--- name: "Taro Iwashiro" canonical: "https://film.one/person/taro-iwashiro" fi1m_id: "taro-iwashiro" imdb_id: "nm0412611" tmdb_id: 63693 wikidata_id: "Q3515913" roles: ["Composer"] born: "1 May 1965" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-18T08:23:02.805780+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." --- # Taro Iwashiro ## Identity Taro Iwashiro - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/taro-iwashiro - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** taro-iwashiro - **IMDb ID:** nm0412611 - **TMDB ID:** 63693 - **Wikidata ID:** Q3515913 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taro_Iwashiro, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3515913, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0412611/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/63693 Composer. Born 1 May 1965 in Tokyo, Japan. ## Details - **Work:** Composer - **Born:** 1 May 1965, Tokyo, Japan - **Also known as:** Ивасиро Таро, Tarou Iwashiro, Tarô Iwashiro, Tarō Iwashiro, 岩代 太郎, Taroh Iwashiro - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taro_Iwashiro, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3515913, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0412611/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/63693 ## Biography Taro Iwashiro (岩代 太郎, Iwashiro Tarō) is a Japanese composer born on 1 May 1965 in Tokyo. He studied composition at Tokyo University of the Arts, graduating at the top of his class in 1989 and completing a master's degree in 1991. Iwashiro has composed scores for numerous Japanese films, television series and anime, as well as international projects. His credits include *Memories of Murder* (2003), *Azumi* (2003), *Shinobi: Heart Under Blade* (2005), both *Red Cliff* films (2008–2009), *Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos* (2011) and *Fukushima 50* (2020). He has frequently conducted the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra for his soundtracks and has received awards including the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Original Film Score for *Red Cliff*. *Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, ja.wikipedia.org.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Memories of Murder* (2003), Fi1m 91, Original Music Composer, Conductor, Orchestrator, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/memories-of-murder.md) ## Complete filmography (95) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *The Secret Battlefield* (2026), Original Music Composer - *One Last Love Letter* (2026), Original Music Composer - *Guilty, the AI Said* (2026), Original Music Composer - *A Light in the Harbor* (2025), Original Music Composer - *YUKIKAZE* (2025), Original Music Composer - *The 35-Year Promise* (2025), Music Director - *Yasuko, Songs of Days Past* (2025), Original Music Composer - *Rude to Love* (2024), Music - *Imaginary Ritual* (2023), series, Music - *Kubi* (2023), Original Music Composer - *(Ab)normal Desire* (2023), Music - *The Moon* (2023), Original Music Composer - *The Village* (2023), Original Music Composer - *Grandson of a Monster* (2023), Music - *Prior Convictions* (2022), Original Music Composer - *The Journalist* (2022), series, Original Music Composer - *Zenkamono* (2021), series, Original Music Composer - *Unlock Your Heart* (2021), Original Music Composer - *Hito to shigoto* (2021), Original Music Composer - *It's a Flickering Life* (2021), Original Music Composer - *A Family* (2021), Music - *MOTHER* (2020), Original Music Composer - *Fukushima 50* (2020), Original Music Composer - *The Journalist* (2019), Original Music Composer - *Starlight Promises* (2018), Original Music Composer - *Umamusume: Pretty Derby* (2018), series, Music Producer - *A.I.C.O. -Incarnation-* (2018), series, Original Music Composer - *Manhunt* (2017), Original Music Composer - *KADO: The Right Answer* (2017), series, Original Music Composer - *Museum* (2016), Original Music Composer - *Ken San* (2016), Original Music Composer - *Double Life* (2016), Original Music Composer - *Detective Mitarai's Casebook: The Clockwork Current* (2016), Original Music Composer - *The Crossing II* (2015), Original Music Composer - *The Pearls of the Stone Man* (2015), Original Music Composer - *The Heroic Legend of Arslan* (2015), series, Original Music Composer - *The Crossing I* (2014), Original Music Composer - *Kiki's Delivery Service* (2014), Original Music Composer - *A Tale of Samurai Cooking* (2013), Original Music Composer - *Unforgiven* (2013), Original Music Composer - *Ask This of Rikyu* (2013), Original Music Composer - *Super Fish - An Endless Adventure* (2013), Music, Music Director - *Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet* (2013), series, Original Music Composer - *Tug of War!* (2012), Music - *Our Homeland* (2012), Original Music Composer - *知られざる大英博物館* (2012), series, Music - *Super Fish - An Endless Adventure* (2012), series, Original Music Composer - *Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet* (2011), Original Music Composer - *Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos* (2011), Original Music Composer - *No More Cry* (2009), Original Music Composer - *Castle Under Fiery Skies* (2009), Original Music Composer - *Battle Under Orion* (2009), Original Music Composer - *Red Cliff II* (2009), Original Music Composer - *252: Signal of Life* (2008), Original Music Composer - *Children of the Dark* (2008), Original Music Composer - *Red Cliff* (2008), Original Music Composer - *The Chasing World* (2008), Original Music Composer - *Double Trouble* (2008), Original Music Composer - *The End of the Wind* (2007), series, Music - *Maiko Haaaan!!!* (2007), Original Music Composer - *Akanezora Beyond the Crimson Sky* (2007), Original Music Composer - *Hear the Sound of Life* (2006), Music - *Aogeba Tôtoshi* (2006), Original Music Composer - *Spring Snow* (2005), Music, Original Music Composer - *The Samurai I Loved* (2005), Original Music Composer - *Shinobi: Heart Under Blade* (2005), Original Music Composer - *Dear Hinagon* (2005), Music - *Winter Game* (2005), Original Music Composer - *Blood and Bones* (2004), Original Music Composer - *Free and Easy 14* (2003), Original Music Composer - *Farewell, Kuro* (2003), Music, Music Producer - *Azumi* (2003), Original Music Composer - *Memories of Murder* (2003), Original Music Composer, Conductor, Orchestrator — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/memories-of-murder.md) - *ぼくの魔法使い* (2003), series, Original Music Composer - *September 11* (2002), Original Music Composer - *Another Heaven* (2000), Original Music Composer - *Aoi: Tokugawa Three Generations* (2000), series, Music - *Autumn Blossoms* (1999), Original Music Composer - *Ice World* (1999), series, Creator - *Living Alone* (1999), series, Music - *Don't be a cry baby* (1999), series, Original Music Composer - *Who Do You Think You Are?* (1998), series, Original Music Composer - *Ping Pong Bath Station* (1998), Original Music Composer - *With Love* (1998), series, Original Music Composer - *Samurai X: The Motion Picture* (1997), Original Music Composer - *Children of Promise* (1997), series, Original Music Composer - *The Perfect Boss* (1997), series, Original Music Composer - *Agri* (1997), series, Original Music Composer - *The Dog of Flanders* (1997), Original Music Composer - *Love Vacance* (1997), series, Music - *The Bridge Club* (1996), Original Music Composer - *Midori no Makibaō* (1996), series, Original Music Composer - *Goodbye for Tomorrow* (1995), Original Music Composer - *Sashow The Last Case* (1995), series, Original Music Composer - *Koi mo ni Dome Nara* (1995), series, Original Music Composer --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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