
Toshirō Mayuzumi
- Known for
- Sound
- Born
- February 20, 1929
- Died
- April 10, 1997 (aged 68)
- Birthplace
- Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Biography
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).
Known For
Filmography

The Convent
Movie · Original Music Composer

The Last Dance
Movie · Original Music Composer

Appassionata
Movie · Original Music Composer

Tokugawa Ichizoku no Houkai
Movie · Original Music Composer

Japanese Godfather: Conclusion
Movie · Original Music Composer

Japanese Godfather
Movie · Original Music Composer

Japanese Godfather: Ambition
Movie · Original Music Composer

Evil Spirits in the Darkness
Movie · Original Music Composer

Tiger Child
Movie · Original Music Composer

The Summit of Mt. Fuji
Movie · Original Music Composer

Noon and Midnight
Movie · Original Music Composer

History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess
Movie · Original Music Composer

The Kremlin Letter
Movie · Original Music Composer

Safari 5000
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The Girl I Abandoned
Movie · Original Music Composer

The Neon Taiheiki
Movie · Original Music Composer

Profound Desires of the Gods
Movie · Original Music Composer

The Sands of Kurobe
Movie · Original Music Composer

Good-bye Moscow
Movie · Original Music Composer

A Man Vanishes
Movie · Original Music Composer

Juvenile Delinquent: Shout of the Rising Sun
Movie · Original Music Composer

Reflections in a Golden Eye
Movie · Original Music Composer

The Black Sheep
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Thirst for Love
Movie · Original Music Composer

The Bible: In the Beginning...
Movie · Original Music Composer

The Pornographers
Movie · Original Music Composer

The Daphne
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The Heart of Hiroshima
Movie · Original Music Composer

Watashi, chigatteiru kashira
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Asiapol Secret Service
Movie · Original Music Composer

The Radish and the Carrot
Movie · Original Music Composer

Taking the Castle
Movie · Original Music Composer

Tokyo Olympiad
Movie · Original Music Composer
Tokyo Olympics (International Version)
Movie · Music

The Start of Life
Movie · Original Music Composer

The Flame of Devotion
Movie · Original Music Composer

Revenge
Movie · Original Music Composer

You Can Succeed, Too
Movie · Original Music Composer

The Hunter's Diary
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Flora on the Sand
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The Eternal Life
Movie · Original Music Composer

Intentions of Murder
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Brand of Evil
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Black Sun
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Monrō no yōna onna
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Only on Mondays
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Whirlpool of Flesh
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The Insect Woman
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Bad Girl
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The Mud-Spattered Pure Heart
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The Gambling Monk
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Tale of Scarlet Love
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Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
Movie · Original Music Composer

Futari dake no toride
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I Fly for Kicks
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Sensation Seekers
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Miren
Movie · Music

Bright Sea
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I Hate But Love
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Foundry Town
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Black Lizard
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Drunkard's Paradise
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Born in Sin
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Rainbow Over Kinmon
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Glass-Hearted Johnny
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The Lucky General
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The End of Summer
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A Good Man, A Good Day
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The Estuary
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Pigs and Battleships
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That Guy and I
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The Big Wave
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The Storm over Arabia
Movie · Original Music Composer

A Cat and Dried Bonito Flakes: The Story of a Swindler
Movie · Music

The Day of Youth
Movie · Original Music Composer

The Warped Ones
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When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Movie · Original Music Composer

The False Student
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A Woman’s Uphill Slope
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Wait for Tomorrow
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Students and Daughters
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Jungle Block
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The Dangerous Kiss
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Irohanihoheto
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The Hidden Himalayas
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Banana
Movie · Music

Yakuza Song
Movie · Original Music Composer

Good Morning
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A Secret Rendezvous
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My Second Brother
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Immoral Lecture
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Pineapple Butai
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The Beast Shall Die
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Temptation on Glamour Island
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Akatsuki no chiheisen
Movie · Original Music Composer

Talented Woman
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Yujiro in Europe
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Young Lovers
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Kiri aru jyoji
Movie · Music

The Aristocrat's Stairs
Movie · Music

Woman Unveiled
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Endless Desire
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Stolen Desire
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Stakeout
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The Days of Evil Women
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The Seasons of Love
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Conflagration
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Zoku fûfu hyakkei
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Hibi no haishin
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The Young Beast
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Yurakucho 0 Street
Movie · Original Music Composer

Gendai Mushuku
Movie · Music

The Naked General
Movie · Music

Nishi Ginza Station
Movie · Original Music Composer

The Face
Movie · Original Music Composer

Temptation
Movie · Original Music Composer

But the Flesh is Weak
Movie · Original Music Composer

A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
Movie · Original Music Composer

Shūkin ryokō
Movie · Original Music Composer

The Unbalanced Wheel
Movie · Original Music Composer

The Eye of Heaven
Movie · Music

Street of Shame
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The Balloon
Movie · Original Music Composer

Karakoram
Movie · Original Music Composer

The Lady Was Pawn
Movie · Music

A Brother and His Sister
Movie · Music

A Woman's Life
Movie · Original Music Composer

Christ in Bronze
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Ghost Story of Youth
Movie · Original Music Composer

Burden of Love
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Till We Meet Again
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The Mask and Destiny
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Silver Wheel
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Youth
Movie · Music

The Woman in the Rumor
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The Cock Crows Twice
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Between Yesterday and Tomorrow
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Women's House
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The Surf
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Mother's First Love
Movie · Original Music Composer

Edo no yubae
Movie · Original Music Composer

Youth’s Romance Seat: Sitting on the Green Grass
Movie · Original Music Composer

Love and Duty
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The Pleasures of Vice
Movie · Original Music Composer

12 Chapters About Women
Movie · Original Music Composer

The Lovers
Movie · Original Music Composer

Mr. Pu
Movie · Original Music Composer

Brilliant! The First Detective: Zenigata Heiji in His Youth
Movie · Original Music Composer

The Blue Revolution
Movie · Original Music Composer

Ganpeki
Movie · Original Music Composer

Sunflower Girl
Movie · Original Music Composer

Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido
Movie · Original Music Composer

Yassamossa
Movie · Original Music Composer

沖縄健児隊
Movie · Original Music Composer
Street Fight at Dawn
Movie · Original Music Composer

The Waves
Movie · Original Music Composer

The Woman Who Touched the Legs
Movie · Original Music Composer

This Way, That Way
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Carmen's Innocent Love
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Carmen Comes Home
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Home Sweet Home
Movie · Original Music Composer

Pure White Nights
Movie · Original Music Composer

Ah, Youth
Movie · Original Music Composer

The Love Letter Trial
Movie · Music

Meeting of the Ghost of Apres-Guerre
Movie · Original Music Composer
Wakôdo no uta
Movie · Original Music Composer

Weeping Doll
Movie · Original Music Composer

Homecoming
Movie · Original Music Composer
A Glimpse of a Flower
Movie · Original Music Composer