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Sei Ikeno

Sei Ikeno

Composer · Died August 13, 2004, aged 73 · Sapporo, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan

Japanese composer.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
February 24, 1931
Died
August 13, 2004 (aged 73)
From
Sapporo, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan
Works as
Composer
Titles
14 on MovieCove · 137 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 64 days to Oct 27Down 4% in 30 days

What are Sei Ikeno's films like?

Across their 8 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.

Genres

Drama3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 90th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Action2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 84th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies
Horror2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 74th percentile
: browse their Horror movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
31%
Survival
17%
Society
14%
Power
12%
Bonds
11%
Self
11%
Ideas
4%
Justice3 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival2 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief2 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 8 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 1 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 1

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 0 · Charged 5 · Intense 3

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 3 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 2 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 3

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 6 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
7
Melancholic
5
Contemplative
3
Dread
2
Bittersweet
2
Other
3

How their films linger

Thought-provoking3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCathartic2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet2
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Sei Ikeno's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 14 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on The Criterion Channel (5).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Sei Ikeno's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

137 credits, 14 with a MovieCove page.

  • Make-Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Composer

  • Godzilla(1977)

    Additional Music

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Swedish Porno: Dripping of Honey (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Composer

  • Kage no tsume (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Composer

  • Jealousy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Composer

  • Rikugun rakugo-hei (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Composer

  • Man on a False Flight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Composer

  • Sweet Secret (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Composer

  • Love Forsaken (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Composer

  • Live and Learn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Composer

  • Forbidden Affair (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Composer

  • Innocent Sinner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Composer

  • 与太郎戦記 女は幾万ありとても (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Composer

  • Blood End (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Composer

  • The Wild Sea (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Composer

  • The Sea Anemone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Composer

  • The Tempters: Smile After Tears (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Composer

  • The Woman Killer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Composer

  • 出獄四十八時間 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Composer

  • Record of a Girls' High School Doctor: Fainting (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Composer

  • Samaritan Zatoichi(1968)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • The Age of Undutiful Children (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Composer

  • The Great Yokai War(1968)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • The Diary of a Sex Counsellor 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Composer

  • The Fox with Nine Tails (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Composer

  • High School Geisha (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Composer

  • Record of a Girls' High School Doctor: Pregnancy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Composer

  • The Bride from Hades(1968)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • School for Thieves (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Composer

  • The Night before Pearl Harbor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Composer

  • The Diary of a Sex Counsellor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Composer

  • Affair in the Snow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Composer

  • The House of the Sleeping Virgins (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Composer

  • Shogun and His Mistress 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Sound Director

  • Zatoichi the Outlaw(1967)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • A Fallen Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Composer

  • The Affair (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Composer

  • Night Trap (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Composer

  • Shroud of Snow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Composer

  • A Woman's Gamble (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    Composer

  • Shiroi Kyotô(1966)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • The Red Angel(1966)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • A Drop of Grease (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    Composer

  • Woman of the Lake (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    Composer

  • You and I (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    Composer

  • Love and Desire in the Night Mist (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    Composer

  • Wild Geese (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    Composer

  • Young Girls Are Everywhere (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    Composer

  • Freezing Point (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    Composer

  • Tokyo Ninja Force (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    Composer

  • Kokoro no sanmyaku (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    Composer

  • 牝犬脱走 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Composer

  • An Innocent Witch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Composer

  • 雲を呼ぶ講道館 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Composer

  • The Witness' Chair (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Composer

  • Tale of Japanese Burglars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Composer

  • A Chair in the Sunshine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Composer

  • The School of Flesh (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Composer

  • The Forest of No Escape (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Composer

  • Shinobi No Mono 5: Return of Mist Saizo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Composer

  • Ghidorah: The Three-Headed Monster(1964)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Sweet Seventeen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Composer

  • The Price of Victory (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Composer

  • The Gorgeous Geisha (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Composer

  • Green Fruit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Composer

  • High School Juniors (Part II) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Composer

  • On the Road Forever (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Composer

  • Zatoichi's Flashing Sword(1964)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • A Story from Echigo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Composer

  • A Public Benefactor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Composer

  • Ken (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Composer

  • Black Speeding (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Composer

  • Lips of Ruin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Composer

  • Bamboo Doll of Echizen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Composer

  • Sentimental Mobsters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Composer

  • Fifty-Fifty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Composer

  • Black Dead Ball (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Composer

  • The Red Water (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Composer

  • Ninja in a Business Suit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Composer

  • All My Children (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Composer

  • Black Statement Book(1963)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Record of a Marathon Runner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Composer

  • Elegant Beast (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Composer

  • A Woman's Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Composer

  • Mount Hakone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Composer

  • The Midday Trap (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Composer

  • King Kong vs. Godzilla(1962)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Black Test Car (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Composer

  • This Madding Crowd (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Composer

  • Yoru no keisha (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Composer

  • Musume to watashi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Composer

  • Stolen Pleasure (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Composer

  • Long Way to Okinawa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Composer

  • Woman of Design (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Composer

  • The Temple of Wild Geese (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Composer

  • Their Legacy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Composer

  • Shadow of a Flower (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Composer

  • Otoko no meigara (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Composer

  • A Geisha's Diary (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Composer

  • As the Clouds Scatter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Composer

  • Shin Jinsei Gekijo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Composer

  • Big Shots Die at Dawn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Composer

  • Les Mesdemoiselles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Composer

  • The Wind and Waves (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Composer

  • Tejō ni kaketa koi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Composer

  • Marriageable Age (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Composer

  • The Brass General (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Composer

  • Reporters from the Sky (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Composer

  • The Blue Beast (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Composer

  • Just Barely (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Composer

  • The Secret of the Telegian (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Composer

  • Secret (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Composer

  • The Lost Alibi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Composer

  • Lubricating Oil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Composer

  • The Enchanting Devil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Composer

  • The Cola Game (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Composer

  • Vagabond Employee: Revenge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Composer

  • 新しい製鉄所 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Composer

  • Vagabond Employee: Outcry (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Composer

  • Our Mother (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Composer

  • The Big Scoop: Challenge at Twilight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Composer

  • The Big Scoop: The Third Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Composer

  • Disobedience (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Composer

  • The Ladder of Success (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Composer

  • A Grain of Wheat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Composer

  • 俺たちは狂っていない (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Composer

  • In Self-Defense (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Composer

  • Hadaka no Machi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Composer

  • The Lonely Swordsman (Part 2) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Composer

  • Night Butterflies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Composer

  • Godzilla(1957)

    Additional Music

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • The Lonely Swordsman (Part 1) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Composer

  • Yonjū-hassai no teikō (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Composer

  • Undercurrent (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Composer

  • Godzilla: King of the Monsters!(1956)

    Additional Music

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Wedding Day (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Composer

  • Godzilla(1954)

    Additional Music

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

Career shape

A full career of 137 titles from 1954 to 1984.

Highest rated

The Red Angel (1966)

Midcredits 96th

Most popular right now

Shiroi Kyotô (1966)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Music136 of 137: 136 only music, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score79thOther crew1 of 137: 1 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

1950s23 · crew1960s101 · crew1970s12 · crew1980s1 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Sei Ikeno's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 79th percentile, the median of all 14; across their 8 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 81st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

81stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Approval · how many liked their films

84thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Reach · how many have seen their films

48thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Midcredits score across 14 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up8
  • 50th to 74th4
  • 25th to 49th2

Shape of the crowd

10 of their 14 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser10
  • Broadly Agreed1

Most divisive · composer

Godzilla (1977)

74th percentile spread · 30% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · composer

The Red Angel (1966)

Midcredits 96th · 85% liked

Reviewers score the sound and music 66/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles; fans 69, detractors 65. The element that speaks to their work as a composer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Sei Ikeno work with?

People who share at least 2 of Sei Ikeno's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Masaichi Nagata shares the most, 6.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Editors

Producers