--- name: "Sei Ikeno" canonical: "https://film.one/person/sei-ikeno" fi1m_id: "sei-ikeno" imdb_id: "nm0407502" tmdb_id: 1063401 wikidata_id: "Q3477774" roles: ["Composer"] born: "24 February 1931" died: "13 August 2004" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 79 average_over: 2 updated: "2026-09-28T20:38:12.437681+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." --- # Sei Ikeno ## Identity Sei Ikeno - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sei-ikeno - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** sei-ikeno - **IMDb ID:** nm0407502 - **TMDB ID:** 1063401 - **Wikidata ID:** Q3477774 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sei_Ikeno, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3477774, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0407502/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1063401 Composer. Born 24 February 1931 in Sapporo, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. Died 13 August 2004. ## Details - **Work:** Composer - **Born:** 24 February 1931, Sapporo, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan - **Died:** 13 August 2004 - **Active:** 1954–1964 - **Also known as:** Ikeno Sei - **Frequently works with:** [Akira Ifukube](https://film.one/person/akira-ifukube.md), [Ishirō Honda](https://film.one/person/ishiro-honda.md), [Shinichi Sekizawa](https://film.one/person/shinichi-sekizawa.md) - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 88 (1), 1960s 70 (1) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sei_Ikeno, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3477774, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0407502/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1063401 ## Streaming the US now - **Apple TV:** [*Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster*](https://film.one/film/ghidorah-the-three-headed-monster.md) (70) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Sei Ikeno (24 February 1931 – 13 August 2004) was a Japanese composer. Born in Sapporo, Hokkaido, he studied at the Tokyo Music School (now Tokyo University of the Arts) under Tomojirō Ikenouchi and Akira Ifukube, and won second prize in the orchestra section of the 21st Japan Music Competition in 1952 for his *Introduction et allegro symphonique*. He served as an uncredited assistant composer to Ifukube on several Toho kaiju films, including *Godzilla* (1954), *King Kong vs. Godzilla* (1962) and *Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster* (1964). Ikeno composed scores for nearly 150 films from the mid-1950s onwards, working with directors including Kōzaburō Yoshimura, Yūzō Kawashima and Yasuzō Masumura, and contributing to the *Zatoichi* series. He also lectured on composition and orchestration at the Tokyo College of Music and Tokyo University of the Arts. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, wikizilla.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) - *Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster* (1964), Fi1m 70, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/ghidorah-the-three-headed-monster.md) - *Godzilla* (1954), Fi1m 88, Additional Music — [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla.md) ## Complete filmography (140) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Make-Up* (1984), Music - *Godzilla* (1977), Additional Music - *Swedish Porno: Dripping of Honey* (1973), Original Music Composer - *Kage no tsume* (1972), Music - *Jealousy* (1971), Music - *Rikugun rakugo-hei* (1971), Music - *Man on a False Flight* (1971), Original Music Composer - *Sweet Secret* (1971), Music - *Love Forsaken* (1971), Music - *Live and Learn* (1971), Original Music Composer - *Forbidden Affair* (1970), Music - *Innocent Sinner* (1970), Music - *与太郎戦記 女は幾万ありとても* (1970), Music - *Blood End* (1969), Original Music Composer - *The Wild Sea* (1969), Music - *The Sea Anemone* (1969), Original Music Composer - *The Tempters: Smile After Tears* (1969), Music - *The Woman Killer* (1969), Music - *出獄四十八時間* (1969), Original Music Composer - *Record of a Girls' High School Doctor: Fainting* (1969), Music - *Samaritan Zatoichi* (1968), Original Music Composer - *The Age of Undutiful Children* (1968), Music - *Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare* (1968), Music - *The Diary of a Sex Counsellor 2* (1968), Music - *The Fox with Nine Tails* (1968), Music - *High School Geisha* (1968), Music - *Record of a Girls' High School Doctor: Pregnancy* (1968), Music - *The Bride from Hades* (1968), Original Music Composer - *School for Thieves* (1968), Music - *The Night before Pearl Harbor* (1968), Music - *The Diary of a Sex Counsellor* (1968), Music - *Affair in the Snow* (1968), Original Music Composer - *The House of the Sleeping Virgins* (1968), Original Music Composer - *Shogun and His Mistress 2* (1967), Sound Director - *Zatoichi the Outlaw* (1967), Original Music Composer - *A Fallen Woman* (1967), Original Music Composer - *The Affair* (1967), Original Music Composer - *Night Trap* (1967), Music - *Shroud of Snow* (1967), Music - *A Woman's Gamble* (1966), Original Music Composer - *The Great White Tower* (1966), Original Music Composer - *Red Angel* (1966), Original Music Composer - *A Drop of Grease* (1966), Music - *Woman of the Lake* (1966), Original Music Composer - *You and I* (1966), Music - *Love and Desire in the Night Mist* (1966), Original Music Composer - *Wild Geese* (1966), Music - *Young Girls Are Everywhere* (1966), Music - *Freezing Point* (1966), Original Music Composer - *Tokyo Ninja Force* (1966), Original Music Composer - *Kokoro no sanmyaku* (1966), Music - *牝犬脱走* (1965), Original Music Composer - *An Innocent Witch* (1965), Original Music Composer - *雲を呼ぶ講道館* (1965), Original Music Composer - *The Witness' Chair* (1965), Original Music Composer - *Tale of Japanese Burglars* (1965), Original Music Composer - *A Chair in the Sunshine* (1965), Music - *The School of Flesh* (1965), Music - *The Forest of No Escape* (1965), Original Music Composer - *Shinobi No Mono 5: Return of Mist Saizo* (1964), Original Music Composer - *Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster* (1964), Music — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/ghidorah-the-three-headed-monster.md) - *Sweet Seventeen* (1964), Original Music Composer - *The Price of Victory* (1964), Original Music Composer - *The Gorgeous Geisha* (1964), Music - *High School Juniors (Part II)* (1964), Music - *Green Fruit* (1964), Original Music Composer - *On the Road Forever* (1964), Original Music Composer - *Zatoichi's Flashing Sword* (1964), Original Music Composer - *A Story from Echigo* (1964), Original Music Composer - *A Public Benefactor* (1964), Original Music Composer - *Ken* (1964), Original Music Composer - *Black Speeding* (1964), Music - *Lips of Ruin* (1963), Music - *Bamboo Doll of Echizen* (1963), Original Music Composer - *Sentimental Mobsters* (1963), Music - *Fifty-Fifty* (1963), Music - *Black Dead Ball* (1963), Music - *The Red Water* (1963), Original Music Composer - *Ninja in a Business Suit* (1963), Original Music Composer - *All My Children* (1963), Original Music Composer - *Black Report* (1963), Original Music Composer - *Record of a Marathon Runner* (1963), Original Music Composer - *Elegant Beast* (1962), Original Music Composer - *A Woman's Life* (1962), Music - *Mount Hakone* (1962), Original Music Composer - *The Midday Trap* (1962), Original Music Composer - *King Kong vs. Godzilla* (1962), Music - *Black Test Car* (1962), Original Music Composer - *This Madding Crowd* (1962), Music - *Yoru no keisha* (1962), Music - *Musume to watashi* (1962), Music - *Stolen Pleasure* (1962), Original Music Composer - *Long Way to Okinawa* (1962), Music - *Woman of Design* (1962), Original Music Composer - *The Temple of Wild Geese* (1962), Original Music Composer - *Their Legacy* (1962), Music - *Shadow of a Flower* (1961), Music - *Otoko no meigara* (1961), Music - *A Geisha's Diary* (1961), Original Music Composer - *As the Clouds Scatter* (1961), Original Music Composer - *A Design for Dying* (1961), Music - *Shin Jinsei Gekijo* (1961), Music - *Big Shots Die at Dawn* (1961), Original Music Composer - *Les Mesdemoiselles* (1961), Original Music Composer - *The Wind and Waves* (1961), Music - *Tejō ni kaketa koi* (1961), Music - *Marriageable Age* (1961), Original Music Composer - *Modern Moneymaking* (1960), Music - *The Brass General* (1960), Original Music Composer - *Reporters from the Sky* (1960), Music - *The Blue Beast* (1960), Original Music Composer - *Just Barely* (1960), Music - *The Secret of the Telegian* (1960), Original Music Composer - *Secret* (1960), Music - *The Lost Alibi* (1960), Original Music Composer - *Lubricating Oil* (1960), Music - *The Enchanting Devil* (1959), Original Music Composer - *The Cola Game* (1959), Original Music Composer - *Vagabond Employee: Revenge* (1959), Original Music Composer - *新しい製鉄所* (1959), Music - *Vagabond Employee: Outcry* (1959), Original Music Composer - *Our Mother* (1959), Music - *The Big Scoop: Challenge at Twilight* (1959), Music - *The Big Scoop: The Third Woman* (1959), Music - *Disobedience* (1958), Original Music Composer - *The Ladder of Success* (1958), Music - *A Grain of Wheat* (1958), Music - *俺たちは狂っていない* (1958), Music - *In Self-Defense* (1958), Music - *Night Butterflies* (1957), Original Music Composer - *Hadaka no Machi* (1957), Music - *The Lonely Swordsman (Part 2)* (1957), Original Music Composer - *Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean* (1957), Additional Music - *危険な関係* (1957), Music - *The Lonely Swordsman (Part 1)* (1956), Original Music Composer - *Yonjū-hassai no teikō* (1956), Music - *Undercurrent* (1956), Original Music Composer - *Godzilla, King of the Monsters!* (1956), Additional Music - *Wedding Day* (1956), Music - *Godzilla* (1954), Additional Music — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla.md) --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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