Toru Takemitsu
Personal Info
Known for
Sound
Gender
Male
Birthday
1930-10-08
Day of Death
1996-02-20 (65 years old)
Place of Birth
Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Toru Takemitsu
Biography
Toru Takemitsu was a Japanese composer. He composed several hundred independent works of music, scored more than ninety films and published twenty books.
Acting
(1987)
Brand New Day
as Self
(1985)
A. K.
as Self
(1966)
The Face of Another
as Man Smoking in Bar (uncredited)
Crew
(2023)
A Slippage in Five Movements
Compositor
(1995)
Spiritual Voices
Music
(1995)
100 Years of Japanese Cinema
Original Music Composer
(1995)
Sharaku
Original Music Composer
(1993)
Rising Sun
Original Music Composer
(1992)
(1992)
Dream Window: Reflections on the Japanese Garden
Original Music Composer
(1991)
The Inland Sea
Original Music Composer
(1989)
Rikyu
Original Music Composer
(1989)
Black Rain
Original Music Composer
(1988)
Wuthering Heights
Original Music Composer
(1987)
(1986)
Gonza the Spearman
Original Music Composer
(1985)
Ran
Original Music Composer
(1985)
Fire Festival
Original Music Composer
(1985)
The Empty Table
Original Music Composer
(1985)
A. K.
Original Music Composer
(1984)
Antonio Gaudí
Original Music Composer
(1984)
(1983)
Tokyo Trial
Music
(1983)
Lanterns on Blue Waters
Original Music Composer
(1982)
Prophecy
Original Music Composer
(1981)
Rennyo and His Mother
Original Music Composer
(1981)
The Minamata Mural
Music
(1980)
An Ocean to Cross
Original Music Composer
(1980)
Ki or Breathing
Original Music Composer
(1980)
The Lovers' Exile
Original Music Composer
(1979)
House of Flames
Music
(1978)
Empire of Passion
Original Music Composer
(1978)
Glowing Autumn
Original Music Composer
(1978)
The Japanese Part 3: Farm Song
Original Music Composer
(1977)
Ballad of Orin
Original Music Composer
(1977)
Flickering Flames
Music
(1975)
Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees
Original Music Composer
(1974)
Himiko
Original Music Composer
(1974)
The Fossil
Music
(1973)
The Petrified Forest
Original Music Composer
(1973)
Time Within Memory
Original Music Composer
(1972)
Dear Summer Sister
Music
(1972)
Summer Soldiers
Music
(1971)
The Ceremony
Original Music Composer
(1971)
Silence
Original Music Composer
(1971)
Inn of Evil
Original Music Composer
(1971)
(1970)
Dodes'ka-den
Music
(1970)
(1969)
Double Suicide
Writer, Original Music Composer
(1969)
Kyoto
Music
(1969)
Bullet Wound
Original Music Composer
(1968)
Nanami: The Inferno of First Love
Original Music Composer
(1968)
Hymn to a Tired Man
Original Music Composer
(1968)
Two Hearts in the Rain
Original Music Composer
(1968)
The Man Without a Map
Original Music Composer
(1967)
Samurai Rebellion
Original Music Composer
(1967)
Clouds at Sunset
Original Music Composer
(1967)
Two in the Shadow
Original Music Composer
(1966)
The Face of Another
Original Music Composer
(1966)
Once a Rainy Day
Original Music Composer
(1966)
Captive's Island
Original Music Composer
(1966)
The Kii River
Original Music Composer
(1965)
Beast Alley
Music
(1965)
Kwaidan
Original Music Composer, Sound Designer
(1965)
Samurai Spy
Original Music Composer
(1965)
Illusion of Blood
Original Music Composer
(1965)
With Beauty and Sorrow
Original Music Composer
(1965)
The Song of the Bwana Toshi
Original Music Composer
(1965)
Jose Torres II
Music
(1965)
The Koumiko Mystery
Original Music Composer
(1964)
Ako
Original Music Composer
(1964)
Car Thieves
Music
(1964)
Assassination
Original Music Composer
(1964)
Woman in the Dunes
Original Music Composer
(1964)
The Call of Flesh
Original Music Composer
(1964)
Escape from Japan
Original Music Composer
(1964)
Our Happiness Alone
Original Music Composer
(1964)
Pale Flower
Original Music Composer
(1964)
Children Hand in Hand
Original Music Composer
(1963)
Alone Across the Pacific
Original Music Composer
(1963)
She and He
Original Music Composer
(1963)
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
Original Music Composer
(1963)
(1962)
Pitfall
Original Music Composer, Sound Designer
(1962)
Harakiri
Original Music Composer
(1962)
The Inheritance
Original Music Composer
(1962)
A Flame at the Pier
Original Music Composer
(1962)
Atami Blues
Original Music Composer
(1962)
A Full Life
Music
(1962)
Human Zoo
Original Music Composer
(1962)
The Body
Music
(1962)
Love at Twenty
Music
(1961)
Women of Tokyo
Sound
(1961)
Bad Boys
Original Music Composer
(1961)
The Shrikes
Music
(1960)
Youth in Fury
Original Music Composer
(1960)
X (Batsu)
Director
(1959)
Jose Torres
Music
(1957)
When It Rains, It Pours
Original Music Composer
(1956)
Crazed Fruit
Original Music Composer
(1955)
Silver Wheel
Original Music Composer