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Toshiaki Tsushima

Composer · Died November 25, 2013, aged 77 · Okayama Prefecture, Japan

Born
May 22, 1936
Died
November 25, 2013 (aged 77)
From
Okayama Prefecture, Japan
Works as
Composer
Titles
25 on MovieCove · 158 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 37 days to Oct 26Up 3% in 30 days

What are Toshiaki Tsushima's films like?

Across their 25 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.

Genres

Action21 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 82nd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 70th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Drama2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 26th percentile
: browse their Drama 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
42%
Survival
28%
Power
17%
Bonds
9%
Self
2%
Society
2%
Betrayal10 titles, browse their movies with this themeRevenge8 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival7 titles, browse their movies with this themeViolence7 titles, browse their movies with this themePower5 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice5 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty4 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 25 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 2 · Serious 4 · Dark 19

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 6 · Stylized 13 · Heightened 6

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

Gentle 0 · Charged 5 · Intense 20

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

Steady 3 · Shifting 15 · Whiplash 7

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

Straight-faced 19 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 1

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

Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 13 · Relentless 9

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

Casual 4 · Engaged 13 · Full focus 8

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 5 · Affecting 9 · Heavy 11

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

Resolved 16 · Open-ended 7 · Ambiguous 2

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
25
Thrilling
13
Dread
8
Melancholic
10
Absurd
6
Other
4

How their films linger

Bittersweet10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCathartic6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Happy3
  • Bittersweet13
  • Tragic4
  • Ambiguous5

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 Toshiaki Tsushima's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 16 of their 25 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (11).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Toshiaki Tsushima'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

158 credits, 25 with a MovieCove page.

  • Onihei Crime Files: The Final Kohen - Unryu Ken (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Composer

  • Onihei Crime Files: Conscience of a Worm (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Composer

  • Onihei Crime Files: Sutegoro Takahagi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Composer

  • Onihei Crime Files: Bungoro Amabiki (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Composer

  • Onihei Crime Files: The Inside Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Composer

  • Onihei Crime Files: Unibrow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Composer

  • Onihei Crime Files Special: Bandits (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Composer

  • Onihei Crime Files Special: Okatsu from Yamabukiya (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Composer

  • Warlord of the Underworld (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Composer

  • Ambition Without Honor 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Composer

  • Peanuts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Composer

  • Ambition Without Honor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Composer

  • Onihei's Detective Records (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Composer

  • Another 47 Ronins: Genroku Taiheiki (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Composer

  • Edo Murasaki Limited Express (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Composer

  • Bored Hatamoto: Letter of Death (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Composer

  • A Paucity of Flying Dreams (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Composer

  • Yakuza Ladies: The Final Battle(1990)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Sensei (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Composer

  • Anego(1988)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Ooku: Empress of the Tokugawa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Composer

  • Ronin on a Mission (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Composer

  • The Retired Samurai (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Composer

  • My Beloved Is My Husband's Boss?! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Composer

  • The Forced Marriage with Children (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Composer

  • The Thief and the Expelled Master (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Composer

  • おんなの密書 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Composer

  • The Orphaned Geisha (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Composer

  • Time of the Apes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Composer

  • The Eccentric Shinza (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Composer

  • Countryside Accountant's Government Reform (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Composer

  • Night Train(1987)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Crisis at Edo Castle - Angry Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Show 6 episodes · Composer

  • Tokugawa Chronicles: Ambition of the 3 Branches (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Show 13 episodes · Composer

  • Detective Kyosuke Kozu's Murder Reasoning 3 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Composer

  • Detective Kyosuke Kozu's Murder Reasoning II (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Actor

  • Lone Wolf and Cub (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Composer

  • Assassination Orders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Composer

  • A Samurai's Sorrow: The Deadly Sword (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Composer

  • Lady Vengeance and the 47 Ronin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Composer

  • The Tale of Saikaido (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Composer

  • Odokumiyaku Shushou Kawaite sōrō (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Composer

  • The Shogun's Vault IV: The Gold Mines of Sado (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Composer

  • Ooku Hankachou (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Composer

  • Fangs of Darkness 2: Ieyasu's Head (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Composer

  • The Edo Fortune-Teller (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Composer

  • Ninja-gari(1982)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Bijin Koroshi Series (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Show 19 episodes · Composer

  • Magnitude 7.9 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Composer

  • The Fall of Ako Castle(1978)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • The Yagyu Conspiracy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Show 39 episodes · Composer

  • Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Composer

  • Yagyu Clan Conspiracy(1978)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • I Am A Man of Honor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Composer

  • The War in Space(1977)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • The Shingo Case Files (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Show 1 episode · Composer

  • Dinosaur War Izenborg (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Show 39 episodes · Composer

  • The Sex Pervert (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Composer

  • Hokuriku Proxy War (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Composer

  • Yakuza Graveyard(1976)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Zero Fighter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Composer

  • New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Composer

  • Violent Panic: The Big Crash (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Composer

  • Female Ninjas: In Bed with the Enemy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Composer

  • Operation Plazma in Osaka (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Composer

  • Deep Throat in Tokyo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Composer

  • The Decisive Power of Aikido (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Composer

  • The Boss's Head(1975)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • G-String Geisha (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Composer

  • Story of a Nymphomaniac (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Composer

  • Company Buggers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Composer

  • Gambling Den Heist (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Composer

  • Cops vs. Thugs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Composer

  • Graveyard of Honor(1975)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • New Battles Without Honor and Humanity(1974)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • The Street Fighter's Last Revenge(1974)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Army of the Apes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Show 26 episodes · Composer

  • Budô dokyumento: Kengô no saiten (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Composer

  • Military Comfort Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Composer

  • Final Episode(1974)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Return of the Street Fighter(1974)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • A Blood Stained Love Affair (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Composer

  • The Street Fighter(1974)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Police Tactics(1974)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Yokosuka Navy Prison (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Composer

  • Bodyguard Kiba 2(1973)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Proxy War(1973)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • The Incident at Takanodai (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Composer

  • Bodyguard Kiba(1973)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • The Pleasures of a Motel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Composer

  • Hiroshima Death Match(1973)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • A Woman’s Road (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Composer

  • The School Deviate Waru (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Composer

  • Battles Without Honor and Humanity(1973)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • The Horrible Obsessions (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Composer

  • Sex document: Toruko no joô (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Composer

  • Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Composer

  • Wandering Ginza Butterfly: She-Cat Gambler (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Composer

  • Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro's Birth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Composer

  • A Narcotics Agent's Ballad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Composer

  • Girl Boss: Guerrilla(1972)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Street Mobster (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Composer

  • Wandering Ginza Butterfly (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Composer

  • Sex Up and Down (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Composer

  • Yakuza Wolf: I Perform Murder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Composer

  • Kanto Street Peddlers: Shallow Clan Honor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Composer

  • Trials of an Okinawa Village (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Composer

  • Troops of Darkness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Composer

  • The Gambling Nun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Composer

  • Story of Japanese Bad Men (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Composer

  • Sex Comedy, Quick on the Trigger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Composer

  • Delinquent Girl Boss: Worthless to Confess (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Composer

  • The Sucker's Blunt Dagger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Composer

  • Delinquent Girl Boss: Ballad of Yokohama Hoods (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Composer

  • Wicked Priest 5: Breaking the Commandments (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Composer

  • Fate Deals the Card of Death (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Composer

  • Thugs of Shinjuku (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Composer

  • Delinquent Girl Boss: Tokyo Drifters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Composer

  • The Silk Hat Boss 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Composer

  • The Last Kamikaze (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Composer

  • Delinquent Girl Boss: Blossoming Night Dreams (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Composer

  • A Wad of Notes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Composer

  • Fear of Sex (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Composer

  • Gambler's Code - Loyalty Offering (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Composer

  • Silk Hat Boss (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Composer

  • The Japan Derby Race (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Composer

  • House of Gamblers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Composer

  • Wicked Priest 4: The Killer Priest Comes Back (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Composer

  • The Final Gamble (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Composer

  • Gambler's Legacy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Composer

  • The Fort of Death (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Composer

  • Register of Deities (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Composer

  • The Green Slime(1968)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Ohyaku: The Female Demon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Composer

  • Gamblers: The Raid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Composer

  • Big Time Gambling Boss (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Composer

  • Heiji, the Detective (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Composer

  • Samurai Wolf II (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Composer

  • Gamblers: The Dragon Tattoo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Composer

  • Gamblers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Composer

  • Three Gamblers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Composer

  • Samurai Wolf(1966)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Seven Fugitives (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    Composer

  • Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    Composer

  • The Magic Serpent (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    Composer

  • Yakuza G-Men (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Composer

  • Sword of the Beast (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Composer

  • The Third Contest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Composer

  • Tale of Ninja Duty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Composer

  • Hoodlum Match (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Composer

  • The Ninja Hunt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Composer

  • Group Burglars Break the Magistrate's Office (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Composer

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

    Composer

  • Blind Monk Swordsman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Composer

  • Three Outlaw Samurai(1964)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Edo Crime Book: Black Claws (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Composer

  • Blind Wolf (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Composer

  • あぐら剣法無頼帖　用心棒と好色一代男 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Composer

Career shape

A full career of 158 titles, 157 of them dated from 1963 to 2016.

Highest rated

Three Outlaw Samurai (1964)

Midcredits 96th

Most popular right now

The Green Slime (1968)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting1 of 158: 1 only acting, 0 with another roleMusic157 of 158: 157 only music, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score79th

By decade

1960s28 · crew1970s80 · crew1980s31 · 1 acting · 30 crew1990s10 · crew2000s5 · crew2010s3 · 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 Toshiaki Tsushima's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 79th percentile, the median of all 25; across their 25 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 79th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

79thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 25

Approval · how many liked their films

77thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 25

Reach · how many have seen their films

56thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 25

Midcredits score across 25 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up13
  • 50th to 74th3
  • 25th to 49th7
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

16 of their 25 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Crowd Pleaser16
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed6

Most divisive · composer

Anego (1988)

65th percentile spread · 17% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · composer

Three Outlaw Samurai (1964)

Midcredits 96th · 87% liked

Reviewers score the sound and music 59/100 in their films, across 18 reviewed titles; fans 68, detractors 32. 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 Toshiaki Tsushima work with?

People who share at least 2 of Toshiaki Tsushima's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Kinji Fukasaku shares the most, 12.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles