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name: "Toshirō Mayuzumi"
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imdb_id: "nm0006191"
tmdb_id: 25800
wikidata_id: "Q520111"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "20 February 1929"
died: "10 April 1997"
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# Toshirō Mayuzumi

## Identity

Toshirō Mayuzumi

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/toshiro-mayuzumi
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** toshiro-mayuzumi
- **IMDb ID:** nm0006191
- **TMDB ID:** 25800
- **Wikidata ID:** Q520111
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toshiro_Mayuzumi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q520111, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006191/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/25800

Composer. Born 20 February 1929 in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Died 10 April 1997.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 20 February 1929, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
- **Died:** 10 April 1997
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toshiro_Mayuzumi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q520111, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006191/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/25800

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Tokyo Olympiad*](https://film.one/film/tokyo-olympiad.md) (88)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Toshirō Mayuzumi was a Japanese composer. He studied composition at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, graduating in 1951, and spent a year at the Paris Conservatoire.

He composed more than a hundred film scores between 1951 and 1984, including the music for *Tokyo Olympiad* (1965). His other notable scores include *Street of Shame* (1956), *When a Woman Ascends the Stairs* (1960), *The End of Summer* (1961), *The Insect Woman* (1963), *The Pornographers* (1966), *The Bible: In the Beginning...* (1966) — for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Score — *Reflections in a Golden Eye* (1967) and *Profound Desires of the Gods* (1968). He also wrote symphonies, ballets and operas, and was a pioneer of musique concrète and electronic music in Japan. Mayuzumi received the Otaka Prize twice and the Purple Medal of Merit.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, allmusic.com, nytimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Tokyo Olympiad* (1965), Fi1m 88, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/tokyo-olympiad.md)

## Complete filmography (168)

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

- *The Convent* (1995), Original Music Composer
- *The Last Dance* (1993), Original Music Composer
- *Appassionata* (1984), Original Music Composer
- *Tokugawa Ichizoku no Houkai* (1980), Original Music Composer
- *Japanese Godfather: Conclusion* (1978), Original Music Composer
- *Japanese Godfather: Ambition* (1977), Original Music Composer
- *Japan's Don* (1977), Original Music Composer
- *Evil Spirits in the Darkness* (1971), as Narrator · Original Music Composer
- *Noon and Midnight* (1970), Original Music Composer
- *History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess* (1970), Original Music Composer
- *Tiger Child* (1970), Original Music Composer
- *The Summit of Mt. Fuji* (1970), Original Music Composer
- *The Kremlin Letter* (1970), Original Music Composer
- *The Girl I Abandoned* (1969), Original Music Composer
- *Safari 5000* (1969), Original Music Composer
- *Profound Desires of the Gods* (1968), Original Music Composer
- *The Neon Taiheiki* (1968), as Original Music Composer
- *Good-bye Moscow* (1968), Original Music Composer
- *The Sands of Kurobe* (1968), Original Music Composer
- *Reflections in a Golden Eye* (1967), Original Music Composer
- *A Man Vanishes* (1967), Original Music Composer
- *Juvenile Delinquent: Shout of the Rising Sun* (1967), Original Music Composer
- *Thirst for Love* (1967), Original Music Composer
- *The Black Sheep* (1967), Original Music Composer
- *Asiapol Secret Service* (1966), Original Music Composer
- *The Daphne* (1966), Original Music Composer
- *The Bible: In the Beginning...* (1966), Original Music Composer
- *The Heart of Hiroshima* (1966), Original Music Composer
- *Watashi, chigatteiru kashira* (1966), Original Music Composer
- *The Pornographers* (1966), Original Music Composer
- *Tokyo Olympics (International Version)* (1965), Music
- *Tokyo Olympiad* (1965), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/tokyo-olympiad.md)
- *Taking the Castle* (1965), Original Music Composer
- *The Radish and the Carrot* (1965), Original Music Composer
- *The Flame of Devotion* (1964), Original Music Composer
- *Revenge* (1964), Original Music Composer
- *The Eternal Life* (1964), Original Music Composer
- *Whirlpool of Flesh* (1964), Original Music Composer
- *Flora on the Sand* (1964), Original Music Composer
- *Intentions of Murder* (1964), Original Music Composer
- *You Can Succeed, Too* (1964), Original Music Composer
- *Brand of Evil* (1964), Original Music Composer
- *Black Sun* (1964), Original Music Composer
- *The Hunter's Diary* (1964), Original Music Composer
- *Only on Mondays* (1964), Original Music Composer
- *Monrō no yōna onna* (1964), Original Music Composer
- *Bright Sea* (1963), Original Music Composer
- *The Insect Woman* (1963), Original Music Composer
- *The Gambling Monk* (1963), Original Music Composer
- *Miren* (1963), Music
- *Tale of Scarlet Love* (1963), Original Music Composer
- *Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai* (1963), Original Music Composer
- *Futari dake no toride* (1963), Original Music Composer
- *Bad Girl* (1963), Original Music Composer
- *I Fly for Kicks* (1963), Original Music Composer
- *Sensation Seekers* (1963), Original Music Composer
- *The Mud-Spattered Pure Heart* (1963), Original Music Composer
- *Born in Sin* (1962), Original Music Composer
- *Rainbow Over Kinmon* (1962), Original Music Composer
- *Glass-Hearted Johnny* (1962), Original Music Composer
- *The Lucky General* (1962), Original Music Composer
- *I Hate But Love* (1962), Original Music Composer
- *Foundry Town* (1962), Original Music Composer
- *Black Lizard* (1962), Original Music Composer
- *Drunkard's Paradise* (1962), Original Music Composer
- *The Storm over Arabia* (1961), Original Music Composer
- *A Cat and Dried Bonito Flakes: The Story of a Swindler* (1961), Music
- *The End of Summer* (1961), Original Music Composer
- *That Guy and I* (1961), Original Music Composer
- *A Good Man, A Good Day* (1961), Original Music Composer
- *The Estuary* (1961), Original Music Composer
- *The Big Wave* (1961), Original Music Composer
- *Pigs and Battleships* (1961), Original Music Composer
- *Wait for Tomorrow* (1960), Original Music Composer
- *The False Student* (1960), Original Music Composer
- *The Warped Ones* (1960), Original Music Composer
- *The Dangerous Kiss* (1960), Original Music Composer
- *A Woman’s Uphill Slope* (1960), Original Music Composer
- *Jungle Block* (1960), Original Music Composer
- *Irohanihoheto* (1960), Original Music Composer
- *The Day of Youth* (1960), Original Music Composer
- *Banana* (1960), Music
- *The Hidden Himalayas* (1960), Original Music Composer
- *Students and Daughters* (1960), Original Music Composer
- *Yakuza Song* (1960), Original Music Composer
- *When a Woman Ascends the Stairs* (1960), Original Music Composer
- *Pineapple Butai* (1959), Original Music Composer
- *A Secret Rendezvous* (1959), Original Music Composer
- *Kiri aru jyoji* (1959), Music
- *My Second Brother* (1959), Original Music Composer
- *The Aristocrat's Stairs* (1959), Music
- *Young Lovers* (1959), Original Music Composer
- *Akatsuki no chiheisen* (1959), Original Music Composer
- *Yujiro in Europe* (1959), Original Music Composer
- *The Beast Shall Die* (1959), Original Music Composer
- *Good Morning* (1959), Original Music Composer
- *Talented Woman* (1959), Original Music Composer
- *Temptation on Glamour Island* (1959), Original Music Composer
- *Immoral Lecture* (1959), Original Music Composer
- *The Days of Evil Women* (1958), Original Music Composer
- *Endless Desire* (1958), Original Music Composer
- *Zoku fûfu hyakkei* (1958), Original Music Composer
- *The Naked General* (1958), Music
- *Yurakucho 0 Street* (1958), Original Music Composer
- *Conflagration* (1958), Original Music Composer
- *Nishi Ginza Station* (1958), Original Music Composer
- *The Young Beast* (1958), Original Music Composer
- *The Seasons of Love* (1958), Original Music Composer
- *Gendai Mushuku* (1958), Music
- *Stolen Desire* (1958), Original Music Composer
- *Hibi no haishin* (1958), Original Music Composer
- *Stakeout* (1958), Original Music Composer
- *Woman Unveiled* (1958), Original Music Composer
- *The Unbalanced Wheel* (1957), Original Music Composer
- *But the Flesh is Weak* (1957), Original Music Composer
- *Shūkin ryokō* (1957), Original Music Composer
- *Temptation* (1957), Original Music Composer
- *A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era* (1957), Original Music Composer
- *The Eye of Heaven* (1957), Music
- *The Face* (1957), Original Music Composer
- *A Brother and His Sister* (1956), Music
- *Karakoram* (1956), Original Music Composer
- *The Lady Was Pawn* (1956), Music
- *Street of Shame* (1956), Original Music Composer
- *The Balloon* (1956), Original Music Composer
- *Youth* (1955), Music
- *Christ in Bronze* (1955), Original Music Composer
- *The Mask and Destiny* (1955), Original Music Composer
- *Till We Meet Again* (1955), Original Music Composer
- *Ghost Story of Youth* (1955), Original Music Composer
- *Burden of Love* (1955), Original Music Composer
- *A Woman's Life* (1955), Original Music Composer
- *Silver Wheel* (1955), Original Music Composer
- *The Cock Crows Twice* (1954), Original Music Composer
- *12 Chapters About Women* (1954), Original Music Composer
- *Women's House* (1954), Original Music Composer
- *The Surf* (1954), Original Music Composer
- *The Pleasures of Vice* (1954), Original Music Composer
- *Mother's First Love* (1954), Original Music Composer
- *Edo no yubae* (1954), Original Music Composer
- *The Woman in the Rumor* (1954), Original Music Composer
- *Between Yesterday and Tomorrow* (1954), Original Music Composer
- *Youth’s Romance Seat: Sitting on the Green Grass* (1954), Original Music Composer
- *Love and Duty* (1954), Original Music Composer
- *The Lovers* (1953), Original Music Composer
- *沖縄健児隊* (1953), Original Music Composer
- *Brilliant! The First Detective: Zenigata Heiji in His Youth* (1953), Original Music Composer
- *The Blue Revolution* (1953), Original Music Composer
- *Street Fight at Dawn* (1953), Original Music Composer
- *Ganpeki* (1953), Original Music Composer
- *Mr. Pu* (1953), as Original Music Composer
- *Sunflower Girl* (1953), Original Music Composer
- *Yassamossa* (1953), Original Music Composer
- *Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido* (1953), Original Music Composer
- *This Way, That Way* (1952), Original Music Composer
- *Carmen's Innocent Love* (1952), Original Music Composer
- *The Woman Who Touched the Legs* (1952), Original Music Composer
- *The Waves* (1952), Original Music Composer
- *Wakôdo no uta* (1951), Original Music Composer
- *Pure White Nights* (1951), Original Music Composer
- *Meeting of the Ghost of Apres-Guerre* (1951), Original Music Composer
- *The Love Letter Trial* (1951), Music
- *Ah,  Youth* (1951), Original Music Composer
- *Weeping Doll* (1951), Original Music Composer
- *Carmen Comes Home* (1951), Original Music Composer
- *Home Sweet Home* (1951), Original Music Composer
- *Homecoming* (1950), Original Music Composer
- *A Glimpse of a Flower* (1950), Original Music Composer

## Gallery

- ![黛敏郎（1954年）](https://film.one/media/person/3911225/gallery-7f993ab2b663.jpg) 黛敏郎（1954年） — 産業経済新聞社（Sankei Shinbun Co., Ltd.）, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Mayuzmi-Toshiro-1.jpg/1280px-Mayuzmi-Toshiro-1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Photograph of the Japanese composer Toshirō Mayuzumi during his visit to Jyväskylän Kesä festival. (1960)](https://film.one/media/person/3911225/gallery-1d22e9312dbf.jpg) Photograph of the Japanese composer Toshirō Mayuzumi during his visit to Jyväskylän Kesä festival. (1960) — Kari Rydman, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Toshiro-Mayuzumi-1960s.jpg/1280px-Toshiro-Mayuzumi-1960s.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1967: Best Original Score (nominated), for *The Bible: In the Beginning...*

### Other awards — 2 won

- Medal with Purple Ribbon 1986: Medal with Purple Ribbon (won)
- Kikuchi Kan Prize 1971: Kikuchi Kan Prize (won)

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

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