Toru Takemitsu

Toru Takemitsu

Born October 8, 1930 · Died February 20, 1996

Tokyo, Japan

Biography

Toru Takemitsu was a Japanese composer. He composed several hundred independent works of music, scored more than ninety films and published twenty books.

Filmography

100 Years of Japanese CinemaSpiritual VoicesSharakuRising SunDream Window: Reflections on the Japanese GardenBasara: The Princess GohRikyuBlack RainWuthering Heights
Brand New Day
Gonza the SpearmanThe Empty TableRanFire FestivalA. K.Antonio GaudíLanterns on Blue WatersTokyo TrialRennyo and His MotherAn Ocean to CrossGlowing AutumnEmpire of PassionBallad of OrinFlickering FlamesThe FossilUnder the Blossoming Cherry TreesHimikoThe Petrified ForestTime Within MemoryDear Summer SisterSummer SoldiersSilenceInn of EvilThe CeremonyThe Earth is Born AgainDodes'ka-denThe Man Who Left His Will on FilmBullet WoundDouble SuicideKyotoHymn to a Tired ManThe Man Without a MapNanami: The Inferno of First Love
Two Hearts in the Rain
Two in the ShadowSamurai RebellionClouds at Sunset
Once a Rainy Day
The Face of AnotherCaptive's IslandThe Kii RiverThe Song of the Bwana ToshiBeast AlleyIllusion of BloodSamurai SpyThe Last JudgmentWith Beauty and SorrowKwaidanCar ThievesThat Tender AgeAssassinationEscape from JapanOur Happiness AlonePale FlowerWoman in the DunesAlone Across the PacificShe and HeTwin Sisters of KyotoThe BodyA Flame at the PierHarakiriHuman ZooPitfallLove at TwentyThe InheritanceBad BoysThe ShrikesWomen of TokyoYouth in FuryJose TorresWhen It Rains, It PoursCrazed Fruit