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Joe Hisaishi

Career

Active from 1982 to 2025, busiest in 2018 with 6 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score72/100
Highest rated
Poster for Spirited Away
Spirited Away
GoodWatch score92/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 64 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 7.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Joe Hisaishi Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.2, average 5.4
  • Crime
    1.8, average 3.6
  • Pop Culture
    0.8, average 2.2
  • Cringe Humor
    1.3, average 2.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Coming-of-Age 12
  • Japanese Cinema 10
  • Character-Driven 9
  • Joe Hisaishi Score 7
  • Melancholy 6
  • Magical Realism 5
  • Visual Spectacle 5
  • Emotional Journey 4
  • Fantasy Adventure 4
  • Nostalgic 4
  • Family-Friendly 4
  • Social Commentary 4

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

114
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

2 titles
Comeback
Comeback

Music

Franken's Gears
Franken's Gears

Music

2020s

10 titles ยท average score 63
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey (2025)
GoodWatch score 48

Original Music Composer

Summer
Summer (2025)

Original Music Composer

Silent Love
Silent Love (2024)
GoodWatch score 66

Original Music Composer

Opus Carrรฉ
Opus Carrรฉ (2024)

Music

Zahia Ziouani & Mourad Merzouki : Les Nouveaux Mondes
Zahia Ziouani & Mourad Merzouki : Les Nouveaux Mondes (2024)

Original Music Composer

The Boy and the Heron
The Boy and the Heron (2023)
GoodWatch score 85

Original Music Composer, Conductor

Spirited Away: Live on Stage
Spirited Away: Live on Stage (2023)
GoodWatch score 55

Original Music Composer

Hisaishi Symphonique
Hisaishi Symphonique (2022)

Music, Conductor

A Summer Trip
A Summer Trip (2021)

Original Music Composer

Dear Alice
Dear Alice (2021)

Music

2010s

29 titles ยท average score 72
Children of the Sea
Children of the Sea (2019)
GoodWatch score 68

Original Music Composer

NiNoKuni
NiNoKuni (2019)
GoodWatch score 63

Original Music Composer

What a Wonderful Family! 2
What a Wonderful Family! 2 (2017)
GoodWatch score 70

Original Music Composer

Our Time Will Come
Our Time Will Come (2017)
GoodWatch score 76

Original Music Composer

The Little House
The Little House (2014)
GoodWatch score 75

Original Music Composer

The Wind Rises
The Wind Rises (2013)
GoodWatch score 83

Original Music Composer

The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya (2013)
GoodWatch score 89

Original Music Composer

Tokyo Family
Tokyo Family (2013)
GoodWatch score 79

Original Music Composer

Let the Bullets Fly
Let the Bullets Fly (2010)
GoodWatch score 72

Original Music Composer

Villain
Villain (2010)
GoodWatch score 69

Original Music Composer

Ocean Heaven
Ocean Heaven (2010)
GoodWatch score 78

Original Music Composer

Mr. Dough and the Egg Princess
Mr. Dough and the Egg Princess (2010)
GoodWatch score 71

Original Music Composer

2000s

25 titles ยท average score 72
Ponyo
Ponyo (2008)
GoodWatch score 84

Original Music Composer

Departures
Departures (2008)
GoodWatch score 78

Original Music Composer

The Sun Also Rises
The Sun Also Rises (2007)
GoodWatch score 71

Original Music Composer

Welcome to Dongmakgol
Welcome to Dongmakgol (2005)
GoodWatch score 84

Original Music Composer

Yamato
Yamato (2005)
GoodWatch score 60

Original Music Composer

A Chinese Tall Story
A Chinese Tall Story (2005)
GoodWatch score 48

Original Music Composer

Howl's Moving Castle
Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
GoodWatch score 85

Original Music Composer

When the Last Sword Is Drawn
When the Last Sword Is Drawn (2003)
GoodWatch score 78

Original Music Composer

Dolls
Dolls (2002)
GoodWatch score 74

Original Music Composer

Mei and the Kittenbus
Mei and the Kittenbus (2002)
GoodWatch score 75

Original Music Composer

Spirited Away
Spirited Away (2001)
GoodWatch score 92

Original Music Composer

Brother
Brother (2000)
GoodWatch score 60

Original Music Composer

1990s

19 titles ยท average score 76
Kikujiro
Kikujiro (1999)
GoodWatch score 66

Original Music Composer

Princess Mononoke
Princess Mononoke (1997)
GoodWatch score 86

Original Music Composer

Fireworks
Fireworks (1997)
GoodWatch score 85

Original Music Composer

Parasite Eve
Parasite Eve (1997)
GoodWatch score 54

Original Music Composer

Kids Return
Kids Return (1996)
GoodWatch score 89

Original Music Composer

Turning Point
Turning Point (1994)

Original Music Composer

Sonatine
Sonatine (1993)
GoodWatch score 79

Original Music Composer

Samurai Kids
Samurai Kids (1993)
GoodWatch score 69

Original Music Composer

Porco Rosso
Porco Rosso (1992)
GoodWatch score 85

Original Music Composer

The Rocking Horsemen
The Rocking Horsemen (1992)
GoodWatch score 73

Original Music Composer

A Scene at the Sea
A Scene at the Sea (1991)
GoodWatch score 77

Original Music Composer

Chizuko's Younger Sister
Chizuko's Younger Sister (1991)
GoodWatch score 73

Original Music Composer

1980s

28 titles ยท average score 71
Kiki's Delivery Service
Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)
GoodWatch score 86

Original Music Composer

Venus Wars
Venus Wars (1989)
GoodWatch score 66

Original Music Composer

My Neighbor Totoro
My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
GoodWatch score 87

Original Music Composer

Robot Carnival
Robot Carnival (1987)
GoodWatch score 67

Original Music Composer

The Drifting Classroom
The Drifting Classroom (1987)
GoodWatch score 53

Original Music Composer

Castle in the Sky
Castle in the Sky (1986)
GoodWatch score 85

Original Music Composer

Arion
Arion (1986)
GoodWatch score 66

Original Music Composer

Maison Ikkoku - Apartment Fantasy
Maison Ikkoku - Apartment Fantasy (1986)

Original Music Composer

Warriors of the Wind
Warriors of the Wind (1984)
GoodWatch score 85

Original Music Composer

Birth
Birth (1984)
GoodWatch score 65

Original Music Composer

W's Tragedy
W's Tragedy (1984)
GoodWatch score 74

Original Music Composer

The Wizard of Oz
The Wizard of Oz (1982)
GoodWatch score 62

Original Music Composer

1970s

1 title
ๅ’ฝใณๅ”„ใฎ้‡Œ ๅœŸๅ‘‚ไน…
ๅ’ฝใณๅ”„ใฎ้‡Œ ๅœŸๅ‘‚ไน… (1976)

Music