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
Woman in the Dunes
(1964)
Original Music Composer
Rising Sun
(1993)
Original Music Composer
Ran
(1985)
Original Music Composer
Empire of Passion
(1978)
Original Music Composer
Harakiri
(1962)
Original Music Composer
Kwaidan
(1965)
Original Music Composer and Sound Designer
Samurai Rebellion
(1967)
Original Music Composer
The Face of Another
(1966)
Original Music Composer
Dodes'ka-den
(1970)
Music
Black Rain
(1989)
Original Music Composer
Pitfall
(1962)
Original Music Composer and Sound Designer
Pale Flower
(1964)
Original Music Composer
Two in the Shadow
(1967)
Original Music Composer
Love at Twenty
(1962)
Music
Full Filmography
Sound
Silver Wheel
(1955)
Original Music Composer
Crazed Fruit
(1956)
Original Music Composer
When It Rains, It Pours
(1957)
Original Music Composer
Jose Torres
(1959)
Music
Youth in Fury
(1960)
Original Music Composer
Bad Boys
(1961)
Original Music Composer
Women of Tokyo
(1961)
Sound
Pitfall
(1962)
Original Music Composer and Sound Designer
Harakiri
(1962)
Original Music Composer
The Inheritance
(1962)
Original Music Composer
A Flame at the Pier
(1962)
Original Music Composer
Atami Blues
(1962)
Original Music Composer
Human Zoo
(1962)
Original Music Composer
Love at Twenty
(1962)
Music
A Full Life
(1962)
Music
The Body
(1962)
Music
Alone Across the Pacific
(1963)
Original Music Composer
She and He
(1963)
Original Music Composer
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
(1963)
Original Music Composer
Ako
(1964)
Original Music Composer
Assassination
(1964)
Original Music Composer
Woman in the Dunes
(1964)
Original Music Composer
The Call of Flesh
(1964)
Original Music Composer
Escape from Japan
(1964)
Original Music Composer
Our Happiness Alone
(1964)
Original Music Composer
Pale Flower
(1964)
Original Music Composer
Children Hand in Hand
(1964)
Original Music Composer
Car Thieves
(1964)
Music
Kwaidan
(1965)
Original Music Composer and Sound Designer
Samurai Spy
(1965)
Original Music Composer
Illusion of Blood
(1965)
Original Music Composer
With Beauty and Sorrow
(1965)
Original Music Composer
Jose Torres II
(1965)
Music
The Koumiko Mystery
(1965)
Original Music Composer
Beast Alley
(1965)
Music
The Song of the Bwana Toshi
(1965)
Music
The Face of Another
(1966)
Original Music Composer
Once a Rainy Day
(1966)
Original Music Composer
Captive's Island
(1966)
Original Music Composer
The Kii River
(1966)
Original Music Composer
Samurai Rebellion
(1967)
Original Music Composer
Two in the Shadow
(1967)
Original Music Composer
Clouds at Sunset
(1967)
Original Music Composer
Nanami: The Inferno of First Love
(1968)
Original Music Composer
Hymn to a Tired Man
(1968)
Original Music Composer
Two Hearts in the Rain
(1968)
Original Music Composer
The Man Without a Map
(1968)
Original Music Composer
Double Suicide
(1969)
Original Music Composer
Kyoto
(1969)
Music
Bullet Wound
(1969)
Original Music Composer
Dodes'ka-den
(1970)
Music
The Man Who Left His Will on Film
(1970)
Music
Silence
(1971)
Original Music Composer
The Ceremony
(1971)
Original Music Composer
Inn of Evil
(1971)
Original Music Composer
Dear Summer Sister
(1972)
Music
Summer Soldiers
(1972)
Music
The Petrified Forest
(1973)
Original Music Composer
Time Within Memory
(1973)
Original Music Composer
Himiko
(1974)
Original Music Composer
Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees
(1975)
Original Music Composer
The Fossil
(1975)
Music
Ballad of Orin
(1977)
Original Music Composer
Empire of Passion
(1978)
Original Music Composer
Glowing Autumn
(1978)
Original Music Composer
The Japanese Part 3: Farm Song
(1978)
Original Music Composer
House of Flames
(1979)
Music
An Ocean to Cross
(1980)
Original Music Composer
Ki or Breathing
(1980)
Original Music Composer
The Lovers' Exile
(1980)
Original Music Composer
Rennyo and His Mother
(1981)
Original Music Composer
The Minamata Mural
(1981)
Music
Prophecy
(1982)
Original Music Composer
Tokyo Trial
(1983)
Music
Lanterns on Blue Waters
(1983)
Original Music Composer
Antonio GaudÃ
(1984)
Original Music Composer
Ran
(1985)
Original Music Composer
Fire Festival
(1985)
Original Music Composer
The Empty Table
(1985)
Original Music Composer
A. K.
(1985)
Original Music Composer
Gonza the Spearman
(1986)
Original Music Composer
Wuthering Heights
(1988)
Original Music Composer
Rikyu
(1989)
Original Music Composer
Black Rain
(1989)
Original Music Composer
The Inland Sea
(1991)
Original Music Composer
Dream Window: Reflections on the Japanese Garden
(1992)
Original Music Composer
Basara: Princess Goh
(1992)
Music
Rising Sun
(1993)
Original Music Composer
Sharaku
(1995)
Original Music Composer
100 Years of Japanese Cinema
(1995)
Original Music Composer
Spiritual Voices
(1995)
Music
Acting
The Face of Another
(1966)
Man Smoking in Bar (uncredited)
A. K.
(1985)
Self
Brand New Day
(1987)
Self
Writing
Crew