Shinichiro Ikebe
Known for: Sound
Born: September 15, 1943
Place of birth: Mito, Ibaraki, Japan
Shinichiro Ikebe (池辺 晋一郎 Ikebe Shinichirou; born September 15, 1943, in Mito, Ibaraki) is a Japanese composer of contemporary classical music. He has written the scores for many films by Akira Kurosawa and other Japanese film directors, including Kagemusha (1980), MacArthur's Children (1984), Kurosawa's Dreams (1990), Rhapsody in August (1991), Madadayo (1993), and Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (2001). He studied composition with Tomojirō Ikenouchi, Akio Yashiro, and Akira Miyoshi at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, obtaining a master's degree in 1971. He serves as a professor at the Tokyo College of Music. He had several awards up to 2004, such as Excellence at the Salzburg TV Opera, The Italian Broadcasting Corporation, that is, RAI, The International Emmy Award, the Otaka Award, the Broadcasting Culture Award, the Yoshio Sagawa incentive Award, the Medal with Purple Ribbon.
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Filmography
47 movies · 8 TV shows, newest first
NR
Nobutora - Samurai Tiger
2021
NR
Haruko's Doll
2018
8.4
Climbing to Spring
2014
6.4
The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity
2009
6.3
Glory to the Filmmaker!
2007
6.0
The Ode to Joy
2006
7.4
Summer of Ubume
2005
6.9
The Milkwoman
2005
6.0
Winter Days
2003
6.6
Spy Sorge
2003
7.0
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Kagemusha'
2002
10.0
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Seven Samurai'
2002
NR
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Drunken Angel'
2002
NR
Ino Tadataka: Meridian Dreams
2001
6.6
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
2001
10.0
Closed Ward
2001
5.8
Boy's Choir
2000
5.5
Colorful
2000
7.0
Murder on D Street
1998
6.9
The Eel
1997
6.0
Moonlight Serenade
1997NR
Paradise of Paradise
1993
7.3
Madadayo
1993
6.8
The Great Shogunate Battle
1991
7.1
Rhapsody in August
1991
7.5
Kimi no na wa
1991
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Dohten
1991
9.0
Sea of Wandering
1990
8.0
Making of 'Dreams'
1990
7.7
Dreams
1990
7.5
Takeshi: Childhood Days
1990
NR
Days with Harasu
1989
5.0
Labyrinth Romanesque
1988
6.4
Zegen
1987
NR
Keshin
1987
NR
Late Night Salute
1986
10.0
Surgical Designs in Flames
1986
6.2
Gray Sunset
1985
NR
Shiawase no Kuni: Aoi Tori Patapata?
1985
5.5
MacArthur's Children
1984
6.1
Future Boy Conan: The Big Giant Robot's Resurrection
1984
7.5
The Ballad of Narayama
1983
10.0
Eternal Monument
1982
NR
Toge no Gunzo
1982
6.2
Eijanaika
1981
NR
On-yado Kawasemi
1980
7.8
Kagemusha
1980
5.0
Fujin no Mon
1980
7.6
Vengeance Is Mine
1979
10.0
Rika
1979
8.4
Future Boy Conan
1978
NR
Ōgon no Hibi
1978
NR
Akai Hana
1976
7.0
Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees
1975
6.5
Dream Island Girl
1974