Toru Takemitsu

Composer

About

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Birth Place

China

Born

October 08, 1930

Died

February 20, 1996

Filmography

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Music for the Movies: Toru Takemitsu (1993)

Brand New Day (1987)

Double Suicide (1970)

100 Years of Japanese Cinema (1995)

Rising Sun (1993)

Photos & Videos

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Crazed Fruit (1956) -- (Movie Clip) Opening, It's A Total Bore

Woman In The Dunes -- (Movie Clip) It's Not Impossible

Biography

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Music for the Movies: Toru Takemitsu (1993)

Brand New Day (1987)

Writer (Feature Film)

Double Suicide (1970)

Music (Feature Film)

100 Years of Japanese Cinema (1995)

Rising Sun (1993)

The Inland Sea (1992)

Basara: Princess Goh (1992)

Black Rain (1989)

Arashi Ga Oka (1988)

Gonza the Spearman (1986)

Natsu No Omoto (1985)

Music ("String Quartet No 1")

Himatsuri (1985)

Shokutaku No Nai Ie (1985)

Tokyo Saiban (1985)

Antonio Gaudi (1984)

Le Musee du Louvre (1979)

Empire of Passion (1978)

Seigenki (1973)

Tokyo Senso Sengo Hiwa (1971)

The Ceremony (1971)

Summer Soldiers (1971)

Inochi Bonifuro (1971)

Dodes'ka-Den (1971)

Bullet Wound (1970)

Double Suicide (1970)

Nanami: Inferno of First Love (1969)

Once a Rainy Day (1968)

Two in the Shadow (1968)

The Koumiko Mystery (1967)

Samurai Rebellion (1967)

She and He (1967)

The Face of Another (1967)

Bwana Toshi (1967)

Beast Alley (1966)

The Call of Flesh (1966)

Illusion of Blood (1966)

The Body (1964)

Woman in the Dunes (1964)

My Enemy, the Sea (1964)

Pressure of Guilt (1964)

Twin Sisters of Kyoto (1964)

Harakiri (1963)

Love at Twenty (1963)

Music for "Japan"

She and He (1963)

Youth in Fury (1961)

Sound (Feature Film)

Antonio Gaudi (1984)

Cast (Special)

Dream Window: Reflections on the Japanese Garden (1992)

Music (Special)

Dream Window: Reflections on the Japanese Garden (1992)

Life Events

Videos

Crazed Fruit (1956) -- (Movie Clip) Opening, It's A Total Bore Opening credits and the introduction of innocent brother Haruji (Masahiko Tsugawa) and more experienced Natsuhisa (Yujiro Ishihara) in director Ko Nakahira's Crazed Fruit, 1956.

Woman In The Dunes -- (Movie Clip) It's Not Impossible After waking up hallucinating, "The Man" (Eiji Okada) discovers that the mysterious villagers intend for him to stay in the sand-surrounded home of "The Woman" (Kyoko Kishida), in Woman In The Dunes, 1964.

Woman In The Dunes -- (Movie Clip) Swallowed Up Having missed the bus home, happy to be put up for the night, "The Man" (Eiji Okada) fiddles with his bugs and converses with "The Woman" (Kyoko Kishida) in her sand-immersed home, in Hiroshi Teshigahara's Woman In The Dunes, 1964.

Woman In The Dunes -- (Movie Clip) I Collect Bugs Microscopic shots of sand, and bugs, music by Toru Takemitsu, and teacher-entomologist Eiji Okada ("The Man") staggering around, opening Hiroshi Teshigahara's celebrated Woman In The Dunes, 1964.

Crazed Fruit (1956) -- (Movie Clip) Dead Serious Plenty of heat as Yujiro Ishihara and Mie Kitahara (who would become Japan's leading movie romantic team) have a candid and physical encounter in director Ko Nakahira's Crazed Fruit, 1956.

Crazed Fruit (1956) -- (Movie Clip) Blue Sky Hipster Frank (Masumi Okada) is the center of attention until Natsuhisa (Yujiro Ishihara) spots Eri (Mie Kitahara) on the balcony of the night club in director Ko Nakahira's Crazed Fruit, 1956.

Crazed Fruit (1956) -- (Movie Clip) Drifting Water-skiing and muted lust as Haruji (Masahiko Tsugawa) and Eri (Mie Kitahara) meet at the beach in director Ko Nakahira's "Sun Tribe" drama Crazed Fruit, 1956.

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