Toru Takemitsu

Person Details

Birthday: 1930-10-08 06:22:13

Death: 1996-02-20 06:22:13

Aliases: T. Takemitsu , Tooru Takemitsu , T. Takemitu , Tôru Takemitsu , 武満徹

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

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Movie Involvements: 97

TV Involvements: 0

Most Famous Work

Biography

Toru Takemitsu was a Japanese composer. He composed several hundred independent works of music, scored more than ninety films and published twenty books.

Most Famous Work

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Harakiri

(1962) Original Music Composer

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Ran

(1985) Original Music Composer

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Kwaidan

(1964) Sound Designer

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Rising Sun

(1993) Original Music Composer

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Woman in the Dunes

(1964) Original Music Composer

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Empire of Passion

(1978) Original Music Composer

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Samurai Rebellion

(1967) Original Music Composer

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The Face of Another

(1966) Original Music Composer

Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
1987	Self	Brand New Day 1987-08-14 Movie
1985	Self	A. K. 1985-05-20 Movie
1966	Man Smoking in Bar (uncredited)	The Face of Another 1966-07-15 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Sound

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1995	Original Music Composer	100 Years of Japanese Cinema 1995-09-01 Movie
	Music	Spiritual Voices 1995-08-01 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Sharaku 1995-06-02 Movie
1993	Original Music Composer	Rising Sun 1993-07-30 Movie
1992	Original Music Composer	Dream Window: Reflections on the Japanese Garden 1992-04-13 Movie
1991	Original Music Composer	The Inland Sea 1991-12-01 Movie
1989	Original Music Composer	Rikyu 1989-09-15 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Black Rain 1989-05-13 Movie
1988	Original Music Composer	Wuthering Heights 1988-05-28 Movie
1986	Original Music Composer	Gonza the Spearman 1986-01-15 Movie
1985	Original Music Composer	The Empty Table 1985-11-01 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Ran 1985-06-01 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Fire Festival 1985-05-25 Movie
	Original Music Composer	A. K. 1985-05-20 Movie
1984	Original Music Composer	Antonio Gaudí 1984-07-09 Movie
1983	Original Music Composer	Lanterns on Blue Waters 1983-11-15 Movie
	Music	Tokyo Trial 1983-06-04 Movie
1982	Original Music Composer	Prophecy 1982-08-15 Movie
1981	Original Music Composer	Rennyo and His Mother 1981-10-07 Movie
	Music	The Minamata Mural 1981-02-19 Movie
1980	Original Music Composer	Ki or Breathing 1980-07-11 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Lovers' Exile 1980-07-02 Movie
	Original Music Composer	An Ocean to Cross 1980-01-26 Movie
1979	Music	House of Flames 1979-12-31 Movie
1978	Original Music Composer	The Japanese Part 3: Farm Song 1978-12-31 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Glowing Autumn 1978-12-23 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Empire of Passion 1978-09-06 Movie
1977	Original Music Composer	Ballad of Orin 1977-11-19 Movie
1975	Music	The Fossil 1975-10-04 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees 1975-05-31 Movie
1974	Original Music Composer	Himiko 1974-03-09 Movie
1973	Original Music Composer	The Petrified Forest 1973-09-01 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Time Within Memory 1973-02-24 Movie
1972	Music	Dear Summer Sister 1972-08-05 Movie
	Music	Summer Soldiers 1972-03-25 Movie
1971	Original Music Composer	Silence 1971-11-13 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Inn of Evil 1971-09-11 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Ceremony 1971-05-18 Movie
1970	Music	Dodes'ka-den 1970-10-01 Movie
	Music	The Man Who Left His Will on Film 1970-06-27 Movie
1969	Original Music Composer	Bullet Wound 1969-09-10 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Double Suicide 1969-05-24 Movie
	Music	Kyoto 1969-01-01 Movie
1968	Original Music Composer	Hymn to a Tired Man 1968-06-08 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Man Without a Map 1968-06-01 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Nanami: The Inferno of First Love 1968-05-25 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Two Hearts in the Rain 1968-03-27 Movie
1967	Original Music Composer	Two in the Shadow 1967-11-18 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Samurai Rebellion 1967-05-27 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Clouds at Sunset 1967-01-01 Movie
1966	Original Music Composer	Once a Rainy Day 1966-10-01 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Face of Another 1966-07-15 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Captive's Island 1966-07-02 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Kii River 1966-06-11 Movie
1965	Original Music Composer	The Koumiko Mystery 1965-10-09 Movie
	Music	Beast Alley 1965-09-05 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Illusion of Blood 1965-07-25 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Samurai Spy 1965-07-10 Movie
	Music	The Song of the Bwana Toshi 1965-07-05 Movie
	Music	Jose Torres II 1965-03-04 Movie
	Original Music Composer	With Beauty and Sorrow 1965-02-28 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Kwaidan 1965-01-06 Movie
	Sound Designer	Kwaidan 1965-01-06 Movie
1964	Music	Car Thieves 1964-10-04 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Call of Flesh 1964-09-19 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Assassination 1964-07-04 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Escape from Japan 1964-07-03 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Our Happiness Alone 1964-03-29 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Children Hand in Hand 1964-03-28 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Pale Flower 1964-03-01 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Woman in the Dunes 1964-02-15 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Ako 1964-01-01 Movie
1963	Original Music Composer	Alone Across the Pacific 1963-10-27 Movie
	Original Music Composer	She and He 1963-10-18 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Twin Sisters of Kyoto 1963-01-13 Movie
1962	Music	The Body 1962-11-08 Movie
	Original Music Composer	A Flame at the Pier 1962-09-30 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Harakiri 1962-09-15 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Human Zoo 1962-09-14 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Pitfall 1962-07-01 Movie
	Sound Designer	Pitfall 1962-07-01 Movie
	Music	Love at Twenty 1962-06-22 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Inheritance 1962-02-16 Movie
	Music	A Full Life 1962-01-14 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Atami Blues 1962-01-01 Movie
1961	Original Music Composer	Bad Boys 1961-03-29 Movie
	Sound	Women of Tokyo 1961-03-01 Movie
1960	Original Music Composer	Youth in Fury 1960-08-30 Movie
1959	Music	Jose Torres 1959-01-30 Movie
1957	Original Music Composer	When It Rains, It Pours 1957-06-11 Movie
1956	Original Music Composer	Crazed Fruit 1956-07-12 Movie
1955	Original Music Composer	Silver Wheel 1955-01-01 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv