Biography and filmography

Toshirō Mayuzumi

Toshirō Mayuzumi (Japanese: 黛敏郎) (20 February 1929, Yokohama – 10 April 1997, Kawasaki) was a Japanese composer known for his implementation of avant-garde instrumentation alongside traditional Japanese musical techniques. His works drew inspiration from a variety of sources ranging from jazz to Balinese music, and he was considered a pioneer in the realm of musique concrète and electronic music (Editors of the Encyclopedia Britannica n.d.; Kozinn 1997), being the first artist in his country to explore these techniques (Layne n.d.). In the span of his career, his works included symphonies, ballets, operas, and film scores (Kennedy and Kennedy 2007), and was the recipient of an Otaka prize by the NHK Symphony Orchestra and the Purple Medal of Merit (Kirkup 1997).

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Movies (169)

The Convent

1995 · Original Music Composer

The Last Dance

1993 · Original Music Composer

Appassionata

1984 · Original Music Composer

Tokugawa Ichizoku no Houkai

1980 · Original Music Composer

Japanese Godfather: Conclusion

1978 · Original Music Composer

Japanese Godfather: Ambition

1977 · Original Music Composer

Japanese Godfather

1977 · Original Music Composer

Evil Spirits in the Darkness

1971 · Narrator, Original Music Composer

Noon and Midnight

1970 · Original Music Composer

History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess

1970 · Original Music Composer

Tiger Child

1970 · Original Music Composer

The Summit of Mt. Fuji

1970 · Original Music Composer

The Kremlin Letter

1970 · Original Music Composer

The Girl I Abandoned

1969 · Original Music Composer

Safari 5000

1969 · Original Music Composer

Profound Desires of the Gods

1968 · Original Music Composer

The Neon Taiheiki

1968 · Original Music Composer

Good-bye Moscow

1968 · Original Music Composer

The Sands of Kurobe

1968 · Original Music Composer

Reflections in a Golden Eye

1967 · Original Music Composer

A Man Vanishes

1967 · Original Music Composer

Juvenile Delinquent: Shout of the Rising Sun

1967 · Original Music Composer

Thirst for Love

1967 · Original Music Composer

The Black Sheep

1967 · Original Music Composer

Asiapol Secret Service

1966 · Original Music Composer

The Daphne

1966 · Original Music Composer

The Bible: In the Beginning...

1966 · Original Music Composer

The Heart of Hiroshima

1966 · Original Music Composer

Watashi, chigatteiru kashira

1966 · Original Music Composer

The Pornographers

1966 · Original Music Composer

Tokyo Olympics (International Version)

1965 · Music

The Start of Life

1965 · Original Music Composer

Tokyo Olympiad

1965 · Original Music Composer

Taking the Castle

1965 · Original Music Composer

The Radish and the Carrot

1965 · Original Music Composer

The Flame of Devotion

1964 · Original Music Composer

Revenge

1964 · Original Music Composer

The Eternal Life

1964 · Original Music Composer

Whirlpool of Flesh

1964 · Original Music Composer

Flora on the Sand

1964 · Original Music Composer

Intentions of Murder

1964 · Original Music Composer

You Can Succeed, Too

1964 · Original Music Composer

Brand of Evil

1964 · Original Music Composer

Black Sun

1964 · Original Music Composer

The Hunter's Diary

1964 · Original Music Composer

Only on Mondays

1964 · Original Music Composer

Monrō no yōna onna

1964 · Original Music Composer

Bright Sea

1963 · Original Music Composer

The Insect Woman

1963 · Original Music Composer

The Gambling Monk

1963 · Original Music Composer

Miren

1963 · Music

Tale of Scarlet Love

1963 · Original Music Composer

Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai

1963 · Original Music Composer

Futari dake no toride

1963 · Original Music Composer

Bad Girl

1963 · Original Music Composer

I Fly for Kicks

1963 · Original Music Composer

Sensation Seekers

1963 · Original Music Composer

The Mud-Spattered Pure Heart

1963 · Original Music Composer

Born in Sin

1962 · Original Music Composer

Rainbow Over Kinmon

1962 · Original Music Composer

Glass-Hearted Johnny

1962 · Original Music Composer

The Lucky General

1962 · Original Music Composer

I Hate But Love

1962 · TV Panelist, Original Music Composer

Foundry Town

1962 · Original Music Composer

Black Lizard

1962 · Original Music Composer

Drunkard's Paradise

1962 · Original Music Composer

The Storm over Arabia

1961 · Original Music Composer

A Cat and Dried Bonito Flakes: The Story of a Swindler

1961 · Music

The End of Summer

1961 · Original Music Composer

That Guy and I

1961 · Original Music Composer

A Good Man, A Good Day

1961 · Original Music Composer

The Estuary

1961 · Original Music Composer

The Big Wave

1961 · Original Music Composer

Pigs and Battleships

1961 · Original Music Composer