Kenji Shibasaki

Known for
Sound
Born
August 10, 1955 (age 71)
Birthplace
Saitama, Japan

Biography

Born 1955 in Saitama, Japan, Kenji Shibasaki (柴崎憲治) is a sound effects engineer and President of Tokyo-based sound effects firm Arquebuse, which he co-founded with film director Takashi Miike in 1997. He has received numerous awards, including the 44th Japan Academy Film Prize for Best Sound Recording for Fukushima 50.

Known For

Filmography

2027
The Gate of Murder poster

The Gate of Murder

Movie · Sound Designer

2026
The Samurai and the Prisoner poster

The Samurai and the Prisoner

Movie · Sound Effects

2026
Service Oath poster

Service Oath

Movie · Sound Effects

2026
Yamaguchi-kun Isn't So Bad poster

Yamaguchi-kun Isn't So Bad

Movie · Sound Effects

2026
Beasts Clutching at Straws poster

Beasts Clutching at Straws

Movie · Sound Effects

2025
Tamago poster

Tamago

Movie · Sound Effects

2025
Suicide Notes Laid on the Table poster

Suicide Notes Laid on the Table

Movie · Sound Effects

2025
Snowflowers: Seeds of Hope poster

Snowflowers: Seeds of Hope

Movie · Sound Effects

2025
The Final Piece poster

The Final Piece

Movie · Sound Effects

2025
Seppuku: The Sun Goes Down poster

Seppuku: The Sun Goes Down

Movie · Sound Effects

2025
Romantic Killer poster

Romantic Killer

Movie · Sound Effects

2025
Re/Member: The Last Night poster

Re/Member: The Last Night

Movie · Sound Effects

2024
The Yin Yang Master Zero poster

The Yin Yang Master Zero

Movie · Sound Designer

2024
Brush of the God poster

Brush of the God

Movie · Sound Effects

2024
11 Rebels poster

11 Rebels

Movie · Sound Effects

2024
Broken Rage poster

Broken Rage

Movie · Sound Effects

2024
Bushido poster

Bushido

Movie · Sound Effects

2024
Cloud poster

Cloud

Movie · Sound Effects

2024
Gold Boy‎ poster

Gold Boy‎

Movie · Sound Effects

2024
i ai poster

i ai

Movie · Sound Effects

2024
Angry Squad: The Civil Servant and the Seven Swindlers poster

Angry Squad: The Civil Servant and the Seven Swindlers

Movie · Sound Effects

2024
The Queen of Villains poster

The Queen of Villains

TV · Sound Effects · 5 eps

2023
Kubi poster

Kubi

Movie · Sound Designer

2023
Tokyo Revengers 2 Part 2: Bloody Halloween - Final Battle poster

Tokyo Revengers 2 Part 2: Bloody Halloween - Final Battle

Movie · Sound Effects

2023
Bad Lands poster

Bad Lands

Movie · Sound Effects

2023
Blue Giant poster

Blue Giant

Movie · Supervising Sound Effects Editor

2023
Masked Hearts poster

Masked Hearts

Movie · Sound Effects

2023
Jigen Daisuke poster

Jigen Daisuke

Movie · Sound Designer

2022
Lesson in Murder poster

Lesson in Murder

Movie · Sound Effects

2022
The Wandering Moon poster

The Wandering Moon

Movie · Sound Effects

2022
The Three Sisters of Tenmasou Inn poster

The Three Sisters of Tenmasou Inn

Movie · Sound Effects

2022
Kamen Rider Black Sun poster

Kamen Rider Black Sun

TV · Sound Effects · 10 eps

2021
A Madder Red poster

A Madder Red

Movie · Sound Effects

2021
Last of the Wolves poster

Last of the Wolves

Movie · Sound Effects

2021
Arc poster

Arc

Movie · Sound Effects

2021
Tokyo Revengers poster

Tokyo Revengers

Movie · Sound Effects

2021
Photograph of Memories poster

Photograph of Memories

Movie · Sound Effects

2021
HOKUSAI poster

HOKUSAI

Movie · Sound Effects

2021
The Sun Stands Still poster

The Sun Stands Still

Movie · Sound Effects

2021
RESIDENT EVIL: Infinite Darkness poster

RESIDENT EVIL: Infinite Darkness

TV · Sound Designer · 4 eps

2020
Crazy Samurai Musashi poster

Crazy Samurai Musashi

Movie · Sound Effects

2020
Fukushima 50 poster

Fukushima 50

Movie · Sound Designer

2020
It Stopped Raining poster

It Stopped Raining

Movie · Sound Effects

2020
Bela: Humanoid Monster poster

Bela: Humanoid Monster

Movie · Sound Effects

2020
Signal 100 poster

Signal 100

Movie · Sound Effects

2020
Grand Blue poster

Grand Blue

Movie · Sound Effects

2020
Independence of Japan poster

Independence of Japan

Movie · Sound Effects

2020
Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! poster

Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!

Movie · Sound Effects

2020
Ju-On: Origins poster

Ju-On: Origins

TV · Sound Effects · 6 eps

2019
Mio on the Shore poster

Mio on the Shore

Movie · Sound Editor

2019
Toshimaen: Haunted Park poster

Toshimaen: Haunted Park

Movie · Sound Effects

2019
To the Ends of the Earth poster

To the Ends of the Earth

Movie · Sound Designer

2019
The World of Machida-kun poster

The World of Machida-kun

Movie · Sound Effects

2019
Fruits Delivery Service poster

Fruits Delivery Service

TV · Sound Effects · 12 eps

2018
Mirai poster

Mirai

Movie · Sound Effects

2018
The Blood of Wolves poster

The Blood of Wolves

Movie · Sound Effects

2018
Over Drive poster

Over Drive

Movie · Sound Effects

2018
Sunny poster

Sunny

Movie · Sound Effects

2018
Last Winter, We Parted poster

Last Winter, We Parted

Movie · Sound Effects

2018
Killing for the Prosecution poster

Killing for the Prosecution

Movie · Sound Effects

2017
Foreboding poster

Foreboding

Movie · Sound Effects Editor

2017
Resident Evil: Vendetta poster

Resident Evil: Vendetta

Movie · Sound Designer

2017
The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue poster

The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue

Movie · Sound Effects

2017
Innocent Curse poster

Innocent Curse

Movie · Sound Effects

2017
Dawn of the Felines poster

Dawn of the Felines

Movie · Sound Effects

2017
Yurigokoro poster

Yurigokoro

Movie · Sound Effects

2017
The Anthem of the Heart poster

The Anthem of the Heart

Movie · Sound Effects

2017
Spark poster

Spark

Movie · Sound Effects

2017
Sekigahara poster

Sekigahara

Movie · Sound Effects

2017
Outrage Coda poster

Outrage Coda

Movie · Sound Effects

2017
Sand Whale and Me poster

Sand Whale and Me

TV · Sound Effects · 5 eps

2017
CODE:MIRAGE poster

CODE:MIRAGE

TV · Sound Effects · 25 eps

2016
In This Corner of the World poster

In This Corner of the World

Movie · Sound Effects

2016
Twisted Justice poster

Twisted Justice

Movie · Sound Effects

2016
While the Women Are Sleeping poster

While the Women Are Sleeping

Movie · Sound Effects

2016
Good Morning Show poster

Good Morning Show

Movie · Sound Effects

2015
The Next Generation Patlabor: Tokyo War poster

The Next Generation Patlabor: Tokyo War

Movie · Sound Effects

2015
125 Years Memory poster

125 Years Memory

Movie · Sound Designer

2015
Kakekomi poster

Kakekomi

Movie · Sound Effects

2015
Ju-on: The Final Curse poster

Ju-on: The Final Curse

Movie · Sound Effects

2015
UNFAIR: the end poster

UNFAIR: the end

Movie · Sound Effects

2015
This Country's Sky poster

This Country's Sky

Movie · Sound Effects

2015
Grasshopper poster

Grasshopper

Movie · Sound Effects

2015
Ghost Theater poster

Ghost Theater

Movie · Sound Effects

2015
The Lion Standing in the Wind poster

The Lion Standing in the Wind

Movie · Sound Effects

2014
Over Your Dead Body poster

Over Your Dead Body

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

2014
Kiki's Delivery Service poster

Kiki's Delivery Service

Movie · Sound Designer

2014
Ju-on: The Beginning of the End poster

Ju-on: The Beginning of the End

Movie · Sound Effects

2014
Monsterz poster

Monsterz

Movie · Sound Director

2014
Lupin the 3rd poster

Lupin the 3rd

Movie · Sound Effects

2014
Crows Explode poster

Crows Explode

Movie · Sound Effects

2014
Close Range Love poster

Close Range Love

Movie · Sound Effects

2014
As the Gods Will poster

As the Gods Will

Movie · Sound Effects

2013
Magical Sisters Yoyo & Nene poster

Magical Sisters Yoyo & Nene

Movie · Sound Effects

2013
Far Away, So Close poster

Far Away, So Close

Movie · Sound Effects

2013
Beautiful New Bay Area Project poster

Beautiful New Bay Area Project

Movie · Foley Artist

2013
Shield of Straw poster

Shield of Straw

Movie · Sound Effects

2013
The Devil's Path poster

The Devil's Path

Movie · Sound Effects

2013
Reunion poster

Reunion

Movie · Sound Effects

2013
Penance poster

Penance

Movie · Sound Effects

2013
Ask This of Rikyu poster

Ask This of Rikyu

Movie · Sound Effects

2013
A Boy Called H poster

A Boy Called H

Movie · Sound Effects

2013
The Complex poster

The Complex

Movie · Sound Effects

2013
Detective in the Bar poster

Detective in the Bar

Movie · Sound Effects

2012
Gyo: Tokyo Fish Attack poster

Gyo: Tokyo Fish Attack

Movie · Sound Effects

2012
Lesson of the Evil poster

Lesson of the Evil

Movie · Sound Effects

2012
Beyond Outrage poster

Beyond Outrage

Movie · Sound Designer

2012
Always: Sunset on Third Street '64 poster

Always: Sunset on Third Street '64

Movie · Sound Effects

2012
Sadako 3D poster

Sadako 3D

Movie · Sound Effects

2012
Chronicle of My Mother poster

Chronicle of My Mother

Movie · Sound Effects

2012
Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home poster

Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home

Movie · Sound Effects

2011
Cheers From Heaven poster

Cheers From Heaven

Movie · Sound Effects

2011
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai poster

Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai

Movie · Sound Effects

2011
UNFAIR: the answer poster

UNFAIR: the answer

Movie · Sound Effects

2011
Princess Toyotomi poster

Princess Toyotomi

Movie · Sound Effects

2011
Dendera poster

Dendera

Movie · Sound Effects

2010
The Sylvian Experiments poster

The Sylvian Experiments

Movie · Sound Effects

2010
Outrage poster

Outrage

Movie · Sound Effects Editor

2010
Space Battleship Yamato poster

Space Battleship Yamato

Movie · Sound Effects

2010
The Incite Mill poster

The Incite Mill

Movie · Sound Effects

2010
13 Assassins poster

13 Assassins

Movie · Sound Effects

2010
Surely Someday poster

Surely Someday

Movie · Sound Effects

2010
Zebraman 2: Attack on Zebra City poster

Zebraman 2: Attack on Zebra City

Movie · Sound Effects

2009
A Midsummer Night's Dream poster

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Movie · Sound Effects

2009
Geharha: The Dark and Long-Haired Monster poster

Geharha: The Dark and Long-Haired Monster

Movie · Sound Effects

2009
Yatterman poster

Yatterman

Movie · Sound Effects Editor

2009
Nobody To Watch Over Me poster

Nobody To Watch Over Me

Movie · Sound Effects

2009
Toad's Oil poster

Toad's Oil

Movie · Sound Effects

2009
Ballad poster

Ballad

Movie · Sound Effects

2009
Tajomaru: Avenging Blade poster

Tajomaru: Avenging Blade

Movie · Sound Effects

2009
The Unbroken poster

The Unbroken

Movie · Sound Effects

2008
Climber's High poster

Climber's High

Movie · Sound Effects

2008
Achilles and the Tortoise poster

Achilles and the Tortoise

Movie · Sound Effects Editor

2008
The Homeless Student poster

The Homeless Student

Movie · Sound Effects

2008
Chesuto! poster

Chesuto!

Movie · Sound Effects

2008
K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces poster

K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces

Movie · Sound Effects

2008
The Most Beautiful Night In The World poster

The Most Beautiful Night In The World

Movie · Sound Effects

2007
Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 poster

Always: Sunset on Third Street 2

Movie · Sound Effects Designer

2007
Chacha: The Princess of Heaven poster

Chacha: The Princess of Heaven

Movie · Sound Effects

2007
Kaidan poster

Kaidan

Movie · Sound Effects

2007
Crows Zero poster

Crows Zero

Movie · Sound Effects

2005
Samurai Commando Mission 1549 poster

Samurai Commando Mission 1549

Movie · Sound Effects

2005
Azumi 2: Death or Love poster

Azumi 2: Death or Love

Movie · Sound Effects

2005
The Great Yokai War poster

The Great Yokai War

Movie · Sound Effects

2005
Still Dangerous Detectives poster

Still Dangerous Detectives

Movie · Sound Effects

2005
Shinobi: Heart Under Blade poster

Shinobi: Heart Under Blade

Movie · Sound Effects

2005
Year One in the North poster

Year One in the North

Movie · Sound Effects

2004
Godzilla: Final Wars poster

Godzilla: Final Wars

Movie · Sound Effects

2004
The Tesseract poster

The Tesseract

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

2004
Zebraman poster

Zebraman

Movie · Sound Effects

2004
Crying Out Love in the Center of the World poster

Crying Out Love in the Center of the World

Movie · Sound Effects

2004
Tokyo: Level One poster

Tokyo: Level One

Movie · Sound Effects

2004
Be with You poster

Be with You

Movie · Sound Effects

2003
Aragami poster

Aragami

Movie · Sound Effects Editor

2003
Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. poster

Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.

Movie · Sound Effects

2003
Ju-on: The Grudge 2 poster

Ju-on: The Grudge 2

Movie · Foley Supervisor

2003
Battle Royale II: Requiem poster

Battle Royale II: Requiem

Movie · Sound Effects

2003
Worst by Chance poster

Worst by Chance

Movie · Sound Effects

2003
Zatoichi poster

Zatoichi

Movie · Sound Effects

2003
The Negotiator poster

The Negotiator

Movie · Sound Effects

2003
Gun Crazy 4: Requiem for a Bodyguard poster

Gun Crazy 4: Requiem for a Bodyguard

Movie · Sound Effects

2002
Shangri-La poster

Shangri-La

Movie · Sound Effects Editor

2002
Ju-on: The Grudge poster

Ju-on: The Grudge

Movie · Sound Effects

2002
Dark Water poster

Dark Water

Movie · Sound Effects

2002
The Choice of Hercules poster

The Choice of Hercules

Movie · Sound Effects

2001
Inugami poster

Inugami

Movie · Sound Effects

2001
Visitor Q poster

Visitor Q

Movie · Sound Effects

2001
Love Ghost poster

Love Ghost

Movie · Sound Effects

2001
A True Record: The Last Sōkaiya poster

A True Record: The Last Sōkaiya

Movie · Sound Effects

2000
Brother poster

Brother

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

2000
Battle Royale poster

Battle Royale

Movie · Sound Effects

2000
Audition poster

Audition

Movie · Sound Effects Editor

1999
Gemini poster

Gemini

Movie · Sound

1999
Taboo poster

Taboo

Movie · Sound Effects Editor

1999
Ring 2 poster

Ring 2

Movie · Sound Effects

1999
Jubaku: Spellbound poster

Jubaku: Spellbound

Movie · Sound Effects

1999
Revenge poster

Revenge

Movie · Sound Effects

1998
Andromedia poster

Andromedia

Movie · Sound Effects

1998
Bullet Ballet poster

Bullet Ballet

Movie · Sound Effects Editor

1998
Ring poster

Ring

Movie · Sound Effects

1997
Young Thugs: Innocent Blood poster

Young Thugs: Innocent Blood

Movie · Sound Effects

1997
Bounce Ko Gals poster

Bounce Ko Gals

Movie · Sound Effects

1996
Shall We Dance? poster

Shall We Dance?

Movie · Sound Effects

1996
Door III poster

Door III

Movie · Foley Artist

1995
August in the Water poster

August in the Water

Movie · Sound Effects Editor

1995
Tokyo Fist poster

Tokyo Fist

Movie · Sound Designer

1995
Trouble-Shooters poster

Trouble-Shooters

Movie · Sound

1994
Kiriko poster

Kiriko

Movie · Sound Effects Editor

1990
Cyber City Oedo 808 poster

Cyber City Oedo 808

Movie · Sound Effects

1990
Tuff Part I - Origin poster

Tuff Part I - Origin

Movie · Sound Effects

1984
Galactic Patrol Lensman poster

Galactic Patrol Lensman

TV · Sound Effects · 25 eps