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Overview

Date of Birth:
8 October 1930, Tokyo, Japan more
Date of Death:
20 February 1996, Tokyo, Japan more
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Awards:
17 wins & 2 nominations more
NewsDesk:
The Third Golden Age Begins?: Welcome to the Berliner Philharmoniker
 (From Huffington Post. 5 September 2009, 8:23 AM, PDT)
Alternate Names:
Tooru Takemitsu | Toru Takemitsu

Filmography

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Composer
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- 1. Sharaku (1995) 1995 - 7.6 (35)
- 2. Music for the Movies: Tôru Takemitsu (1994) 1994 - 7.4 (33)
- 3. 100 Years of Japanese Cinema (1994) (TV)   1994 - 5.9 (90)
AKAs:
  • Nagisa Oshima's 100 Years of Japanese Cinema
- 4. Rising Sun (1993) 1993 - 6.1 (14,476)
- 5. Gô-hime (1992)   1992 - 6.5 (67)
AKAs:
  • Basara - The Princess Goh
- 6. Dream Window: Reflections on the Japanese Garden (1992) 1992 - 8.0 (8)
- 7. The Inland Sea (1991) 1991 - 7.2 (11)
- 8. Rikyu (1989) 1989 - 7.0 (177)
- 9. Kuroi ame (1989)   1989 - 8.1 (826)
AKAs:
  • Black Rain (UK) (USA: literal English title)
- 10. For the Whales (1989) (TV) 1989 - -
- 11. Arashi ga oka (1988)   1988 - 7.7 (44)
AKAs:
  • Onimaru (Japan)
  • Wuthering Heights
- 12. Kesa no aki (1987) (TV) 1987 - -
- 13. Yari no gonza (1986)   1986 - 7.0 (102)
AKAs:
  • Gonza the Spearman
- 14. Shokutaku no nai ie (1985)   1985 - 6.1 (9)
AKAs:
  • Family Without a Dinner Table
  • The Empty Table
- 15. Himatsuri (1985)   1985 - 7.2 (115)
AKAs:
  • Fire Festival
- 16. Ran (1985)   1985 - 8.3 (31,085)
AKAs:
  • Ran (UK) (USA)
  • Revolt (International: English title)
- 17. A.K. (1985)   1985 - 7.3 (265)
AKAs:
  • Kurosawa Akira (Japan: alternative title)
- 18. Antonio Gaudí (1984) 1984 - 7.6 (293)
- 19. Tokyo saiban (1983)   1983 - 7.0 (33)
AKAs:
  • Tokyo Trial (USA)
- 20. Rennyo to sono haha (1981) 1981 - -
- 21. "Cosmos" (1980) (unknown episodes) 1980 - 9.6 (2,124)
- 22. Tempyo no iraka (1980)   1980 - -
AKAs:
  • Ocean to Cross
- 23. Ki = Breathing (1980)   1980 - 7.0 (8)
AKAs:
  • Ki or Breathing (Japan)
- 24. Kataku (1979)   1979 - 7.8 (21)
AKAs:
  • House of Flame (USA: DVD title)
- 25. Moeru aki (1979)   1979 - 7.7 (7)
AKAs:
  • Glowing Autumn
- 26. Ai no borei (1978)   1978 - 6.8 (898)
AKAs:
  • Empire of Passion (USA)
  • Empire of the Passions
  • Fantôme amour (France)
  • In the Realm of Passion (USA: video title)
  • L'empire de la passion (France)
  • Phantom Love
  • The Ghost of Love
- 27. Hanare goze Orin (1977)   1977 - 7.0 (77)
AKAs:
  • Ballad of Orin (USA)
  • Banished (USA)
  • Banished Orin (USA)
  • Melody in Gray
- 28. Kaseki (1975)   1975 - 8.1 (28)
AKAs:
  • Kaseki (USA)
  • The Fossil (USA)
- 29. Sakura no mori no mankai no shita (1975)   1975 - 7.8 (126)
AKAs:
  • Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees (USA)
  • Under the Cherry Blossoms
- 30. Shiawase (1974) 1974 - -
- 31. Himiko (1974) 1974 - 8.0 (9)
- 32. Kaseki no mori (1973)   1973 - 8.3 (16)
AKAs:
  • The Petrified Forest
- 33. Seigen-ki (1973) 1973 - -
- 34. Samâ sorujâ (1972)   1972 - 6.8 (46)
AKAs:
  • Summer Soldiers (International: English title)
- 35. Natsu no imoto (1972)   1972 - 7.8 (32)
AKAs:
  • Dear Summer Sister
- 36. Inochi bô ni furô (1971)   1971 - 7.1 (85)
AKAs:
  • At the Risk of My Life
  • Inn of Evil
- 37. Gishiki (1971)   1971 - 7.9 (197)
AKAs:
  • The Ceremony
- 38. Chinmoku (1971)   1971 - 7.5 (143)
AKAs:
  • Silence (International: English title)
- 39. Dodesukaden (1970)   1970 - 7.6 (1,810)
AKAs:
  • Clickety-Clack (literal English title)
  • Dô desu ka den (Japan: alternative transliteration)
  • Dodes'ka-den (Japan: alternative transliteration)
- 40. Tokyo senso sengo hiwa (1970)   1970 - 7.4 (109)
AKAs:
  • A Secret Post-Tokyo War Story
  • He Died After the War (USA)
  • The Man Who Left His Will on Film
  • The Man Who Put His Will on Film
- 41. Dankon (1969)   1969 - -
AKAs:
  • Bullet Wound (USA)
- 42. Shinjû: Ten no amijima (1969)   1969 - 7.6 (503)
AKAs:
  • Double Suicide
- 43. Kyoto (1969) 1969 - -
- 44. Nihon no seishun (1968)   1968 - 7.8 (18)
AKAs:
  • Hymn to a Tired Man (USA)
- 45. Moetsukita chizu (1968)   1968 - 7.2 (51)
AKAs:
  • Charred Map (literal English title)
  • The Man Without a Map (USA)
  • The Ruined Map (International: English title)
- 46. Hatsukoi: Jigoku-hen (1968)   1968 - 7.6 (93)
AKAs:
  • Nanami, First Love
  • Nanami: The Inferno of First Love (USA)
- 47. Meguri-ai (1968)   1968 - -
AKAs:
  • Two Hearts in the Rain (USA)
- 48. Midaregumo (1967)   1967 - 7.9 (159)
AKAs:
  • Scattered Clouds (Japan: English title)
  • Two in the Shadow (USA)
- 49. Jôi-uchi: Hairyô tsuma shimatsu (1967)   1967 - 8.0 (2,166)
AKAs:
  • Joî-uchi
  • Rebellion (USA)
  • Rebellion: Receive the Wife (literal English title)
  • Samurai Rebellion
- 50. Izu no odoriko (1967)   1967 - -
AKAs:
  • The Izu Dancer (Japan: English title)
- 51. Akane-gumo (1967)   1967 - -
AKAs:
  • Clouds at Sunset (USA)
- 52. Akogare (1966)   1966 - -
AKAs:
  • Once a Rainy Day
- 53. Tanin no kao (1966)   1966 - 8.0 (1,182)
AKAs:
  • I Have a Stranger's Face
  • Stranger's Face
  • The Face of Another
- 54. Shokei no shima (1966)   1966 - 7.7 (43)
AKAs:
  • Captive's Island (USA)
  • Punishment Island
- 55. Kinokawa (1966)   1966 - -
AKAs:
  • The Kii River (International: English title: festival title) (Japan: English title: festival title)
  • The River Kino (International: English title)
- 56. Kemonomichi (1965)   1965 - -
AKAs:
  • Beast Alley (USA)
- 57. Yotsuya kaidan (1965)   1965 - 6.8 (57)
AKAs:
  • Illusion of Blood
  • Yotsuya Ghost Story (Japan: English title: literal title)
- 58. Utsukushisa to kanashimi to (1965)   1965 - 8.1 (37)
AKAs:
  • With Beauty and Sadness (International: English title)
  • With Beauty and Sorrow (UK)
- 59. Jose Torres II (1965) 1965 - 8.4 (7)
- 60. Ako (1965)   1965 - 7.3 (44)
AKAs:
  • White Morning (International: English title)
- 61. Ibun Sarutobi Sasuke (1965)   1965 - 7.1 (461)
AKAs:
  • Samurai Spy (USA: informal English title)
- 62. Bwana Toshi no uta (1965)   1965 - -
AKAs:
  • Bwana Toshi
  • The Song of Bwana Toshi
  • The Song of the Bwana Toshi
- 63. Saigô no shinpan (1965) 1965 - -
- 64. Kaidan (1964)   1964 - 8.0 (3,580)
AKAs:
  • Ghost Stories (International: English title: literal title) (USA)
  • Hoichi the Earless
  • Kwaidan (USA)
  • Weird Tales
- 65. Ansatsu (1964)   1964 - 7.4 (200)
AKAs:
  • The Assassin
  • The Assassination
- 66. Nihon dasshutsu (1964)   1964 - 8.5 (22)
AKAs:
  • Escape from Japan (USA)
- 67. Love (1964) 1964 - 7.2 (7)
- 68. Kawaita hana (1964)   1964 - 7.8 (276)
AKAs:
  • Pale Flower
- 69. Suna no onna (1964)   1964 - 8.1 (4,009)
AKAs:
  • Woman in the Dunes (International: English title)
  • Woman of the Dunes (International: English title)
- 70. Jotai (1964)   1964 - -
AKAs:
  • The Call of Flesh (USA)
- 71. Seishun no ishibumi (1964) (TV)   1964 - -
AKAs:
  • The Tomb of Youth
- 72. Taiheiyo hitori-botchi (1963)   1963 - 7.3 (88)
AKAs:
  • Alone Across the Pacific
  • Alone on the Pacific (USA)
  • My Enemy the Sea
  • The Enemy, the Sea (USA: festival title)
- 73. Kanojo to kare (1963)   1963 - 8.1 (30)
AKAs:
  • She and He
- 74. Shiro to kuro (1963)   1963 - -
AKAs:
  • Pressure of Guilt
  • White and Black (literal English title)
- 75. Subarashii akujo (1963)   1963 - -
AKAs:
  • Wonderful Bad Woman (USA)
- 76. Koto (1963)   1963 - 7.4 (17)
AKAs:
  • Twin Sisters of Kyoto
- 77. Te o tsunagu kora (1963)   1963 - -
AKAs:
  • Children Hand in Hand (USA)
- 78. Namida o shishi no tategami ni (1962)   1962 - 7.6 (8)
AKAs:
  • Tears on the Lion's Mane
- 79. Seppuku (1962)   1962 - 8.1 (5,137)
AKAs:
  • Harakiri (USA)
- 80. Otoshiana (1962)   1962 - 8.0 (670)
AKAs:
  • Kashi to kodomo (Japan: alternative title)
  • Pitfall (International: English title)
  • The Pitfall (USA)
- 81. L'amour à vingt ans (1962)   1962 - 7.7 (813)
AKAs:
  • Hatachi no koi (Japan)
  • L'amore a vent'anni (Italy)
  • Liebe mit zwanzig (West Germany)
  • Love at Twenty (USA)
  • Milosc dwudziestolatkow (Poland)
- 82. Karami-ai (1962)   1962 - 6.9 (13)
AKAs:
  • The Inheritance (USA)
- 83. Ratai (1962)   1962 - -
AKAs:
  • The Body (USA)
- 84. Furyo shonen (1961)   1961 - 9.0 (13)
AKAs:
  • Bad Boys
- 85. Mozu (1961) 1961 - -
- 86. Kawaita mizuumi (1960)   1960 - -
AKAs:
  • Dry Lake
  • Youth in Fury
- 87. Jose Torres (1959) 1959 - 8.3 (13)
- 88. Kurutta kajitsu (1956)   1956 - 7.7 (425)
AKAs:
  • Crazed Fruit (USA)
  • Juvenile Jungle (International: English title)
- 89. Ginrin (1955)   1955 - -
AKAs:
  • Bicycle in Dream (International: English title)
Soundtrack
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- 1. Spy Sorge (2003)   (writer: "Gengaku no tame no Requiem") 2003 - 6.5 (97)
AKAs:
  • Richard Sorge - Spion aus Leidenschaft (Germany: TV title)
- 2. Meguri-ai (1968)   (music: "Meguri-ai") 1968 - -
AKAs:
  • Two Hearts in the Rain (USA)
- 3. Tanin no kao (1966)   (music: "Waltz" (Uncredited)) 1966 - 8.0 (1,182)
AKAs:
  • I Have a Stranger's Face
  • Stranger's Face
  • The Face of Another
Sound Department
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- 1. The Lovers' Exile (1980) (sound supervisor) 1980 - -
- 2. Kaidan (1964)   (sound designer) 1964 - 8.0 (3,580)
AKAs:
  • Ghost Stories (International: English title: literal title) (USA)
  • Hoichi the Earless
  • Kwaidan (USA)
  • Weird Tales
- 3. Otoshiana (1962)   (sound designer) 1962 - 8.0 (670)
AKAs:
  • Kashi to kodomo (Japan: alternative title)
  • Pitfall (International: English title)
  • The Pitfall (USA)
Music Department
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- 1. Kuroi ame (1989)   (conductor) 1989 - 8.1 (826)
AKAs:
  • Black Rain (UK) (USA: literal English title)
- 2. Otoshiana (1962)   (musical director) 1962 - 8.0 (670)
AKAs:
  • Kashi to kodomo (Japan: alternative title)
  • Pitfall (International: English title)
  • The Pitfall (USA)
Writer
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- 1. Shinjû: Ten no amijima (1969)   (writer) 1969 - 7.6 (503)
AKAs:
  • Double Suicide
Actor
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. Tanin no kao (1966)   (uncredited) Man Smoking in Bar 1966 - 8.0 (1,182)
AKAs:
  • I Have a Stranger's Face
  • Stranger's Face
  • The Face of Another
Self
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. Music for the Movies: Tôru Takemitsu (1994) Himself 1994 - 7.4 (33)
- 2. Brand New Day (1987) 1987 - 7.0 (10)
- 3. A.K. (1985)   Himself 1985 - 7.3 (265)
AKAs:
  • Kurosawa Akira (Japan: alternative title)

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