Masaru Satô

Person Details

Birthday: 1928-05-29 23:17:10

Death: 1999-12-05 23:17:10

Aliases: 佐藤勝 , Сато Масару , Masaru Satoh , Masaru Satou

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Rumoi, Hokkaido, Japan

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Movie Involvements: 230

TV Involvements: 3

Most Famous Work

Biography

Masaru Sato (佐藤勝 Satō Masaru, May 29, 1928 – December 5, 1999) was a Japanese composer of film scores. The youngest of six brothers, all of them music lovers, Masaru Sato decided early in life that he wanted to be a composer. His models were two other composers born, as he was, on the northernmost Japanese island of Hokkaido: Akira Ifukube and Fumio Hayasaka. "To me", Sato said, "they were like gods". After hearing Hayasaka's score for Rashomon (1950), Sato decided Hayasaka was the only one he wanted for his teacher. He absorbed much of Hayasaka's modernist leanings, and grew to know Hayasaka's best friend Akira Kurosawa during this period. The year 1955 was a vast turning point for Sato: after scoring numerous insignificant pictures for various studios in Tokyo, Sato won the assignment for Gojira no Gyakushu (1955). Then his teacher Fumio Hayasaka died tragically young, while finishing the score for Kurosawa's Ikimono no Kiroku (1955). Sato stepped in to complete the score, uncredited. Kurosawa was sufficiently pleased with Sato to use him for all his pictures for the following ten years. Though the two had a falling-out after Akahige (1965), Sato remained one of Japan's most in-demand film composers, returning to the Gojira series several times and remaining a favorite of many other directors such as Kihachi Okamoto and June Fukuda. After scoring Dun-Huang in 1987, Sato had to call a brief halt to his career in order to tend to family interests in real estate in his native Hokkaido; but within a few years, the problems were wrapped up, and Sato was able to go back to film composing full time, at last reaching and surpassing his 300th movie score. Sato is almost unique among Japan's prolific film composers in that he has written extensively for his chosen field, but has never written for the concert stage.

Most Famous Work

Average

Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Sound

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2001	Music	The Goblin of Mt. Kurama 2001-03-09 Movie
2000	Original Music Composer	After the Rain 2000-01-22 Movie
1997	Original Music Composer	Gendai ninkyoden 1997-10-08 Movie
1995	Original Music Composer	Mitabi no kaikyô 1995-10-11 Movie
	Original Music Composer	East Meets West 1995-08-12 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Himeyuri no To 1995-05-27 Movie
	Music	Gokenin Zankuro 1995-01-09 TV Show
1994	Original Music Composer	In Blazing Love 1994-10-01 Movie
	Music	Free and Easy Special 1994-07-16 Movie
1993	Music	Bloom in the Moonlight “The Story of Rentaro Taki” 1993-08-21 Movie
	Music	Korekara: Umibe no Tabibitotachi 1993-05-21 TV Show
1992	Original Music Composer	The Oil-Hell Murder 1992-05-23 Movie
1991	Original Music Composer	Free and Easy 4 1991-12-23 Movie
	Music	War and Youth 1991-04-01 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Heat Wave 1991-02-09 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Rainbow Kids 1991-01-15 Movie
1990	Original Music Composer	13 Assassins 1990-03-28 Movie
	Original Music Composer	She-Shogun 1990-01-20 Movie
1989	Songs	Fancy Dance 1989-12-23 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Dream Street 1989-08-05 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Demon Comes in Spring 1989-04-15 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Shogun's Shadow 1989-01-14 Movie
1988	Original Music Composer	The Silk Road 1988-06-25 Movie
1987	Music	The Great Department Store Robbery 1987-12-26 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Forest of the Little Bear 1987-09-05 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Guys Who Never Learn 1987-08-15 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Tokyo Bordello 1987-06-13 Movie
	Music	Taikoki 1987-01-01 Movie
1986	Original Music Composer	Yakuza Ladies 1986-11-15 Movie
	Music	Kāsan no ki 1986-09-21 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Death Shadows 1986-09-20 Movie
1985	Original Music Composer	Tracked 1985-10-26 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Oar 1985-01-15 Movie
1984	Original Music Composer	Fireflies in the North 1984-09-01 Movie
	Original Music Composer	君のふるさとに太陽がのぼった 1984-02-04 Movie
1983	Original Music Composer	Adrift at Sea 1983-12-03 Movie
	Music	Secret of the Forbidden Valley 1983-11-10 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Geisha 1983-09-10 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Our Teacher 1983-08-24 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Lowly Ronin 6: Betrayal at Yatate Pass 1983-08-05 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Lowly Ronin 5: The Teenage Orphan Girl 1983-04-08 Movie
	Music	Lowly Ronin 4: Living Hell 1983-02-18 Movie
1982	Original Music Composer	Irezumi 1982-11-27 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Highest Honour 1982-05-15 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Lowly Ronin 3: Duel at Dawn 1982-05-07 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Ah! Nomugi toge - Shinryokuhen 1982-02-06 Movie
1981	Music	Xiongmao Monogatari TaoTao 1981-12-27 Movie
	Original Music Composer	At This Late Date, the Charleston 1981-12-19 Movie
	Music	Willful Murder 1981-11-07 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Lowly Ronin 1981-10-30 Movie
1980	Original Music Composer	Toward the Terra 1980-04-26 Movie
	Original Music Composer	A Distant Cry from Spring 1980-03-15 Movie
1979	Original Music Composer	The Shogun Assassins 1979-09-01 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Nomugi Pass 1979-06-30 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Hunter in the Dark 1979-06-17 Movie
1978	Original Music Composer	Blood Type: Blue 1978-11-23 Movie
	Music	Dynamite Don-Don 1978-10-07 Movie
	Original Music Composer	August without Emperor 1978-09-23 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Glacier Fox 1978-07-15 Movie
1977	Original Music Composer	Sweet Revenge 1977-12-17 Movie
	Music	Sugata Sanshiro 1977-10-29 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Yellow Handkerchief 1977-09-30 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro 1977-09-17 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Kyojin-gun monogatari: Susume eikô e 1977-03-19 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Alaska Story 1977-01-22 Movie
1976	Original Music Composer	A Portrait of Shunkin 1976-12-25 Movie
	Music	The Corporation 1976-08-14 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Tsuma to onna no aida 1976-01-17 Movie
1975	Original Music Composer	Solar Eclipse 1975-09-06 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Without Complaint 1975-02-01 Movie
1974	Original Music Composer	Aoba shigereru 1974-09-21 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Lupin the Third: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy 1974-08-03 Movie
	Music	Machi no Hi 1974-04-27 Movie
	Music	Violent Streets 1974-04-13 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla 1974-03-20 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Demon Spies 1974-02-09 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Family 1974-01-26 Movie
1973	Music	Submersion of Japan 1973-12-29 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Stray Dog 1973-09-29 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Men and War III: The Final Chapter 1973-08-11 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Long Journey into Love 1973-07-07 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Deeper Than Blue 1973-02-10 Movie
	Music	The Twilight Years 1973-01-15 Movie
1972	Original Music Composer	Home from the Sea 1972-10-28 Movie
	Music	Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy 1972-08-12 Movie
	Music	Sapporo Winter Olympics 1972-06-24 Movie
1971	Music	Onna no hanamichi 1971-11-20 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Wolves 1971-10-30 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Song of the Horse 1971-08-31 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Battle of Okinawa 1971-08-14 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow 1971-06-12 Movie
	Original Music Composer	幻の殺意 1971-04-15 Movie
1970	Music	Banner of the Young 1970-11-28 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Where Spring Comes Late 1970-10-24 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny 1970-08-14 Movie
	Music	City of Beasts 1970-05-23 Movie
	Music	Incident at Blood Pass 1970-04-21 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan 1970-04-18 Movie
1969	Original Music Composer	Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor 1969-12-05 Movie
	Music	The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club 1969-11-22 Movie
	Music	Travels of Lord Mito 1969-11-01 Movie
	Music	Red Lion 1969-10-10 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Magoichi Saga 1969-09-13 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Tenchu! 1969-08-09 Movie
	Music Producer	Battle of the Japan Sea 1969-08-01 Movie
	Music	Admiral Borneo: Betting at the Equator 1969-06-28 Movie
	Music	Forward, Young People! 1969-05-10 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Goyokin 1969-05-01 Movie
	Music	Futari no Koibito 1969-04-12 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Vagabond Schemer 1969-03-15 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Samurai Banners 1969-03-01 Movie
1968	Music	Young People 1968-12-16 Movie
	Music	Scrap Collectors 1968-11-28 Movie
	Music	Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza 1968-10-25 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Human Bullet 1968-10-22 Movie
	Original Music Composer	My Brother, My Love 1968-09-07 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Admiral Yamamoto 1968-08-14 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Kill! 1968-06-22 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Judge and Jeopardy 1968-06-08 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Golden Eyes 1968-03-16 Movie
1967	Original Music Composer	Son of Godzilla 1967-12-16 Movie
	Music	Sodachi zakari 1967-09-30 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Japan's Longest Day 1967-08-12 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Organized Violence II 1967-06-29 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Organized Violence 1967-02-25 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Age of Assassins 1967-02-04 Movie
	Music	Three Faces of Love 1967-01-14 Movie
	Music	Three Sisters 1967-01-01 TV Show
1966	Original Music Composer	Ebirah, Horror of the Deep 1966-12-17 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Koto—The Lake of Tears 1966-11-13 Movie
	Music	Zero Fighter 1966-07-13 Movie
	Music	The Mad Atlantic 1966-07-13 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Moment of Terror 1966-04-16 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Thirst for Love 1966-04-01 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Sword of Doom 1966-02-25 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Cash Calls Hell 1966-01-15 Movie
1965	Original Music Composer	Ironfinger 1965-12-05 Movie
	Music	Stairs of Evil 1965-10-23 Movie
	Music	Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi 1965-10-09 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Fort Graveyard 1965-09-18 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Sanshiro Sugata 1965-05-29 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Three Yakuza 1965-05-22 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Cold Rice, Osan, Chan 1965-04-10 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Red Beard 1965-04-03 Movie
	Music	The Tattooed Lord 1965-02-25 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Samurai Assassin 1965-01-03 Movie
1964	Music	Juvenile Delinquents 1964-10-03 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Raised in a Palace 1964-09-23 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Samurai from Nowhere 1964-05-20 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Oh, Bomb! 1964-04-18 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Desperate 1964-04-18 Movie
	Music	Life of Hishakaku 3 1964-03-01 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Jakoman and Tetsu 1964-02-08 Movie
1963	Original Music Composer	Zoku ôsho 1963-12-01 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman 1963-11-16 Movie
	Original Music Composer	A House in the Quarter 1963-11-01 Movie
	Music	Okashina yatsu 1963-11-01 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Samurai Pirate 1963-10-26 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Tale of Army Brutality 1963-06-14 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Life of Hishakaku 2 1963-05-25 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Legacy of the 500,000 1963-04-18 Movie
	Music	Warring Clans 1963-03-23 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Life of Hishakaku 1963-03-16 Movie
	Original Music Composer	High and Low 1963-03-01 Movie
	Music	Modern Children 1963-02-02 Movie
	Music	The Great Kurobe 1962-11-03 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Operation Enemy Fort 1962-10-20 Movie
	Music	Our Failures 1962-09-01 Movie
	Music	零戦黒雲一家 1962-08-12 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Ambitious Youth 1962-06-03 Movie
	Music	Operation Sewer Rats 1962-06-01 Movie
	Music	Ano sura no hate ni hoshi hama tataku 1962-05-20 Movie
	Music	Burūtaun aoi machi no ōkami 1962-05-13 Movie
	Music	Facing to the Clouds 1962-05-01 Movie
	Music	The Crimson Sky 1962-03-21 Movie
	Music	Otoko no Uta 1962-03-11 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Sanjuro 1962-01-01 Movie
1961	Original Music Composer	Run, Genta, Run! 1961-11-22 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Procurer of Hell 1961-09-29 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Blood on the Sea 1961-08-13 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Lord Mito: Struggle of Suke and Kaku 1961-07-18 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Challenge to Live 1961-06-17 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Yojimbo 1961-04-25 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Blueprint of Murder 1961-01-03 Movie
1960	Original Music Composer	Chikûho no kodomotachi 1960-11-13 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Westward Desperado 1960-10-30 Movie
	Music	Sixteen years old 1960-10-01 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Bad Sleep Well 1960-09-15 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Man Against Man 1960-08-14 Movie
	Music	The Gambling Samurai 1960-03-28 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Intimidation 1960-03-23 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Last Gunfight 1960-01-03 Movie
1959	Music	The Age of Our Own 1959-11-25 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Desperado Outpost 1959-10-06 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Someday I'll Know 1959-09-08 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Gigantis, the Fire Monster 1959-05-21 Movie
	Music	A Man Explodes 1959-04-28 Movie
	Music	I Want to Be a Shellfish 1959-04-12 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Praying Man 1959-02-11 Movie
	Music	The Stream of Youth 1959-01-15 Movie
1958	Original Music Composer	The Hidden Fortress 1958-12-28 Movie
	Music	Crimson Wings 1958-12-28 Movie
	Music	The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow 1958-09-02 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Oban kanketsu hen 1958-07-01 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The H-Man 1958-06-24 Movie
	Original Music Composer	A Slope in the Sun 1958-04-15 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Rusty Knife 1958-03-11 Movie
	Music	Akutoku 1958-02-19 Movie
	Music	Song for a Bride 1958-02-11 Movie
1957	Original Music Composer	Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen 1957-12-17 Movie
	Original Music Composer	I Am Waiting 1957-10-22 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Lower Depths 1957-10-01 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Living Koheiji 1957-08-04 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen 1957-07-19 Movie
	Music	Last Days of the Samurai 1957-07-13 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Ôban 1957-03-05 Movie
	Music	Streetlights 1957-02-13 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Throne of Blood 1957-01-15 Movie
1956	Original Music Composer	Crazed Fruit 1956-07-12 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Season of the Sun 1956-05-17 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Vampire Moth 1956-04-11 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Crossroad 1956-03-14 Movie
	Music	Nigetekita hanayome 1956-02-12 Movie
	Music	Cell No. 8 1956-01-15 Movie
1955	Original Music Composer	I Live in Fear 1955-11-22 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Taira Clan Saga 1955-09-21 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Half Human 1955-08-14 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Godzilla Raids Again 1955-04-24 Movie
	Music	Ootone no Taiketsu 1955-04-10 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv