---
name: "Takanobu Saitō"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/takanobu-saito"
fi1m_id: "takanobu-saito"
imdb_id: "nm0756907"
tmdb_id: 993587
wikidata_id: "Q3514176"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "8 December 1924"
died: "11 April 2004"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 87
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-26T14:25:07.430020+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."
---

# Takanobu Saitō

## Identity

Takanobu Saitō

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/takanobu-saito
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** takanobu-saito
- **IMDb ID:** nm0756907
- **TMDB ID:** 993587
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3514176
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3514176, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0756907/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/993587

Composer. Born 8 December 1924 in Tokyo, Japan. Died 11 April 2004.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 8 December 1924, Tokyo, Japan
- **Died:** 11 April 2004
- **Active:** 1953–1962
- **Also known as:** Kojun Saitô
- **Frequently works with:** [Kōgo Noda](https://film.one/person/kogo-noda.md), [Yasujirō Ozu](https://film.one/person/yasujiro-ozu.md), [Chishū Ryū](https://film.one/person/chishu-ryu.md), [Haruko Sugimura](https://film.one/person/haruko-sugimura.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 88 (2), 1960s 86 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 87 to 82 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3514176, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0756907/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/993587

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Tokyo Story*](https://film.one/film/tokyo-story.md) (92), [*An Autumn Afternoon*](https://film.one/film/an-autumn-afternoon.md) (86), [*Floating Weeds*](https://film.one/film/floating-weeds.md) (84)

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## Biography

Takanobu Saitō, also credited as Kojun Saitô, was a Japanese composer and conductor. He was born in Tokyo on 8 December 1924 and died on 11 April 2004.

He is best known for composing the scores for several films directed by Yasujirō Ozu, including *Tokyo Story* (1953), *Early Spring* (1956), *Tokyo Twilight* (1957), *Equinox Flower* (1958), *Floating Weeds* (1959), *Late Autumn* (1960) and *An Autumn Afternoon* (1962). He also wrote music for other films and composed orchestral, wind band and chamber works.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *An Autumn Afternoon* (1962), Fi1m 86, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/an-autumn-afternoon.md)
- *Floating Weeds* (1959), Fi1m 84, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/floating-weeds.md)
- *Tokyo Story* (1953), Fi1m 92, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/tokyo-story.md)

## Complete filmography (35)

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

- *Lil’ Tokyo Story* (2016), Music
- *Talking with Ozu* (1993), Original Music Composer
- *I Lived, But...* (1983), Original Music Composer
- *Youth After School* (1963), Music
- *Children of Izu* (1962), Original Music Composer
- *An Autumn Afternoon* (1962), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/an-autumn-afternoon.md)
- *Shashō monogatari tabi wa michidzure* (1962), Music
- *Ashita no Kaze* (1962), series, Music
- *君恋し* (1962), Music
- *Cat Changed Into Tiger* (1962), Music
- *Season of Farewell* (1962), Original Music Composer
- *The Song of the Season* (1961), Music
- *Dawn of a Canvas* (1961), Original Music Composer
- *Dai shusse monogatari* (1961), Music
- *Late Autumn* (1960), Original Music Composer
- *Ajisai no uta* (1960), Music
- *Floating Weeds* (1959), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/floating-weeds.md)
- *Equinox Flower* (1958), Original Music Composer
- *Unga* (1958), Music
- *The Awakening* (1957), Music
- *Mountain Pass* (1957), Music
- *The Barefoot Girl* (1957), Music
- *The Way of Youth* (1957), Music
- *Shiroi natsu* (1957), Music
- *Tokyo Twilight* (1957), Original Music Composer
- *Joshiryōsai* (1957), Music
- *孤独の人* (1957), Music
- *Ai wa furu hoshi no kanata ni* (1956), Music
- *Densuke no senden kyō* (1956), Music
- *Nuesan no oyomeiri* (1956), Music
- *Early Spring* (1956), Original Music Composer
- *Forever a Woman* (1955), Original Music Composer
- *Shōnen shikeishū* (1955), Music
- *The Moon Has Risen* (1955), Original Music Composer
- *Tokyo Story* (1953), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/tokyo-story.md)

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