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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.

Born
October 4, 1971 (55)
From
Tokyo, Japan
Works as
Composer
Titles
5 on MovieCove · 9 credits in all

What are Tenmon's films like?

Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 4 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

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

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Melancholic
4
Contemplative
2
Hopeful
2
Warm
1
Bittersweet
1
Other
1

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).

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)

    Show 12 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows
  • Waza no Tabibito (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Composer

  • Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
  • Ef: A Tale Of Memories & Melodies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Show 24 episodes · Composer

  • 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)

    Composer

  • Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
  • Enclosed World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Composer

Career shape

A full career of 9 titles from 1998 to 2017.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Music9 of 9: 9 only music, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score79th

By decade

1990s2 · crew2000s4 · 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 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.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

79thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Approval · how many liked their films

81stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Reach · how many have seen their films

84thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Midcredits score across 5 titles, by percentile

  • 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

Actors

Producers