Person
Toru Takemitsu
Sound · 1930–1996 · Tokyo, Japan
Biography
Toru Takemitsu was a Japanese composer. He composed several hundred independent works of music, scored more than ninety films and published twenty books.
Known for
Harakiri
Original Music Composer
Ran
Original Music Composer
The 47 Ronins of Ako
Original Music Composer
The Kii River
Original Music Composer
Woman in the Dunes
Original Music Composer
Empire of Passion
Original Music Composer
The Empty Table
Original Music Composer
Rising Sun
Original Music Composer
Änglaverket
Music
The Face of Another
Man Smoking in Bar (uncredited)
Filmography
- 2023A Slippage in Five MovementsMusic
- 2022Ludwigsburg Castle Festival 2022 - The Unfinished RevolutionOriginal Music Composer
- 1995100 Years of Japanese CinemaOriginal Music Composer
- 1995Spiritual VoicesMusic
- 1995SharakuOriginal Music Composer
- 1993Rising SunOriginal Music Composer
- 1992Dream Window: Reflections on the Japanese Garden
- 1992Basara: The Princess GohOriginal Music Composer
- 1991The Inland SeaOriginal Music Composer
- 1989RikyuOriginal Music Composer
- 1989Black RainOriginal Music Composer
- 1988Wuthering HeightsOriginal Music Composer
- 1987An Early AutumnMusic
- 1987Brand New DaySelf
- 1987A Boy Named HiroshimaOriginal Music Composer
- 1986Gonza the SpearmanOriginal Music Composer
- 1985The Empty TableOriginal Music Composer
- 1985RanOriginal Music Composer
- 1985Fire FestivalOriginal Music Composer
- 1985A. K.Self
- 1985ÄnglaverketMusic
- 19842084: Video Clip for the Trade Unions' Reflection and PleasureMusic
- 1984Antonio GaudíOriginal Music Composer
- 1983Lanterns on Blue WatersOriginal Music Composer
- 1983Tokyo TrialOriginal Music Composer
- 1982ProphecyOriginal Music Composer
- 1981Rennyo and His MotherOriginal Music Composer
- 1981The Minamata MuralOriginal Music Composer
- 1981Yumechiyo NikkiOriginal Music Composer
- 1980Ki or BreathingOriginal Music Composer
- 1980The Lovers' ExileOriginal Music Composer
- 1980An Ocean to CrossOriginal Music Composer
- 1979House of FlamesOriginal Music Composer
- 1979The 47 Ronins of AkoOriginal Music Composer
- 1978The Japanese Part 3: Farm SongOriginal Music Composer
- 1978Glowing AutumnOriginal Music Composer
- 1978Empire of PassionOriginal Music Composer
- 1977Ballad of OrinOriginal Music Composer
- 1977Flickering FlamesOriginal Music Composer
- 1975The FossilOriginal Music Composer
- 1975Under the Blossoming Cherry TreesOriginal Music Composer
- 1974HimikoOriginal Music Composer
- 1973The Petrified ForestOriginal Music Composer
- 1973Time Within MemoryOriginal Music Composer
- 1972Dear Summer SisterOriginal Music Composer
- 1972Summer SoldiersOriginal Music Composer
- 1971SilenceOriginal Music Composer
- 1971Inn of EvilOriginal Music Composer
- 1971The CeremonyOriginal Music Composer
- 1971The Earth is Born AgainOriginal Music Composer
- 1970Dodes'ka-denOriginal Music Composer
- 1970The Man Who Left His Will on FilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1969Bullet WoundOriginal Music Composer
- 1969Double SuicideWriter
- 1969KyotoOriginal Music Composer
- 1968Hymn to a Tired ManOriginal Music Composer
- 1968The Man Without a MapOriginal Music Composer
- 1968Nanami: The Inferno of First LoveOriginal Music Composer
- 1968Two Hearts in the RainOriginal Music Composer
- 1967Two in the ShadowOriginal Music Composer
- 1967Samurai RebellionOriginal Music Composer
- 1967The Izu DancerOriginal Music Composer
- 1967Clouds at SunsetOriginal Music Composer
- 1966Once a Rainy DayOriginal Music Composer
- 1966The Face of AnotherMan Smoking in Bar (uncredited)
- 1966Captive's IslandOriginal Music Composer
- 1966The Kii RiverOriginal Music Composer
- 1966The Song of the Bwana ToshiOriginal Music Composer
- 1965The Koumiko MysteryOriginal Music Composer
- 1965Beast AlleyOriginal Music Composer
- 1965Illusion of BloodOriginal Music Composer
- 1965Samurai SpyOriginal Music Composer
- 1965The Last JudgmentOriginal Music Composer
- 1965Jose Torres IIOriginal Music Composer
- 1965With Beauty and SorrowOriginal Music Composer
- 1965KwaidanOriginal Music Composer
- 1964Car ThievesOriginal Music Composer
- 1964The Call of FleshOriginal Music Composer
- 1964AkoOriginal Music Composer
- 1964That Tender AgeOriginal Music Composer
- 1964AssassinationOriginal Music Composer
- 1964Escape from JapanOriginal Music Composer
- 1964Our Happiness AloneOriginal Music Composer
- 1964Children Hand in HandOriginal Music Composer
- 1964Pale FlowerOriginal Music Composer
- 1964Woman in the DunesOriginal Music Composer
- 1963Mon-Yo: Ornamental Motifs from JapanOriginal Music Composer
- 1963Alone Across the PacificOriginal Music Composer
- 1963She and HeOriginal Music Composer
- 1963Twin Sisters of KyotoOriginal Music Composer
- 1962The BodyOriginal Music Composer
- 1962A Flame at the PierOriginal Music Composer
- 1962HarakiriOriginal Music Composer
- 1962Human ZooOriginal Music Composer
- 1962PitfallOriginal Music Composer
- 1962Love at TwentyOriginal Music Composer
- 1962The InheritanceOriginal Music Composer
- 1962A Full LifeOriginal Music Composer
- 1962Atami BluesOriginal Music Composer
- 1961Bad BoysOriginal Music Composer
- 1961The ShrikesOriginal Music Composer
- 1961Women of TokyoOriginal Music Composer
- 1960Youth in FuryOriginal Music Composer
- 1960X (Batsu)Director
- 1959Vagabond LoversMusic
- 1959Jose TorresOriginal Music Composer
- 1959People Waiting for SpringOriginal Music Composer
- 1957When It Rains, It PoursOriginal Music Composer
- 1956Crazed FruitOriginal Music Composer
- 1955Silver WheelOriginal Music Composer
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