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Joe Hisaishi

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He has won the Japanese equivalent of the Academy Award for Best Music seven times. See more trivia »

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Filmography

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2013 Onna nobunaga (TV mini-series) (completed)
2/2 (2013)
1/2 (2013)
 
2013 Tokyo kazoku
 
2010 Villain
 
2010 Ocean Paradise
 
2009 Clouds Over the Hill (TV series)
Ryugakusei (2009)
Nisshin Kaisen (2009)
Kokka Meido (2009)
Sei-un (2009)
Shônen no kuni (2009)
 
2008 Departures
 
2008 Ponyo (as Jô Hisaishi)
 
2006 Mirai sôzôdô (TV series)
 
2005 Yamato
 
2004 Art Museums of the World (TV series documentary)
 
2002 Dolls
 
2002 Mei and the Kitten Bus (short)
 
2001 Le petit poucet
 
2001 Quartet
 
2001 Spirited Away
 
2000/I Brother
 
2000 Chiisana eki de oriru (TV movie)
 
2000 First Love
 
1999 Kikujiro
 
1997 Fireworks
 
1997 Parasaito Ivu
 
1996 Kids Return
 
1994 Turning Point
 
1994 Toki o kakeru shôjo (TV series)
 
1993 Sonatine
 
1992 Porco Rosso
 
1991 Deer Friend
 
1991 Robot Carnival
 
1990 Kanbakku
 
1990 Tasmania Story
 
1989 Venus Wars
 
1988 Guriin rekuiemu
 
1988 My Neighbor Totoro (as Jô Hisaishi)
 
1986 Maison Ikkoku
 
1986 Ozu no mahôtsukai (TV series)
 
1986 Arion
 
1985 Haru no kane
 
1985 Hono no Arupen Rôzu (TV series)
 
1984 W's Tragedy
 
1984 Futari Taka (TV series)
 
1984 Birth
 
1983 Genesis Climber Mospeada (TV series)
 
1982 Sasuga no sarutobi (TV series)
 
1974 Hajime ningen Gyatoruz (TV series)
 
1926 The General (uncredited)
 
Show ShowMusic Department (19 titles)
2010 Villain (conductor, music arranger, musician - piano - uncredited, orchestrator - uncredited)
 
2008 Departures (conductor, music arranger, music producer, orchestrator - uncredited)
 
2008 Ponyo (orchestrator)
 
2007 Mari to koinu no monogatari (conductor, music arranger, orchestrator - uncredited)
 
2005 Yamato (conductor, musician: piano solos - uncredited, orchestrator)
 
2005 Welcome to Dongmakgol (conductor)
 
2004 Howl's Moving Castle (music arranger: "Sekai no Yakusoku")
 
2002 Dolls (music arranger, music performed by, music producer)
 
2001 Le petit poucet (orchestrator)
 
2001 Spirited Away (conductor, musician: piano, orchestrator - uncredited)
 
2000/I Brother (music arranger - uncredited, musician: piano solos)
 
1997 Princess Mononoke (music arranger, musician: piano solos, orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1991 A Scene at the Sea (conductor - uncredited, music arranger - uncredited, music programmer - uncredited, musician: piano/keyboards - uncredited, orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1989 Venus Wars (musical director)
 
1986 Castle in the Sky (music arranger - uncredited, musician - uncredited)
 
1982 Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space (composer: additional music)
 
1981 Kidô senshi Gandamu II: Ai senshihen (composer: additional music)
 
1981 Hello! Sandy Bell (TV series) (music arranger: theme song)
 
1926 The General (Joe Hisaishi Score - uncredited, conductor - uncredited, music arranger - uncredited, music producer - uncredited, musician - uncredited, orchestrator - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (13 titles)
2008 Ponyo (writer: "Gake no ue no Ponyo", "Umi no okâsan" / arranger: "Gake no ue no Ponyo")
 
2003 Gris (short) (writer: "Thank you...for everything" / courtesy: "Thank you...for everything")
 
2002 Dolls (writer: "Sakura", "Pure White", "Mad", "Feel", "Dolls" / performer: "Sakura", "Pure White", "Mad", "Feel", "Dolls")
 
2001 Le petit poucet (writer: "La Lune Brille Pour Toi")
 
2001 Spirited Away (writer: "Ano Natsu He" "One Summer Day", "Toorimichi" "A Road to Somewhere", "Dare mo Inai Ryouriten" "The Empty Restaurant", "Yoru Kitaru" "Nighttime Coming", "Ryuu no Shounen" "The Dragon Boy", "Boiraa-Mushi" "Sootballs", "Kamisama-tachi" "The Procession of the Spirits", "Yubaba", "Yuya no Asa" "Bathhouse Morning", "Ani Hi no Kawa" "Day of the River", "Shigoto wa Tsuraize" "It's Hard Work", "Okusaregami" "The Stink Spirit", "Sen no Yuuki" "Sen's Courage", "Sokonashi Ana" "The Bottomless Pit", "Kaonashi" "No-Face", "6 Banme no Eki" "The Sixth Station", "Yubaba no Kyouran" "Yubaba's Panic", "Numa no Soko no Ie" "The House at Swamp Bottom", "Futatabi" "Reprise", "Kaeru Hi" "The Return")
 
1999 Kikujiro (writer: "Summer")
 
1988 Kimagure orenji rôdo: Ano hi ni kaeritai (music: "Like a Bird" / arranger: "Like a Bird")
 
1988 My Neighbor Totoro (writer: "Tonari no Totoro")
 
1986 Curtain Call (video) (music: "Nagisa no Memory")
 
1985 Genesis Climber Mospeada: Love Live Alive (video) (writer: "Mind Tree", "Fire!", "Clap!! Clap!! Clap!!", "Midnight Rider", "Devil's Eye", "Heart Wave", "Dream Road", "Love is Free" / arranger: "Mind Tree", "Fire!", "Clap!! Clap!! Clap!!", "Midnight Rider", "Devil's Eye", "Heart Wave", "Dream Road", "Love is Free", "Blue Rain", "Horizon")
 
1983 Genesis Climber Mospeada (TV series)
 
1983 Rock 'n Roll Kids (TV series)
 
1982 The Wizard of Oz (music: "Strictly Up to You", "I Dream of Home", "A Wizard of a Day", "A Wizard of a Day Reprise")
 
Show ShowDirector (1 title)
2001 Quartet
 
Show ShowWriter (1 title)
2001 Quartet
 
Show ShowSelf (9 titles)
2013 The 36th Annual Japan Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
2011 The 34th Annual Japan Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
2010 Tetsuko's Room (TV series)
Himself
Joe Hisaishi (2010) … Himself
 
2009 Dai 60 kai NHK kôhaku uta gassen (TV movie)
Himself
 
2007 Tracks (TV series documentary)
Himself
David Lynch Special (2007) … Himself
 
2005 Le voyage de Chihiro: L'univers musical de Joe Hisaishi (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2005 Ghibli et le mystère Miyazaki (TV documentary)
Himself/Interviewee
 
2000 The 23rd Annual Japan Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner
 
2000 Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano (TV special documentary)
Himself
 

Related Videos

Welcome to Dongmakgol -- In this award-winning dramedy set during the Korean War, a stranded U.S. fighter pilot must work together with a group of lost soldiers from North & South Korea to save a quaint village from the destructions of the ongoing war. Let the Bullets Fly -- Set in China during the warring 1920s, notorious bandit chief Zhang descends upon a remote provincial town posing as its new mayor, an identity that he had hijacked from Old Tang, himself a small-time imposter. Hell-bent on making a fast buck, Zhang soon meets his match in the tyrannical local gentry Huang as a deadly battle of wit and brutality ensues. The General -- When Union spies steal an engineer's beloved locomotive, he pursues it single handedly and straight through enemy lines.
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Personal Details

Other Works:

Worked on the ceremonies and cultural events of the 1998 Winter Olympic Games in Nagano (Japan).


Alternate Names:

Jô Hisaishi
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Did You Know?

Trivia:

He has won the Japanese equivalent of the Academy Award for Best Music seven times. See more »

Star Sign:

Sagittarius