest rated
Poster for House of Flying Daggers
House of Flying Daggers
GoodWatch score82/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 36 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.3 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Shigeru Umebayashi Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Situational Comedy
    1.0, average 2.7
  • Pop Culture
    0.8, average 2.2
  • Contemporary Realism
    4.2, average 5.4
  • Wholesome
    2.3, average 3.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 6
  • Visually Stunning 4
  • Japanese Cinema 4
  • Crime Thriller 4
  • Psychological Depth 4
  • Political Intrigue 4
  • Historical Drama 3
  • Moral Ambiguity 3
  • Tragic Romance 3
  • Melancholic Tone 2
  • Slice of Life 2
  • Character Study 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

80
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

9 titles · average score 66
In the Mood for Love 2001
In the Mood for Love 2001 (2025)
GoodWatch score 73

Original Music Composer

My World without Me
My World without Me (2025)

Original Music Composer

Dwelling by the West Lake
Dwelling by the West Lake (2024)

Original Music Composer

In the Belly of a Tiger
In the Belly of a Tiger (2024)

Original Music Composer

In the Mirror
In the Mirror (2023)
GoodWatch score 59

Music, Original Music Composer

Greetings from Crîngași
Greetings from Crîngași (2023)

Original Music Composer

Sombras Íntimas
Sombras Íntimas (2023)

Music

The Yin Yang Master
The Yin Yang Master (2021)
GoodWatch score 67

Original Music Composer

Leap
Leap (2020)
GoodWatch score 66

Original Music Composer

2010s

15 titles · average score 57
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny (2016)
GoodWatch score 45

Original Music Composer

The Wasted Times
The Wasted Times (2016)
GoodWatch score 43

Original Music Composer

The Bride
The Bride (2015)
GoodWatch score 47

Original Music Composer

Rise of the Legend
Rise of the Legend (2014)
GoodWatch score 60

Original Music Composer

The Grandmaster
The Grandmaster (2013)
GoodWatch score 70

Original Music Composer

Like the Wind
Like the Wind (2013)
GoodWatch score 62

Original Music Composer, Music

The Assassins
The Assassins (2012)
GoodWatch score 53

Original Music Composer

Nightfall
Nightfall (2012)
GoodWatch score 61

Original Music Composer

Foreign Affairs Police: Don't be fooled by that man
Foreign Affairs Police: Don't be fooled by that man (2012)

Original Music Composer

Days of Grace
Days of Grace (2012)
GoodWatch score 62

Original Music Composer

Trishna
Trishna (2011)
GoodWatch score 59

Original Music Composer

True Legend
True Legend (2010)
GoodWatch score 59

Original Music Composer

2000s

25 titles · average score 61
Incendiary
Incendiary (2008)
GoodWatch score 34

Original Music Composer

Hannibal Rising
Hannibal Rising (2007)
GoodWatch score 41

Original Music Composer

Fearless
Fearless (2006)
GoodWatch score 74

Conductor, Original Music Composer

Curse of the Golden Flower
Curse of the Golden Flower (2006)
GoodWatch score 68

Original Music Composer

Daisy
Daisy (2006)
GoodWatch score 73

Original Music Composer

2046
2046 (2004)
GoodWatch score 80

Original Music Composer

House of Flying Daggers
House of Flying Daggers (2004)
GoodWatch score 82

Original Music Composer

Zhou Yu's Train
Zhou Yu's Train (2002)
GoodWatch score 46

Original Music Composer

Onmyoji
Onmyoji (2001)
GoodWatch score 57

Original Music Composer, Music Producer

An Adolescent
An Adolescent (2001)
GoodWatch score 50

Original Music Composer

In the Mood for Love
In the Mood for Love (2000)
GoodWatch score 84

Music

2000 AD
2000 AD (2000)
GoodWatch score 51

Original Music Composer

1990s

23 titles · average score 61
Sleepless Town
Sleepless Town (1998)
GoodWatch score 63

Original Music Composer

Option Zero
Option Zero (1997)

Original Music Composer

The Christ of Nanjing
The Christ of Nanjing (1995)

Original Music Composer

Zero Woman: Final Mission
Zero Woman: Final Mission (1995)

Music

Ghost Pub
Ghost Pub (1994)

Original Music Composer

Tokarev
Tokarev (1994)

Music

Yoi Ko to Asobou
Yoi Ko to Asobou (1994)

Original Music Composer

The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark
The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark (1993)

Original Music Composer, Music Producer

Investigation of a Typical Love
Investigation of a Typical Love (1992)

Original Music Composer

Yumeji
Yumeji (1991)
GoodWatch score 72

Original Music Composer

Tekken
Tekken (1990)
GoodWatch score 49

Original Music Composer

Hong Kong Paradise
Hong Kong Paradise (1990)

Music

1980s

8 titles · average score 81
The Chaser
The Chaser (1989)

Music

Love and Action in Osaka
Love and Action in Osaka (1988)

Original Music Composer

The Gentlemen’s Alliance
The Gentlemen’s Alliance (1986)

Original Music Composer

For Business
For Business (1986)

Music

And Then
And Then (1985)
GoodWatch score 81

Original Music Composer

Let Him Rest in Peace
Let Him Rest in Peace (1985)

Original Music Composer

Someday, Someone Will Be Killed
Someday, Someone Will Be Killed (1984)

Original Music Composer

Dansen
Dansen (1983)

Original Music Composer