Tōru Takemitsu

Tōru Takemitsu

Actor · Director · Writer

Tokyo, Japan
October 8, 1930

Biography

Toru Takemitsu was a Japanese composer. He composed several hundred independent works of music, scored more than ninety films and published twenty books.

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Representative Works

Harakiri
Harakiri
8.5
/ Japanese
Ran
Ran
8.0
/ Japanese
Woman in the Dunes
Woman in the Dunes
8.2
/ Japanese
Rising Sun
Rising Sun
6.2
/ English
Empire of Passion
Empire of Passion
6.8
/ Japanese
Kwaidan
Kwaidan
7.7
/ Japanese
Samurai Rebellion
Samurai Rebellion
8.3
/ Japanese
Double Suicide
Double Suicide
7.0
/ Japanese
The Face of Another
The Face of Another
7.8
/ Japanese
Rikyu
Rikyu
7.5
/ Japanese
The Empty Table
The Empty Table
6.9
/ Japanese
Crazed Fruit
Crazed Fruit
6.9
/ Japanese

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Harakiri
1962Winner

Best Performance

Harakiri

Ran
1985Winner

Best Performance

Ran

Woman in the Dunes
1964Winner

Best Performance

Woman in the Dunes

Career Highlights

Rising Sun
1993Highlight

Best Performance

Rising Sun

Empire of Passion
1978Highlight

Best Performance

Empire of Passion

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