---
name: "Michio Mamiya"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michio-mamiya"
fi1m_id: "michio-mamiya"
imdb_id: "nm2197915"
tmdb_id: 72419
wikidata_id: "Q707085"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "29 June 1929"
died: "11 December 2024"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:10:44.076771+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Michio Mamiya

## Identity

Michio Mamiya

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michio-mamiya
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michio-mamiya
- **IMDb ID:** nm2197915
- **TMDB ID:** 72419
- **Wikidata ID:** Q707085
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michio_Mamiya, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q707085, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2197915/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/72419

Composer. Born 29 June 1929 in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan. Died 11 December 2024.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 29 June 1929, Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan
- **Died:** 11 December 2024
- **Also known as:** 間宮 芳生
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michio_Mamiya, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q707085, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2197915/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/72419

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Grave of the Fireflies*](https://film.one/film/grave-of-the-fireflies.md) (94)

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## Biography

Michio Mamiya (間宮 芳生) was a Japanese composer. He was born on 29 June 1929 in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, and died on 11 December 2024 in Tokyo. He studied composition at the Tokyo School of Music (now Tokyo University of the Arts).

Mamiya composed film scores including *Horus: Prince of the Sun* (1968), *Gauche the Cellist* (1982) and *Grave of the Fireflies* (1988). His opera *Narukami* (1974), based on a kabuki play, won a grand prix at the Salzburg Television Opera Festival. He also wrote numerous choral and orchestral works drawing on Japanese folk music traditions.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Grave of the Fireflies* (1988), Fi1m 94, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/grave-of-the-fireflies.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Story of Yanagawa Waterways* (2026), Original Music Composer
- *Grave of the Fireflies* (1988), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 94, [page](https://film.one/film/grave-of-the-fireflies.md)
- *Gauche the Cellist* (1982), Original Music Composer
- *Uneasy Questions* (1979), Music
- *Hands* (1975), Music
- *助け合いの歴史　生命保険物語* (1973), Music
- *A Woman Called En* (1971), Original Music Composer
- *Japan World Expo* (1971), Music
- *River Without a Bridge Part 2* (1970), Music
- *River Without a Bridge* (1969), Original Music Composer
- *Horus: Prince of the Sun* (1968), Original Music Composer
- *Ryoma ga Yuku* (1968), series, Music
- *Nippon Express Carries the Olympics to Tokyo* (1964), Music
- *美しい国土―その生いたち―* (1964), Original Music Composer
- *Farm Girls* (1962), Original Music Composer
- *Kōkōsei to jokyōshi hijō no seishun* (1962), Music
- *石ころの唄* (1962), Original Music Composer
- *Hidden Fangs* (1961), Music
- *Love Letter* (1959), Original Music Composer
- *The New Steel* (1956), Music

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Fumio Koizumi Prize for Ethnomusicology 2000: Fumio Koizumi Prize for Ethnomusicology (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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