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Yuji Ohno

Yuji Ohno

Composer · Died May 4, 2026, aged 84 · Atami, Shizuoka, Japan

Yuji Ohno (大野 雄二, Ōno Yūji, born 30 May 1941 in Atami, Shizuoka, Japan, died 4 May 2026) was a Japanese jazz musician. Ohno is known for his musical scoring of Japanese anime television series, particularly Lupin III, and most famously the 1977 series Lupin III Part II and the feature film The Castle of Cagliostro.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
May 30, 1941
Died
May 4, 2026 (aged 84)
From
Atami, Shizuoka, Japan
Works as
Composer
Titles
46 on MovieCove · 91 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Down 7% in 30 days

What are Yuji Ohno's films like?

Across their 38 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.

Genres

Animation35 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 69th percentile
: browse their Animation movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 79th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime 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
Bonds
34%
Morality
20%
Power
16%
Self
14%
Society
6%
Survival
6%
Ideas
4%
Loyalty13 titles, browse their movies with this themeGreed9 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice7 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity7 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love5 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship5 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception7 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds5 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 38 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 30 · Serious 6 · Dark 2

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

Grounded 3 · Stylized 23 · Heightened 12

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

Gentle 0 · Charged 32 · Intense 6

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

Steady 14 · Shifting 19 · Whiplash 5

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 25 · Funny 12

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

Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 26 · Relentless 8

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

Casual 16 · Engaged 19 · Full focus 3

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

Resolved 31 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 2

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Thrilling
32
Joyful
18
Absurd
13
Tense
9
Contemplative
5
Other
15

How their films linger

Fun31 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good16 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 12 with a twist

  • Happy20
  • Bittersweet15
  • Tragic1
  • 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 Yuji Ohno's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 13 of their 46 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Pluto TV (8).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Yuji Ohno'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

91 credits, 46 with a MovieCove page.

  • Lupin the 3rd vs. Cat's Eye(2023)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Lupin III: The First(2019)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Lupin III: Prison of the Past(2019)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Lupin III: Goodbye Partner(2019)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • Rupan sansei: Rupan wa imamo moeteiruka?(2018)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Lupin III: The Italian Game(2016)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Lupin III Concert - Lupin! Lupin!! Lupin!!! (Yuji Ohno & Lupintic Five) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Composer

  • Lupin III vs. Detective Conan: The Movie(2013)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Lupin III: Princess of the Breeze(2013)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Lupin the III: Another Page(2012)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Lupin the Third: Lupin Family Lineup (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Composer

  • Lupin the III: Blood Seal of the Eternal Mermaid(2011)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Cat Planet Cuties(2010)

    Show 12 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all shows

  • Lupin III: The Last Job(2010)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Lupin III vs. Detective Conan(2009)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Lupin III: Sweet Lost Night(2008)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Lupin III: Green vs. Red(2008)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Lupin the 3rd: The Elusiveness of the Fog(2007)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • Murder of the Inugami Clan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Composer

  • Lupin III: Seven Days Rhapsody(2006)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Lupin III: Angel Tactics(2005)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Rupan sansei: Nusumareta rupan(2004)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Lupin the Third: Operation Return the Tresure(2003)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Lupin the 3rd: Episode 0: The First Contact(2002)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Lupin III: Return of Pycal(2002)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Lupin III: Alcatraz Connection(2001)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Shingu: Secret of the Stellar Wars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Show 26 episodes · Composer

  • Lupin III: Missed by a Dollar(2000)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Lupin III: The Columbus Files(1999)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Lupin the 3rd: Crisis in Tokyo(1998)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Lupin III: Island of Assassins(1997)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Love and Duty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Composer

  • Lupin the Third: The Legend of Twilight Gemini(1996)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Lupin III: Dead or Alive(1996)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Lupin III: The Pursuit of Harimao's Treasure(1995)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Lupin III: Farewell to Nostradamus(1995)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Lupin the Third: Greatest Capers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Composer

  • Lupin the Third: Dragon of Doom(1994)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • The Shootist: Final Episode (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Composer

  • XX: Beautiful Weapon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Composer

  • Lupin III: Voyage to Danger(1993)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Anata ga furikaeru toki (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Composer

  • Lupin the 3rd: From Siberia with Love(1992)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • The Shootist 3 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Composer

  • Lupin the 3rd: Napoleon's Dictionary(1991)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Stranger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Composer

  • The Shootist 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Composer

  • Lupin the 3rd: The Hemingway Papers(1990)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Lonely Hitman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Composer

  • The Shootist (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Composer

  • Hana no Furu Gogo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Show 6 episodes · Composer

  • Lupin the Third: Bye Bye, Lady Liberty(1989)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • The Return of the Newshound and the Lady Cop (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Composer

  • In Love With Him (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Composer

  • The Roaming Reporter and Rookie Detective 3 - I Saw a Woman's Corpse in the Steam of Beppu Onsen! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Composer

  • Iki no Iiyatsu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Show 10 episodes · Composer

  • The Roaming Reporter and Rookie Detective 2 - I Saw the Bride's Corpse in the Sea of Toba! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Composer

  • The Roaming Reporter and Rookie Detective - I Saw a Female Ghost in Hida Takayama! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Composer

  • Ichiban Daiko (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 150 episodes · Composer

  • Lupin III: Legend of the Gold of Babylon(1985)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Nora (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Composer

  • Nebula Mask Machine Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Show 36 episodes · Composer

  • Prime Rose: A Time Slip of 10,000 Years(1983)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Chiisana Tabi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Show 1,732 episodes · Main Title Theme Composer · Theme Song Performance

  • Lullaby of Death (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Composer

  • Andromeda Stories (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Composer

  • Space Adventure Cobra(1982)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Fumoon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Composer

  • Juvenile Wife (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Composer

  • The Execution Game (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Composer

  • Undersea Super Train: Marine Express (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Composer

  • Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro(1979)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Dog of Fortune (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Composer

  • Murder in the Doll House (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Composer

  • Sister Ma (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Show 156 episodes · Composer

  • Captain Future: The Great Race in the Solar System (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Composer

  • Lupin the 3rd: The Mystery of Mamo(1978)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • The Killing Game (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Composer

  • Captain Future (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Show 52 episodes · Composer

  • Never Give Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Composer

  • One Million-Year Trip: Bander Book(1978)

    Composer

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

  • Onna Bengoshi Asabuki Riyako (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Show 2 episodes · Composer

  • The Most Dangerous Game (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Composer

  • Kimagure Honkakuha (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Show 38 episodes · Composer

  • Proof of the Man(1977)

    Composer · Music Director

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • My Brother (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Composer

  • The Inugami Family(1976)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Light and Shade of Youth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Composer

  • Sengoku Rock Hagure Kiba (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Show 9 episodes · Composer

  • Lupin the Third Part 1(1971)

    Show 253 episodes · Composer · Theme Song Performance

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows

  • Kininaru Yomesan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Show 2 episodes · Composer

Career shape

A full career of 90 titles from 1971 to 2023.

Biggest box office

Lupin III vs. Detective Conan: The Movie (2013)

$41M worldwide

Highest rated

Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979)

Midcredits 97th

By role

only this rolewith another role
Music90 of 90: 87 only music, 3 with another role · typical Midcredits score69thOther crew3 of 90: 0 only other crew, 3 with another role

90 titles, 3 with more than one role — music and other crew overlap on 3 of them.

By decade

1970s22 · crew1980s20 · crew1990s20 · crew2000s14 · crew2010s13 · crew2020s1 · 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 Yuji Ohno's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 69th percentile, the median of all 44; across their 38 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 71st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

71stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 38

Approval · how many liked their films

65thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 38

Reach · how many have seen their films

63rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 38

Midcredits score across 46 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up14
  • 50th to 74th24
  • 25th to 49th7
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

30 of their 46 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Crowd Pleaser30
  • Broadly Agreed5
  • Mixed9

Most divisive · composer

Prime Rose: A Time Slip of 10,000 Years (1983)

59th percentile spread · 28% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · composer

Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979)

Midcredits 97th · 86% liked

Reviewers score the sound and music 65/100 in their films, across 27 reviewed titles; fans 69, detractors 43. 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.

Is Yuji Ohno's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 28 · mildMedian of all films: 32

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Yuji Ohno work with?

People who share at least 2 of Yuji Ohno's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Monkey Punch shares the most, 33.

Directors

Writers

  • Monkey Punch33 titles    See newest 12 of 33 shared titles with Monkey Punch
  • Hiroshi Kashiwabara11 titles    See all 11 shared titles with Hiroshi Kashiwabara
  • Maurice Leblanc4 titles    See all 4 shared titles with Maurice Leblanc
  • Atsushi Maekawa3 titles    See all 3 shared titles with Atsushi Maekawa

Actors

  • Kiyoshi Kobayashi32 titles    See newest 12 of 32 shared titles with Kiyoshi Kobayashi
  • Eiko Masuyama25 titles    See newest 12 of 25 shared titles with Eiko Masuyama
  • Gorô Naya25 titles    See newest 12 of 25 shared titles with Gorô Naya
  • Makio Inoue25 titles    See newest 12 of 25 shared titles with Makio Inoue

Cinematographers and editors

  • Masatoshi Tsurubuchi15 titles    See newest 12 of 15 shared titles with Masatoshi Tsurubuchi
  • Hajime Hasegawa10 titles    See all 10 shared titles with Hajime Hasegawa
  • Yuriko Sano6 titles    See all 6 shared titles with Yuriko Sano
  • Tatsuo Noguchi4 titles    See all 4 shared titles with Tatsuo Noguchi

Producers

  • Yasumichi Ozaki13 titles    See newest 12 of 13 shared titles with Yasumichi Ozaki
  • Toshio Nakatani12 titles    See all 12 shared titles with Toshio Nakatani
  • Hidehiko Takei10 titles    See all 10 shared titles with Hidehiko Takei
  • Kyô Itô7 titles    See all 7 shared titles with Kyô Itô

Mixed roles