Kenji Kawai

Kenji Kawai is a Japanese music composer for video games, television and movies. He has contributed to the musical scores for numerous films from Japan and other Asian countries, working in film genres as diverse as anime, horror, sci-fi and historical epic.

Tachigui: The Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters (2006)

Tachigui retells Japan's history from 1945 to 21st century through the feats of self-proclaimed dine and dash professionals - the Fast Food Grifters are the phantoms that rise and fall with the shifting diet-styles. They are the dissenting heroes who carved their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mamoru Oshii
CAST:  Mako Hyodo  •  Kaito Kisshoji  •  Mitsuhisa Ishikawa  •  Kenji Kawai

Tachigui retells Japan's history from 1945 to 21st century through the feats of self-proclaimed dine and dash professionals - the Fast Food Grifters are the phantoms that rise and fall with the shifting diet-styles. They are the dissenting heroes who carved their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mamoru Oshii
CAST:  Mako Hyodo  •  Kaito Kisshoji  •  Mitsuhisa Ishikawa  •  Kenji Kawai

Kenji Kawai - Cinema Symphony (2008)

Concert DVD release from Kenji Kawai includes footage of his November 7, 2007 performance at the Yokohama Pacifico with full-orchestra background and guest performances from Miu Sakamoto and more! Includes songs from the series "Innocence," "Ghost In The Shell", ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Syun Nakahara
CAST:  Kenji Kawai

Concert DVD release from Kenji Kawai includes footage of his November 7, 2007 performance at the Yokohama Pacifico with full-orchestra background and guest performances from Miu Sakamoto and more! Includes songs from the series "Innocence," "Ghost In The Shell", ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Syun Nakahara
CAST:  Kenji Kawai

Ghost in the Shell: Production Report (1995)

A behind the scenes look at the making of the 1995 classic anime, Ghost in the Shell.  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Tom Wyner  •  Shuji Inoue  •  Shuichi Kakesu  •  Kenji Kawai

A behind the scenes look at the making of the 1995 classic anime, Ghost in the Shell.  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Tom Wyner  •  Shuji Inoue  •  Shuichi Kakesu  •  Kenji Kawai

The Making of Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004)

This making of segment offers a lot of interview comments with the crew behind it, although does so in a rather rapid fashion. The most interesting element of this is probably learning a bit more behind how the movie was created from an animation standpoint, in ...  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Mamoru Oshii  •  Atsuko Tanaka  •  Akio Otsuka  •  Tetsuya Nishio

This making of segment offers a lot of interview comments with the crew behind it, although does so in a rather rapid fashion. The most interesting element of this is probably learning a bit more behind how the movie was created from an animation standpoint, in ...  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Mamoru Oshii  •  Atsuko Tanaka  •  Akio Otsuka  •  Tetsuya Nishio