--- name: "Shigeru Umebayashi" canonical: "https://film.one/person/shigeru-umebayashi" fi1m_id: "shigeru-umebayashi" imdb_id: "nm0880839" tmdb_id: 12455 wikidata_id: "Q634280" roles: ["Composer"] born: "19 February 1951" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-17T22:41:38.698683+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Shigeru Umebayashi ## Identity Shigeru Umebayashi - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/shigeru-umebayashi - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** shigeru-umebayashi - **IMDb ID:** nm0880839 - **TMDB ID:** 12455 - **Wikidata ID:** Q634280 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigeru_Umebayashi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q634280, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0880839/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12455 Composer. Born 19 February 1951 in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. ## Details - **Work:** Composer - **Born:** 19 February 1951, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan - **Also known as:** Mooi Lam Mau - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigeru_Umebayashi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q634280, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0880839/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12455 ## Streaming the US now - **HBO Max:** [*In the Mood for Love*](https://film.one/film/in-the-mood-for-love.md) (91) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Shigeru Umebayashi is a Japanese composer. Born in Kitakyushu on 19 February 1951, he was the leader and bass player of the new wave rock band EX before beginning to score films in 1985 after the band's dissolution. He is best known for his work with Wong Kar-wai, including the score for *In the Mood for Love* (2000), which featured 'Yumeji's Theme' originally composed for Seijun Suzuki's *Yumeji* (1991), and contributions to *2046* (2004) and *The Grandmaster* (2013). Umebayashi has also composed for Zhang Yimou's *House of Flying Daggers* (2004) and *Curse of the Golden Flower* (2006), as well as *Fearless* (2006) and *Hannibal Rising* (2007). In 2023 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Rome Film Festival. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, shigeru-umebayashi.com, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *In the Mood for Love* (2000), Fi1m 91, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/in-the-mood-for-love.md) ## Complete filmography (85) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *My World without Me* (2025), Original Music Composer - *In the Mood for Love 2001* (2025), Original Music Composer - *Dwelling by the West Lake* (2024), Original Music Composer - *In the Belly of a Tiger* (2024), Original Music Composer - *In the Mirror* (2023), Music, Original Music Composer - *Greetings from Crîngași* (2023), Original Music Composer - *Sombras Íntimas* (2023), Music - *The Yin Yang Master* (2021), Original Music Composer - *The Rebel Princess* (2021), series, Original Music Composer - *Leap* (2020), Original Music Composer - *Olma Djon* (2019), Music - *God of War* (2017), Music Director - *The Wasted Times* (2016), Original Music Composer - *Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny* (2016), Original Music Composer - *The Bride* (2015), Original Music Composer - *Rise of the Legend* (2014), Original Music Composer - *One Step Away* (2014), Original Music Composer - *Like the Wind* (2013), Original Music Composer, Music - *The Grandmaster* (2013), Original Music Composer - *The Assassins* (2012), Original Music Composer - *Days of Grace* (2012), Original Music Composer - *Foreign Affairs Police: Don't be fooled by that man* (2012), Original Music Composer - *Nightfall* (2012), Original Music Composer - *Trishna* (2011), Original Music Composer - *True Legend* (2010), Original Music Composer - *The Everlasting Flame* (2009), Music - *Murderer* (2009), Original Music Composer - *Tears for Sale* (2008), Original Music Composer - *Incendiary* (2008), Original Music Composer - *Absurdistan* (2008), Original Music Composer - *Hannibal Rising* (2007), Original Music Composer - *Curse of the Golden Flower* (2006), Original Music Composer - *Hans van Mierlo, What I Still Dream of Writing* (2006), Music - *The Dark Sea* (2006), Original Music Composer, Music - *NIGHT HEAD GENESIS* (2006), series, Original Music Composer, Music Producer - *Daisy* (2006), Original Music Composer - *Fearless* (2006), Original Music Composer, Conductor - *Hibi* (2005), Music - *Making of House of Flying Daggers* (2004), Music - *Dream Land* (2004), Music - *2046* (2004), Original Music Composer - *House of Flying Daggers* (2004), Original Music Composer - *The Floating Landscape* (2003), Original Music Composer - *Onmyoji II* (2003), Original Music Composer - *Zhou Yu's Train* (2002), Original Music Composer - *Rain of Light* (2001), Original Music Composer - *Akui* (2001), series, Music - *Onmyoji* (2001), Original Music Composer, Music Producer - *An Adolescent* (2001), Original Music Composer - *Midnight Fly* (2001), Original Music Composer - *In the Mood for Love* (2000), Music — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/in-the-mood-for-love.md) - *2000 AD* (2000), Original Music Composer - *Sleepless Town* (1998), Original Music Composer - *Option Zero* (1997), Original Music Composer - *The Things We Liked* (1997), Original Music Composer - *Isana no umi* (1997), Music - *Ichigo domei* (1997), Original Music Composer - *Mogura* (1996), Director, Writer - *Futarikko* (1996), series, Original Music Composer - *Kumokiri Nizaemon* (1995), series, Music - *The Christ of Nanjing* (1995), Original Music Composer - *Boxer Joe* (1995), Original Music Composer - *Zero Woman: Final Mission* (1995), Music - *Natural Woman* (1994), Music Director - *Ghost Pub* (1994), Original Music Composer - *N45゜* (1994), Music - *Yoi Ko to Asobou* (1994), Original Music Composer - *Tokarev* (1994), Music - *Korosiya Ami* (1993), Music - *The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark* (1993), Original Music Composer, Music Producer - *Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2* (1992), Music - *Investigation of a Typical Love* (1992), Original Music Composer - *Check* (1991), Music - *Yumeji* (1991), Original Music Composer - *Goaisatsu* (1991), Music - *Tekken* (1990), Original Music Composer - *Hong Kong Paradise* (1990), Music - *The Chaser* (1989), Music - *Love and Action in Osaka* (1988), Original Music Composer - *The Gentlemen’s Alliance* (1986), Original Music Composer - *For Business* (1986), Music - *And Then* (1985), Original Music Composer - *Let Him Rest in Peace* (1985), Original Music Composer - *Someday, Someone Will Be Killed* (1984), Original Music Composer - *Dansen* (1983), Original Music Composer ## Gallery - ![Shigeru Umebayashi](https://film.one/media/person/96838/gallery-c73579627147.jpg) Shigeru Umebayashi — Андрей Романенко, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d0/Umebayashi_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Japanese film composer Shigeru Umebayashi in Krakow (2010)](https://film.one/media/person/96838/gallery-5d059e0021d2.jpg) Japanese film composer Shigeru Umebayashi in Krakow (2010) — Андрей Романенко, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/Umebayashi.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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