Toshirō Mayuzumi

Personal Info

Know For

Sound

Gender

Male

Birthday

1929-02-20 (68 years old)

Deathday

1997-04-10

Place of Birth

Yokohama, Japan

Toshirō Mayuzumi

Biography

Toshiro Mayuzumi (黛 敏郎 Mayuzumi Toshirō [majɯzɯmi toɕiɾoː]; 20 February 1929, in Yokohama – 10 April 1997, in 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 ...

Acting

1953

Production

1977

Japan's Don

as Original Music Composer

1961

The End of Summer

as Original Music Composer

1959

Good Morning

as Original Music Composer

1956

Street of Shame

as Original Music Composer

1954

The Woman in the Rumor

as Original Music Composer

1967

A Man Vanishes

as Original Music Composer

1961

A Good Man, A Good Day

as Original Music Composer

1964

The Flame of Devotion

as Original Music Composer

1955

A Woman's Life

as Original Music Composer

1980

Tokugawa Ichizoku no Houkai

as Original Music Composer

1969

Safari 5000

as Original Music Composer

1968

Profound Desires of the Gods

as Original Music Composer

1968

Neon taiheiki

as Original Music Composer

1967

1964

Revenge

as Original Music Composer

1968

The Sands of Kurobe

as Original Music Composer

1962

I Hate But Love

as Original Music Composer

1958

Woman Unveiled

as Original Music Composer

1963

The Insect Woman

as Original Music Composer

1961

The Estuary

as Original Music Composer

1958

Endless Desire

as Original Music Composer

1960

The Day of Youth

as Original Music Composer

1967

Reflections in a Golden Eye

as Original Music Composer

1966

The Bible: In the Beginning...

as Original Music Composer

1966

The Pornographers

as Original Music Composer

1962

Foundry Town

as Original Music Composer

1962

Black Lizard

as Original Music Composer

1960

The Warped Ones

as Original Music Composer

1958

Stolen Desire

as Original Music Composer

1951

Carmen Comes Home

as Original Music Composer

1964

You Can Succeed, Too

as Original Music Composer

1961

Pigs and Battleships

as Original Music Composer

1958

Stakeout

as Original Music Composer

1960

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

as Original Music Composer

1960

The False Student

as Original Music Composer

1970

Tiger Child

as Original Music Composer

1959

A Secret Rendezvous

as Original Music Composer

1959

My Second Brother

as Original Music Composer

1953

The Lovers

as Original Music Composer

1963

Bad Girl

as Original Music Composer

1967

The Black Sheep

as Original Music Composer

1959

Immoral Lecture

as Original Music Composer

1965

1968

Good-bye Moscow

as Original Music Composer

1951

Home Sweet Home

as Original Music Composer

1952

The Waves

as Original Music Composer

1955

Christ in Bronze

as Original Music Composer

1962

Drunkard's Paradise

as Original Music Composer

1970

1954

The Cock Crows Twice

as Original Music Composer

1960

A Woman’s Uphill Slope

as Original Music Composer

1962

Born in Sin

as Original Music Composer

1958

The Days of Evil Women

as Original Music Composer

1958

The Seasons of Love

as Original Music Composer

1957

The Face

as Original Music Composer

1978

Japanese Godfather: Conclusion

as Original Music Composer

1964

The Hunter's Diary

as Original Music Composer

1958

Conflagration

as Original Music Composer

1965

The Radish and the Carrot

as Original Music Composer

1957

Temptation

as Original Music Composer

1957

But the Flesh is Weak

as Original Music Composer

1961

That Guy and I

as Original Music Composer

1952

The Woman Who Touched the Legs

as Original Music Composer

1960

Wait for Tomorrow

as Original Music Composer

1960

The Girls and the Students

as Original Music Composer

1955

Ghost Story of Youth

as Original Music Composer

1952

This Way, That Way

as Original Music Composer

1962

Rainbow Over Kinmon

as Original Music Composer

1962

Glass-Hearted Johnny

as Original Music Composer

1967

Thirst for Love

as Original Music Composer

1966

The Daphne

as Original Music Composer

1957

A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era

as Original Music Composer

1966

The Heart of Hiroshima

as Original Music Composer

1984

Appassionata

as Original Music Composer

1965

Taking the Castle

as Original Music Composer

1963

The Mud-Spattered Pure Heart

as Original Music Composer

1964

Flora on the Sand

as Original Music Composer

1963

The Gambling Monk

as Original Music Composer

1960

Jungle Block

as Original Music Composer

1956

The Balloon

as Original Music Composer

1955

Burden of Love

as Original Music Composer

1969

The Girl I Abandoned

as Original Music Composer

1955

Till We Meet Again

as Original Music Composer

1954

Between Yesterday and Tomorrow

as Original Music Composer

1953

Mr. Pu

as Original Music Composer

1953

Youth of Heiji Senigata

as Original Music Composer

1959

1957

Shūkin ryokō

as Original Music Composer

1971

Evil Spirits in the Darkness

as Original Music Composer

1970

The Summit of Mt. Fuji

as Original Music Composer

1964

The Eternal Life

as Original Music Composer

1964

Intentions of Murder

as Original Music Composer

1964

Brand of Evil

as Original Music Composer

1964

Black Sun

as Original Music Composer

1963

Tale of Scarlet Love

as Original Music Composer

1963

Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai

as Original Music Composer

1963

Futari dake no toride

as Original Music Composer

1963

I Fly for Kicks

as Original Music Composer

1962

The Lucky General

as Original Music Composer

1961

The Big Wave

as Original Music Composer

1960

The Dangerous Kiss

as Original Music Composer

1960

Irohanihoheto

as Original Music Composer

1960

Mystery of the Himalayas

as Original Music Composer

1959

Pineapple Butai

as Original Music Composer

1959

The Beast Shall Die

as Original Music Composer

1959

Temptation on Glamour Island

as Original Music Composer

1958

続夫婦百景

as Original Music Composer

1957

The Unbalanced Wheel

as Original Music Composer

1956

Karakoram

as Original Music Composer

1955

The Mask and Destiny

as Original Music Composer

1954

Women's House

as Original Music Composer

1954

The Surf

as Original Music Composer

1954

Mother's First Love

as Original Music Composer

1954

Edo no yubae

as Original Music Composer

1954

1954

Love and Duty

as Original Music Composer

1953

The Blue Revolution

as Original Music Composer

1953

Ganpeki

as Original Music Composer

1953

Sunflower Girl

as Original Music Composer

1953

Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido

as Original Music Composer

1951

Pure White Nights

as Original Music Composer

1951

Ah, Youth

as Original Music Composer

1966

Watashi, chigatteiru kashira

as Original Music Composer

1963

1959

Akatsuki no chiheisen

as Original Music Composer

1958

1961

The Storm over Arabia

as Original Music Composer

1958

Hibi no haishin

as Original Music Composer

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