Tôru Takemitsu

Tôru Takemitsu

b. 1930 — d. 1996 (aged 66) Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Composer

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

Harakiri
🎞️
★ 8.6
Harakiri
1962
The Face of Another
🎞️
★ 7.8
The Face of Another
1966
Ran
🎞️
★ 8.2
Ran
1985
Rising Sun
🎞️
★ 6.3
Rising Sun
1993

Filmography

Sharaku
🎞️
★ 6.6
Sharaku
1995 Composer
Soldier's Dream
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★ 6.3
Soldier's Dream
1995 Composer
Music for the Movies: Tôru Takemitsu
🎞️
★ 7.9
Music for the Movies: Tôru Takemitsu
1994 Self Composer
Rising Sun
🎞️
★ 6.3
Rising Sun
1993 Composer
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Concrete Dream
1993 Composer
Gô-hime
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★ 6.8
Gô-hime
1992 Composer
Dream Window: Reflections on the Japanese Garden
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★ 8.2
Dream Window: Reflections on the Japanese Garden
1992 Composer
The Inland Sea
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★ 7.0
The Inland Sea
1991 Composer
Black Rain
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★ 7.8
Black Rain
1989 Composer
Rikyu
🎞️
★ 7.1
Rikyu
1989 Composer
For the Whales
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For the Whales
1989 Composer
Wuthering Heights
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★ 7.0
Wuthering Heights
1988 Composer
Brand New Day
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★ 6.6
Brand New Day
1987 Self
🎬
🎞️
★ 7.8
Kesa no aki
1987 Composer
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🎞️
A Boy Named Hiroshima
1987 Composer
Gonza the Spearman
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★ 7.0
Gonza the Spearman
1986 Composer
Ran
🎞️
★ 8.2
Ran
1985 Composer
A.K.
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★ 7.0
A.K.
1985 Composer
Fire Festival
🎞️
★ 7.1
Fire Festival
1985 Composer
Family Without a Dinner Table
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★ 7.3
Family Without a Dinner Table
1985 Composer
Antonio Gaudí
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★ 7.2
Antonio Gaudí
1984 Composer
Tokyo Trial
🎞️
★ 7.6
Tokyo Trial
1983 Composer
🎬
🎞️
★ 6.8
Lanterns on Blue Waters
1983 Composer
🎬
🎞️
★ 7.6
Prophecy
1982 Composer
Rennyo and His Mother
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★ 7.3
Rennyo and His Mother
1981 Composer
The Minamata Mural
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The Minamata Mural
1981 Composer
Ki = Breathing
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★ 7.2
Ki = Breathing
1980 Composer
Tempyo no iraka
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★ 6.5
Tempyo no iraka
1980 Composer
House of Flames
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★ 7.1
House of Flames
1979 Composer
Glowing Autumn
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★ 7.1
Glowing Autumn
1979 Composer
Empire of Passion
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★ 7.0
Empire of Passion
1978 Composer
Ballad of Orin
🎞️
★ 7.3
Ballad of Orin
1977 Composer
🎬
🎞️
★ 4.4
Flickering Flames
1977 Composer
Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees
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★ 7.3
Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees
1975 Composer
Himiko
🎞️
★ 7.1
Himiko
1974 Composer
The Fossil
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★ 7.4
The Fossil
1974 Composer
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Living on the Boughs
1974 Composer
🎬
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Shiawase
1974 Composer
The Petrified Forest
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★ 7.0
The Petrified Forest
1973 Composer
Seigen-ki
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★ 6.0
Seigen-ki
1973 Composer
Dear Summer Sister
🎞️
★ 6.2
Dear Summer Sister
1972 Composer
Summer Soldiers
🎞️
★ 6.2
Summer Soldiers
1972 Composer
Inn of Evil
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★ 7.2
Inn of Evil
1971 Composer
The Ceremony
🎞️
★ 7.2
The Ceremony
1971 Composer
Silence
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★ 7.1
Silence
1971 Composer
Yomigaeru daichi
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★ 6.0
Yomigaeru daichi
1971 Composer
Dodes'ka-den
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★ 7.3
Dodes'ka-den
1970 Composer
The Man Who Left His Will on Film
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★ 6.9
The Man Who Left His Will on Film
1970 Composer
Double Suicide
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★ 7.6
Double Suicide
1969 Writer Composer
Kyoto
🎞️
★ 7.2
Kyoto
1969 Composer
Bullet Wound
🎞️
★ 6.7
Bullet Wound
1969 Composer
The Man Without a Map
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★ 6.5
The Man Without a Map
1968 Composer
Hymn to a Tired Man
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★ 7.5
Hymn to a Tired Man
1968 Composer
Two Hearts in the Rain
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Two Hearts in the Rain
1968 Composer
Samurai Rebellion
🎞️
★ 8.3
Samurai Rebellion
1967 Composer
Scattered Clouds
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★ 7.8
Scattered Clouds
1967 Composer
Clouds at Sunset
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★ 7.3
Clouds at Sunset
1967 Composer
Izu no odoriko
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★ 8.1
Izu no odoriko
1967 Composer
The Face of Another
🎞️
★ 7.8
The Face of Another
1966 Composer
Punishment Island
🎞️
★ 7.0
Punishment Island
1966 Composer
The Kii River
🎞️
★ 7.5
The Kii River
1966 Composer
🎬
🎞️
★ 6.0
Akogare
1966 Composer
The Call of Flesh
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The Call of Flesh
1966 Composer
Samurai Spy
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★ 7.0
Samurai Spy
1965 Composer
The Koumiko Mystery
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★ 7.5
The Koumiko Mystery
1965 Composer
With Beauty and Sorrow
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★ 6.7
With Beauty and Sorrow
1965 Composer
Illusion of Blood
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★ 6.4
Illusion of Blood
1965 Composer
José Torres II
🎞️
★ 6.9
José Torres II
1965 Composer
Beast Alley
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★ 6.2
Beast Alley
1965 Composer
The Song of Bwana Toshi
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★ 6.0
The Song of Bwana Toshi
1965 Composer
Saigô no shinpan
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★ 7.8
Saigô no shinpan
1965 Composer
Woman in the Dunes
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★ 8.4
Woman in the Dunes
1964 Composer
Kwaidan
🎞️
★ 7.9
Kwaidan
1964 Composer
Pale Flower
🎞️
★ 7.7
Pale Flower
1964 Composer
Assassination
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★ 7.1
Assassination
1964 Composer
White Morning
🎞️
★ 6.9
White Morning
1964 Composer
Love
🎞️
★ 5.2
Love
1964 Composer
Escape from Japan
🎞️
★ 6.1
Escape from Japan
1964 Composer
La fleur de l'âge, ou Les adolescentes
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★ 6.3
La fleur de l'âge, ou Les adolescentes
1964 Composer
Children Hand in Hand
🎞️
★ 7.5
Children Hand in Hand
1964 Composer
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Nyotai
1964 Composer
🎬
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Car Thieves
1964 Composer
🎬
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Yves Klein Le Monochrome
1964 Composer
Our Happiness Alone
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Our Happiness Alone
1964 Composer
Alone on the Pacific
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★ 7.0
Alone on the Pacific
1963 Composer
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
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★ 7.1
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
1963 Composer
She and He
🎞️
★ 7.2
She and He
1963 Composer
Shiro to kuro
🎞️
★ 7.3
Shiro to kuro
1963 Composer
🎬
🎞️
Wonderful Bad Woman
1963 Composer
Harakiri
🎞️
★ 8.6
Harakiri
1962 Composer
Pitfall
🎞️
★ 7.5
Pitfall
1962 Composer
Love at Twenty
🎞️
★ 7.1
Love at Twenty
1962 Composer
The Inheritance
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★ 7.4
The Inheritance
1962 Composer
A Flame at the Pier
🎞️
★ 6.8
A Flame at the Pier
1962 Composer
🎬
🎞️
★ 4.4
Ningen dôbutsuen
1962 Composer
Atami Blues
🎞️
★ 6.7
Atami Blues
1962 Composer
The Body
🎞️
★ 6.2
The Body
1962 Composer
Mitasareta seikatsu
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Mitasareta seikatsu
1962 Composer
Bad Boys
🎞️
★ 6.7
Bad Boys
1961 Composer
Mozu
🎞️
★ 7.4
Mozu
1961 Composer
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