Toshirō Mayuzumi
Known for: Sound
Born: February 20, 1929
Died: April 10, 1997
Place of birth: Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
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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Filmography
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5.3
The Convent
1995
7.0
The Last Dance
1993
6.3
Appassionata
1984
9.0
Tokugawa Ichizoku no Houkai
1980
7.3
Japanese Godfather: Conclusion
1978
7.7
Japanese Godfather: Ambition
1977
7.2
Japan's Don
1977
6.3
Evil Spirits in the Darkness
1971
7.5
Noon and Midnight
1970
6.1
History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess
1970
9.0
Tiger Child
1970
NR
The Summit of Mt. Fuji
1970
9.0
The Girl I Abandoned
1969
7.2
Safari 5000
1969
7.4
Profound Desires of the Gods
1968
9.0
Neon taiheiki
1968
7.0
Good-bye Moscow
1968
7.0
The Sands of Kurobe
1968
6.5
Reflections in a Golden Eye
1967
6.9
A Man Vanishes
1967
8.0
Juvenile Delinquent: Shout of the Rising Sun
1967
7.0
Thirst for Love
1967
NR
The Black Sheep
1967
6.0
Asiapol Secret Service
1966
10.0
The Daphne
1966
7.3
The Bible: In the Beginning...
1966
9.0
The Heart of Hiroshima
1966
NR
Watashi, chigatteiru kashira
1966
7.2
The Pornographers
1966
7.7
Tokyo Olympiad
1965
9.0
Taking the Castle
1965
9.0
The Radish and the Carrot
1965
6.8
The Flame of Devotion
1964
7.6
Revenge
1964
NR
The Eternal Life
1964
6.3
Flora on the Sand
1964
7.0
Intentions of Murder
1964
7.7
You Can Succeed, Too
1964
7.7
Brand of Evil
1964
6.4
Black Sun
1964
4.8
The Hunter's Diary
1964
NR
Monrō no yōna onna
1964
7.2
The Insect Woman
1963
NR
The Gambling Monk
1963
NR
Miren
1963
NR
Tale of Scarlet Love
1963
6.7
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
1963
9.0
Futari dake no toride
1963
7.6
Bad Girl
1963
NR
I Fly for Kicks
1963
9.0
Sensation Seekers
1963
8.7
The Mud-Spattered Pure Heart
1963
9.0
Born in Sin
1962
NR
Rainbow Over Kinmon
1962
NR
Glass-Hearted Johnny
1962
NR
The Lucky General
1962
7.0
I Hate But Love
1962
7.8
Foundry Town
1962
7.1
Black Lizard
1962
NR
Drunkard's Paradise
1962
8.0
The Storm over Arabia
1961
NR
A Cat and Dried Bonito Flakes: The Story of a Swindler
1961
7.5
The End of Summer
1961
8.5
That Guy and I
1961
NR
A Good Man, A Good Day
1961
NR
The Estuary
1961
10.0
The Big Wave
1961
7.1
Pigs and Battleships
1961
NR
Wait for Tomorrow
1960
6.7
The False Student
1960
7.1
The Warped Ones
1960
10.0
The Dangerous Kiss
1960
9.0
A Woman’s Uphill Slope
1960
7.0
Jungle Block
1960
NR
Irohanihoheto
1960
8.0
The Day of Youth
1960
NR
Banana
1960
NR
Mystery of the Himalayas
1960
NR
Students and Daughters
1960
8.0
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
1960
10.0
Pineapple Butai
1959
4.5
A Secret Rendezvous
1959
NR
Kiri aru jyoji
1959
6.6
My Second Brother
1959
NR
The Aristocrat's Stairs
1959
NR
Young Lovers
1959
NR
Akatsuki no chiheisen
1959
NR
Yujiro in Europe
1959
6.2
The Beast Shall Die
1959
7.7
Good Morning
1959
NR
Talented Woman
1959
7.0
Temptation on Glamour Island
1959
NR
Immoral Lecture
1959
7.0
The Days of Evil Women
1958
6.8
Endless Desire
1958
NR
Zoku fûfu hyakkei
1958
7.0
The Naked General
1958
NR
Yurakucho 0 Street
1958
7.1
Conflagration
1958
8.0
The Young Beast
1958
3.8
The Seasons of Love
1958
NR
Gendai Mushuku
1958
6.7
Stolen Desire
1958
NR
Hibi no haishin
1958
8.0
Woman Unveiled
1958
7.1
Stakeout
1958
7.0
The Unbalanced Wheel
1957
7.3
But the Flesh is Weak
1957
NR
Shūkin ryokō
1957
8.0
Temptation
1957
7.0
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
1957
NR
The Eye of Heaven
1957
NR
The Face
1957
8.0
A Brother and His Sister
1956
9.0
Karakoram
1956
NR
The Lady Was Pawn
1956
7.7
Street of Shame
1956
6.3
The Balloon
1956
NR
Youth
1955
9.0
Christ in Bronze
19557.0
The Mask and Destiny
1955
7.0
Till We Meet Again
1955
10.0
Ghost Story of Youth
1955
7.1
Burden of Love
1955
NR
A Woman's Life
1955
9.0
Silver Wheel
1955
6.5
The Cock Crows Twice
1954
6.0
Women's House
1954
7.0
12 Chapters About Women
1954
8.0
The Surf
1954
NR
The Pleasures of Vice
1954
8.0
Mother's First Love
1954
NR
Edo no yubae
1954
7.3
The Woman in the Rumor
1954
NR
Between Yesterday and Tomorrow
1954
NR
Youth’s Romance Seat: Sitting on the grass
1954
NR
Love and Duty
1954
8.0
The Lovers
1953
7.0
Brilliant! The First Detective: Zenigata Heiji in His Youth
1953
8.0
The Blue Revolution
1953
NR
Ganpeki
1953
6.5
Mr. Pu
1953
10.0
Sunflower Girl
1953
NR
Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido
1953
8.5
This Way, That Way
1952
5.2
Carmen's Innocent Love
1952
8.0
The Woman Who Touched the Legs
1952
5.5
The Waves
1952
NR
Pure White Nights
1951
NR
The Love Letter Trial
1951
NR
Ah, Youth
1951
6.2
Carmen Comes Home
1951
6.8
Home Sweet Home
1951
8.0
Homecoming
1950