---
name: "Minoru Miki"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/minoru-miki"
fi1m_id: "minoru-miki"
imdb_id: "nm0586523"
tmdb_id: 2230329
wikidata_id: "Q1422441"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "16 March 1930"
died: "8 December 2011"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T00:08:28.998817+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."
---

# Minoru Miki

## Identity

Minoru Miki

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/minoru-miki
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** minoru-miki
- **IMDb ID:** nm0586523
- **TMDB ID:** 2230329
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1422441
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minoru_Miki, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1422441, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0586523/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2230329

Composer. Born 16 March 1930 in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. Died 8 December 2011.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 16 March 1930, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan
- **Died:** 8 December 2011
- **Also known as:** 三木 稔
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minoru_Miki, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1422441, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0586523/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2230329

## Biography

Minoru Miki (三木 稔) was a Japanese composer and artistic director. He was born on 16 March 1930 in Tokushima Prefecture and died on 8 December 2011 in Tokyo.

He graduated from the Tokyo University of the Arts. In 1964 he founded the ensemble Pro Musica Nipponia (Nihon Ongaku Shūdan), for which he composed extensively and which he directed for twenty years. He promoted the use of traditional Japanese, Chinese and Korean instruments in contemporary music.

Miki composed the score for the film *In the Realm of the Senses* (1976), directed by Nagisa Ōshima. His catalogue includes operas, orchestral and chamber works, and other film scores. He received the Medal with Purple Ribbon in 1994 and the Order of the Rising Sun in 2000.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *In the Realm of the Senses* (1976), Fi1m 74, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/in-the-realm-of-the-senses.md)

## Complete filmography (22)

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

- *Concerto di Carnevale* (2019), Music
- *Inside Mishima* (1985), Music
- *又鬼　狩猟民の系譜* (1982), Music
- *Shinto: Nature, Gods, and Man in Japan* (1977), Music
- *The Far Road* (1977), Original Music Composer
- *Eros Eterna* (1977), Music
- *In the Realm of the Senses* (1976), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/in-the-realm-of-the-senses.md)
- *Message from Minamata to the World* (1976), Music
- *Blue in Isezaki* (1968), Music
- *The Cabbage Butterfly* (1968), Music
- *Nerves for Victory* (1966), Original Music Composer
- *Three Generations of Yakuza* (1966), Original Music Composer
- *Flower and Dragon: Duel of the Sea Caves* (1966), Music
- *The Flower and the Dragon* (1965), Original Music Composer
- *Exchange Student Chua Swee Lin* (1965), Music
- *Modae* (1964), Original Music Composer
- *On the Road: A Document* (1964), Original Music Composer
- *The Life of Rikisha-Man* (1963), Original Music Composer
- *ジガバチモドキの観察* (1962), Original Music Composer
- *Karate, the Hand of Death* (1961), Music
- *Police Precinct Part 8* (1958), Music
- *Police Precinct Part 7* (1958), Music

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize 2009: Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize (won)

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

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