is a Japanese composer.

Career

Iwashiro has composed the music for many Japanese television series and films. He has composed for both '' Red Cliff'' films, '' Shinobi: Heart Under Blade'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Rurouni Kenshin: The Motion Picture'', and the Korean film ''

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''. He was also lead composer for the Capcom video game '' Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny''. Iwashiro has often led the

Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra The , also known as Tokyō (都響), is one of the representative symphony orchestras of Japan. The Orchestra was founded in 1965 by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, to commemorate the Tokyo Olympics (1964 Summer Olympics). Currently Kazushi ...

for his soundtracks, including the 2005 taiga drama ''Yoshitsune'' and 2008 film ''Red Cliff''. He also composed the opening song for a video game, ''

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'' (2000).

Filmography

* '' Rurouni Kenshin: The Motion Picture'' (1997) * '' The Dog of Flanders'' (1997) * '' Aoi Tokugawa Sandai'' (2000) * ''

'' (2003) * '' Spring Snow'' (2005) * ''

Sinking of Japan is a 2006 Japanese ''tokusatsu'' disaster film directed by Shinji Higuchi. It is an adaptation of the novel ''Japan Sinks'' and a remake of its earlier film adaptation '' Tidal Wave'', both released in the year 1973. It stars Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, ...

'' (2006) * '' Red Cliff'' (2008) * '' Shodo Girls'' (2010) * '' Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos'' (2011) * '' Rengō Kantai Shirei Chōkan: Yamamoto Isoroku'' (2011) * ''

Our Homeland is a 2012 Japanese drama film about a Korean man's visit to his family in Japan after a long exile in North Korea. This is the feature debut of Yang Yong-hi, a second-generation ethnic Korean living in Japan who based the film on her family ...

'' (2012) * ''

Ask This of Rikyu is a 2013 Japanese biographical film directed by Mitsutoshi Tanaka and based on a novel by Kenichi Yamamoto. This film won the Best Artistic Contribution Award at the 37th Montréal World Film Festival, the Best Director Award at the 2014 Osa ...

'' (2013) * ''

Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet is a Japanese anime television series produced by Production I.G and directed by Kazuya Murata, and aired between April and June 2013. A manga adaptation began serialization in Kadokawa Shoten's ''Newtype Ace'' magazine in January 2013. ...

'' (2013) * ''

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'' (2013) * ''

Kiki's Delivery Service is a 1989 Japanese Anime, animated fantasy film written, produced, and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, adapted from the Kiki's Delivery Service (novel), 1985 novel by Eiko Kadono. It was animated by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten, Yamato Transpor ...

'' (2014) * '' The Crossing'' (2014) * ''

The Heroic Legend of Arslan is a Japanese fantasy novel series written by Yoshiki Tanaka. It was published from 1986 to 2017, with sixteen novels and one side-story in the official guidebook ''Arslan Senki Dokuhon''. Set in ancient Persia, it is loosely based on the ...

'' (2015) * '' Kado: The Right Answer'' (2017) * ''

A.I.C.O. -Incarnation- ''A.I.C.O. -Incarnation-'' is a Japanese science fiction original net animation (ONA) anime series produced by Bones. The series premiered worldwide on Netflix on March 9, 2018. A manga adaptation by Hiroaki Michiaki has run in '' Monthly Shō ...

'' * ''

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'' (2017) * ''

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'' (2018) * '' Aircraft Carrier Ibuki'' (2019) * '' The Journalist'' (2019) * ''

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'' (2020) * ''Mother'' (2020) * ''A Family Separation from the Underworld'' (2021) * ''It's a Flickering Life'' (2021) * ''

Unlock Your Heart *''This article uses Eastern name order when mentioning individuals.'' is a 2021 Japanese romantic drama film directed by Shuto Rin and starring Yamada Anna, Sakuma Ryuto and Imou Haruka. It is based on Wataya Risa's novel of the same title. ...

'' (2021) * ''Prior Convictions'' (2022)

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