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name: "Susumu Hirasawa"
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roles: ["Composer"]
born: "2 April 1954"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 83
updated: "2026-09-17T06:34:15.333326+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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# Susumu Hirasawa

Composer. Born 2 April 1954 in Adachi, Tokyo, Japan.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 2 April 1954, Adachi, Tokyo, Japan
- **Active:** 2002–2006
- **Works often with:** [Satoshi Kon](https://film.one/person/satoshi-kon.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q930143, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0386279/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/40339

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Millennium Actress*](https://film.one/film/millennium-actress.md) (86)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Paprika*](https://film.one/film/paprika.md) (80)

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## Biography

Susumu Hirasawa is a Japanese composer and musician. He took up the electric guitar in elementary school and in 1973 formed the progressive rock band Mandrake. In 1979 he reformed the group as the electronic rock band P-Model; he launched a solo career in 1989 while continuing with P-Model until its disbandment in 2000.

Hirasawa is known for his soundtracks for anime, including the 1997 television series *Berserk* and the films of director Satoshi Kon. He composed the music for *Millennium Actress* (2002) and *Paprika* (2006). He studied at Tokyo Designer Gakuin College.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Paprika* (2006), Fi1m 80, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/paprika.md)
- *Millennium Actress* (2002), Fi1m 86, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/millennium-actress.md)

## Also known for

- *Berserk* (1997), Original Music Composer
- *Paranoia Agent* (2004), Original Music Composer, Theme Song Performance
- *Berserk: The Golden Age Arc – Memorial Edition* (2022), Theme Song Performance

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