Tenmon
Composer · Born October 4, 1971 (55) · Tokyo, Japan
Tenmon (born as Atsushi Shirakawa) is a Japanese music composer. Having known director Makoto Shinkai as a coworker in Minori, Tenmon has composed music for his works since She and Her Cat.
Biography from TMDB.
- October 4, 1971 (55)
- Tokyo, Japan
- Composer
- 5 on MovieCove · 9 credits in all
Known for
What are Tenmon's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4
Light 0 · Serious 3 · Dark 1
Grounded 0 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 2
Gentle 1 · Charged 3 · Intense 0
Steady 4 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 0
Casual 2 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 2
A split, not a type: Resolved 1 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 2
Moods and endings
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 Tenmon's films?
As of October 24, 2026, all 5 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on HBO Max (3).
- Crunchyroll
Subscription and free streaming for Tenmon'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
9 credits, 5 with a MovieCove page.

Tsuredure Children(2017)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows
Waza no Tabibito (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
Ef: A Tale Of Memories & Melodies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

5 Centimeters per Second(2007)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Voices of a Distant Star (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
Enclosed World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Career shape
A full career of 9 titles from 1998 to 2017.
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 Tenmon's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 81st percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 79th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
- 50th to 74th2
Shape of the crowd
None of their 5 titles divides audiences: 4 are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Crowd Pleaser4
Reviewers score the sound and music 76/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 79, detractors 62. 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 Tenmon work with?
People who share at least 2 of Tenmon's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Makoto Shinkai shares the most, 4.
Directors
- Makoto ShinkaiShared titles: Children Who Chase Lost Voices (2011), 5 Centimeters per Second (2007), The Place Promised in Our Early Days (2004), She and Her Cat: Their Standing Points (1999)See all 4 shared titles with Makoto Shinkai

Actors
- Kazuhiko InoueShared titles: Children Who Chase Lost Voices (2011), The Place Promised in Our Early Days (2004)See all 2 shared titles with Kazuhiko Inoue

- Masami IwasakiShared titles: 5 Centimeters per Second (2007), The Place Promised in Our Early Days (2004)See all 2 shared titles with Masami Iwasaki

- Risa MizunoShared titles: 5 Centimeters per Second (2007), The Place Promised in Our Early Days (2004)See all 2 shared titles with Risa Mizuno

Producers
- John LedfordShared titles: Children Who Chase Lost Voices (2011), 5 Centimeters per Second (2007), The Place Promised in Our Early Days (2004)See all 3 shared titles with John Ledford

- Noritaka KawaguchiShared titles: Children Who Chase Lost Voices (2011), 5 Centimeters per Second (2007)See all 2 shared titles with Noritaka Kawaguchi

- Naomi TôdaShared titles: 5 Centimeters per Second (2007), The Place Promised in Our Early Days (2004)See all 2 shared titles with Naomi Tôda
