Toshirō Mayuzumi

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

1995
The Convent poster

The Convent

Movie · Original Music Composer

1993
The Last Dance poster

The Last Dance

Movie · Original Music Composer

1984
Appassionata poster

Appassionata

Movie · Original Music Composer

1980
Tokugawa Ichizoku no Houkai poster

Tokugawa Ichizoku no Houkai

Movie · Original Music Composer

1978
Japanese Godfather: Conclusion poster

Japanese Godfather: Conclusion

Movie · Original Music Composer

1977
Japanese Godfather poster

Japanese Godfather

Movie · Original Music Composer

1977
Japanese Godfather: Ambition poster

Japanese Godfather: Ambition

Movie · Original Music Composer

1971
Evil Spirits in the Darkness poster

Evil Spirits in the Darkness

Movie · Original Music Composer

1970
Tiger Child poster

Tiger Child

Movie · Original Music Composer

1970
The Summit of Mt. Fuji poster

The Summit of Mt. Fuji

Movie · Original Music Composer

1970
Noon and Midnight poster

Noon and Midnight

Movie · Original Music Composer

1970
History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess poster

History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess

Movie · Original Music Composer

1970
The Kremlin Letter poster

The Kremlin Letter

Movie · Original Music Composer

1969
Safari 5000 poster

Safari 5000

Movie · Original Music Composer

1969
The Girl I Abandoned poster

The Girl I Abandoned

Movie · Original Music Composer

1968
The Neon Taiheiki poster

The Neon Taiheiki

Movie · Original Music Composer

1968
Profound Desires of the Gods poster

Profound Desires of the Gods

Movie · Original Music Composer

1968
The Sands of Kurobe poster

The Sands of Kurobe

Movie · Original Music Composer

1968
Good-bye Moscow poster

Good-bye Moscow

Movie · Original Music Composer

1967
A Man Vanishes poster

A Man Vanishes

Movie · Original Music Composer

1967
Juvenile Delinquent: Shout of the Rising Sun poster

Juvenile Delinquent: Shout of the Rising Sun

Movie · Original Music Composer

1967
Reflections in a Golden Eye poster

Reflections in a Golden Eye

Movie · Original Music Composer

1967
The Black Sheep poster

The Black Sheep

Movie · Original Music Composer

1967
Thirst for Love poster

Thirst for Love

Movie · Original Music Composer

1966
The Bible: In the Beginning... poster

The Bible: In the Beginning...

Movie · Original Music Composer

1966
The Pornographers poster

The Pornographers

Movie · Original Music Composer

1966
The Daphne poster

The Daphne

Movie · Original Music Composer

1966
The Heart of Hiroshima poster

The Heart of Hiroshima

Movie · Original Music Composer

1966
Watashi, chigatteiru kashira poster

Watashi, chigatteiru kashira

Movie · Original Music Composer

1966
Asiapol Secret Service poster

Asiapol Secret Service

Movie · Original Music Composer

1965
The Radish and the Carrot poster

The Radish and the Carrot

Movie · Original Music Composer

1965
Taking the Castle poster

Taking the Castle

Movie · Original Music Composer

1965
Tokyo Olympiad poster

Tokyo Olympiad

Movie · Original Music Composer

1965
Tokyo Olympics (International Version)

Tokyo Olympics (International Version)

Movie · Music

1965
The Start of Life poster

The Start of Life

Movie · Original Music Composer

1964
The Flame of Devotion poster

The Flame of Devotion

Movie · Original Music Composer

1964
Revenge poster

Revenge

Movie · Original Music Composer

1964
You Can Succeed, Too poster

You Can Succeed, Too

Movie · Original Music Composer

1964
The Hunter's Diary poster

The Hunter's Diary

Movie · Original Music Composer

1964
Flora on the Sand poster

Flora on the Sand

Movie · Original Music Composer

1964
The Eternal Life poster

The Eternal Life

Movie · Original Music Composer

1964
Intentions of Murder poster

Intentions of Murder

Movie · Original Music Composer

1964
Brand of Evil poster

Brand of Evil

Movie · Original Music Composer

1964
Black Sun poster

Black Sun

Movie · Original Music Composer

1964
Monrō no yōna onna poster

Monrō no yōna onna

Movie · Original Music Composer

1964
Only on Mondays poster

Only on Mondays

Movie · Original Music Composer

1964
Whirlpool of Flesh poster

Whirlpool of Flesh

Movie · Original Music Composer

1963
The Insect Woman poster

The Insect Woman

Movie · Original Music Composer

1963
Bad Girl poster

Bad Girl

Movie · Original Music Composer

1963
The Mud-Spattered Pure Heart poster

The Mud-Spattered Pure Heart

Movie · Original Music Composer

1963
The Gambling Monk poster

The Gambling Monk

Movie · Original Music Composer

1963
Tale of Scarlet Love poster

Tale of Scarlet Love

Movie · Original Music Composer

1963
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai poster

Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai

Movie · Original Music Composer

1963
Futari dake no toride poster

Futari dake no toride

Movie · Original Music Composer

1963
I Fly for Kicks poster

I Fly for Kicks

Movie · Original Music Composer

1963
Sensation Seekers poster

Sensation Seekers

Movie · Original Music Composer

1963
Miren poster

Miren

Movie · Music

1963
Bright Sea poster

Bright Sea

Movie · Original Music Composer

1962
I Hate But Love poster

I Hate But Love

Movie · Original Music Composer

1962
Foundry Town poster

Foundry Town

Movie · Original Music Composer

1962
Black Lizard poster

Black Lizard

Movie · Original Music Composer

1962
Drunkard's Paradise poster

Drunkard's Paradise

Movie · Original Music Composer

1962
Born in Sin poster

Born in Sin

Movie · Original Music Composer

1962
Rainbow Over Kinmon poster

Rainbow Over Kinmon

Movie · Original Music Composer

1962
Glass-Hearted Johnny poster

Glass-Hearted Johnny

Movie · Original Music Composer

1962
The Lucky General poster

The Lucky General

Movie · Original Music Composer

1961
The End of Summer poster

The End of Summer

Movie · Original Music Composer

1961
A Good Man, A Good Day poster

A Good Man, A Good Day

Movie · Original Music Composer

1961
The Estuary poster

The Estuary

Movie · Original Music Composer

1961
Pigs and Battleships poster

Pigs and Battleships

Movie · Original Music Composer

1961
That Guy and I poster

That Guy and I

Movie · Original Music Composer

1961
The Big Wave poster

The Big Wave

Movie · Original Music Composer

1961
The Storm over Arabia poster

The Storm over Arabia

Movie · Original Music Composer

1961
A Cat and Dried Bonito Flakes: The Story of a Swindler poster

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

Movie · Music

1960
The Day of Youth poster

The Day of Youth

Movie · Original Music Composer

1960
The Warped Ones poster

The Warped Ones

Movie · Original Music Composer

1960
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs poster

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

Movie · Original Music Composer

1960
The False Student poster

The False Student

Movie · Original Music Composer

1960
A Woman’s Uphill Slope poster

A Woman’s Uphill Slope

Movie · Original Music Composer

1960
Wait for Tomorrow poster

Wait for Tomorrow

Movie · Original Music Composer

1960
Students and Daughters poster

Students and Daughters

Movie · Original Music Composer

1960
Jungle Block poster

Jungle Block

Movie · Original Music Composer

1960
The Dangerous Kiss poster

The Dangerous Kiss

Movie · Original Music Composer

1960
Irohanihoheto poster

Irohanihoheto

Movie · Original Music Composer

1960
The Hidden Himalayas poster

The Hidden Himalayas

Movie · Original Music Composer

1960
Banana poster

Banana

Movie · Music

1960
Yakuza Song poster

Yakuza Song

Movie · Original Music Composer

1959
Good Morning poster

Good Morning

Movie · Original Music Composer

1959
A Secret Rendezvous poster

A Secret Rendezvous

Movie · Original Music Composer

1959
My Second Brother poster

My Second Brother

Movie · Original Music Composer

1959
Immoral Lecture poster

Immoral Lecture

Movie · Original Music Composer

1959
Pineapple Butai poster

Pineapple Butai

Movie · Original Music Composer

1959
The Beast Shall Die poster

The Beast Shall Die

Movie · Original Music Composer

1959
Temptation on Glamour Island poster

Temptation on Glamour Island

Movie · Original Music Composer

1959
Akatsuki no chiheisen poster

Akatsuki no chiheisen

Movie · Original Music Composer

1959
Talented Woman poster

Talented Woman

Movie · Original Music Composer

1959
Yujiro in Europe poster

Yujiro in Europe

Movie · Original Music Composer

1959
Young Lovers poster

Young Lovers

Movie · Original Music Composer

1959
Kiri aru jyoji poster

Kiri aru jyoji

Movie · Music

1959
The Aristocrat's Stairs poster

The Aristocrat's Stairs

Movie · Music

1958
Woman Unveiled poster

Woman Unveiled

Movie · Original Music Composer

1958
Endless Desire poster

Endless Desire

Movie · Original Music Composer

1958
Stolen Desire poster

Stolen Desire

Movie · Original Music Composer

1958
Stakeout poster

Stakeout

Movie · Original Music Composer

1958
The Days of Evil Women poster

The Days of Evil Women

Movie · Original Music Composer

1958
The Seasons of Love poster

The Seasons of Love

Movie · Original Music Composer

1958
Conflagration poster

Conflagration

Movie · Original Music Composer

1958
Zoku fûfu hyakkei poster

Zoku fûfu hyakkei

Movie · Original Music Composer

1958
Hibi no haishin poster

Hibi no haishin

Movie · Original Music Composer

1958
The Young Beast poster

The Young Beast

Movie · Original Music Composer

1958
Yurakucho 0 Street poster

Yurakucho 0 Street

Movie · Original Music Composer

1958
Gendai Mushuku poster

Gendai Mushuku

Movie · Music

1958
The Naked General poster

The Naked General

Movie · Music

1958
Nishi Ginza Station poster

Nishi Ginza Station

Movie · Original Music Composer

1957
The Face poster

The Face

Movie · Original Music Composer

1957
Temptation poster

Temptation

Movie · Original Music Composer

1957
But the Flesh is Weak poster

But the Flesh is Weak

Movie · Original Music Composer

1957
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era poster

A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era

Movie · Original Music Composer

1957
Shūkin ryokō poster

Shūkin ryokō

Movie · Original Music Composer

1957
The Unbalanced Wheel poster

The Unbalanced Wheel

Movie · Original Music Composer

1957
The Eye of Heaven poster

The Eye of Heaven

Movie · Music

1956
Street of Shame poster

Street of Shame

Movie · Original Music Composer

1956
The Balloon poster

The Balloon

Movie · Original Music Composer

1956
Karakoram poster

Karakoram

Movie · Original Music Composer

1956
The Lady Was Pawn poster

The Lady Was Pawn

Movie · Music

1956
A Brother and His Sister poster

A Brother and His Sister

Movie · Music

1955
A Woman's Life poster

A Woman's Life

Movie · Original Music Composer

1955
Christ in Bronze poster

Christ in Bronze

Movie · Original Music Composer

1955
Ghost Story of Youth poster

Ghost Story of Youth

Movie · Original Music Composer

1955
Burden of Love poster

Burden of Love

Movie · Original Music Composer

1955
Till We Meet Again poster

Till We Meet Again

Movie · Original Music Composer

1955
The Mask and Destiny

The Mask and Destiny

Movie · Original Music Composer

1955
Silver Wheel poster

Silver Wheel

Movie · Original Music Composer

1955
Youth poster

Youth

Movie · Music

1954
The Woman in the Rumor poster

The Woman in the Rumor

Movie · Original Music Composer

1954
The Cock Crows Twice poster

The Cock Crows Twice

Movie · Original Music Composer

1954
Between Yesterday and Tomorrow poster

Between Yesterday and Tomorrow

Movie · Original Music Composer

1954
Women's House poster

Women's House

Movie · Original Music Composer

1954
The Surf poster

The Surf

Movie · Original Music Composer

1954
Mother's First Love poster

Mother's First Love

Movie · Original Music Composer

1954
Edo no yubae poster

Edo no yubae

Movie · Original Music Composer

1954
Youth’s Romance Seat: Sitting on the Green Grass poster

Youth’s Romance Seat: Sitting on the Green Grass

Movie · Original Music Composer

1954
Love and Duty poster

Love and Duty

Movie · Original Music Composer

1954
The Pleasures of Vice poster

The Pleasures of Vice

Movie · Original Music Composer

1954
12 Chapters About Women poster

12 Chapters About Women

Movie · Original Music Composer

1953
The Lovers poster

The Lovers

Movie · Original Music Composer

1953
Mr. Pu poster

Mr. Pu

Movie · Original Music Composer

1953
Brilliant! The First Detective: Zenigata Heiji in His Youth poster

Brilliant! The First Detective: Zenigata Heiji in His Youth

Movie · Original Music Composer

1953
The Blue Revolution poster

The Blue Revolution

Movie · Original Music Composer

1953
Ganpeki poster

Ganpeki

Movie · Original Music Composer

1953
Sunflower Girl poster

Sunflower Girl

Movie · Original Music Composer

1953
Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido poster

Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido

Movie · Original Music Composer

1953
Yassamossa poster

Yassamossa

Movie · Original Music Composer

1953
沖縄健児隊 poster

沖縄健児隊

Movie · Original Music Composer

1953
Street Fight at Dawn

Street Fight at Dawn

Movie · Original Music Composer

1952
The Waves poster

The Waves

Movie · Original Music Composer

1952
The Woman Who Touched the Legs poster

The Woman Who Touched the Legs

Movie · Original Music Composer

1952
This Way, That Way poster

This Way, That Way

Movie · Original Music Composer

1952
Carmen's Innocent Love poster

Carmen's Innocent Love

Movie · Original Music Composer

1951
Carmen Comes Home poster

Carmen Comes Home

Movie · Original Music Composer

1951
Home Sweet Home poster

Home Sweet Home

Movie · Original Music Composer

1951
Pure White Nights poster

Pure White Nights

Movie · Original Music Composer

1951
Ah,  Youth poster

Ah, Youth

Movie · Original Music Composer

1951
The Love Letter Trial poster

The Love Letter Trial

Movie · Music

1951
Meeting of the Ghost of Apres-Guerre poster

Meeting of the Ghost of Apres-Guerre

Movie · Original Music Composer

1951
Wakôdo no uta

Wakôdo no uta

Movie · Original Music Composer

1951
Weeping Doll poster

Weeping Doll

Movie · Original Music Composer

1950
Homecoming poster

Homecoming

Movie · Original Music Composer

1950
A Glimpse of a Flower

A Glimpse of a Flower

Movie · Original Music Composer