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name: "Yasuhiro Kasamatsu"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/yasuhiro-kasamatsu"
fi1m_id: "yasuhiro-kasamatsu"
imdb_id: "nm0440408"
tmdb_id: 1087689
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "11 January 1960"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T04:35:24.092604+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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# Yasuhiro Kasamatsu

## Identity

Yasuhiro Kasamatsu

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/yasuhiro-kasamatsu
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** yasuhiro-kasamatsu
- **IMDb ID:** nm0440408
- **TMDB ID:** 1087689
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0440408/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1087689

Composer. Born 11 January 1960 in Fukui Prefecture, Japan.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 11 January 1960, Fukui Prefecture, Japan
- **Also known as:** 笠松泰洋
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0440408/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1087689

## Biography

Yasuhiro Kasamatsu is a Japanese composer. Born on 11 January 1960 in Fukui Prefecture, he graduated from the University of Tokyo with a degree in aesthetics and art. He studied oboe under Isamu Iwasaki, composition under Akira Miyoshi and piano under Miyoko Goldberg Yamane.

Kasamatsu has composed music for theatre, dance and film. His screen credits include the score for Hirokazu Kore-eda’s *After Life* (1998), in which he also appeared as an actor, as well as several television dramas and documentaries. He has provided music for stage productions directed by Yukio Ninagawa and for works by various dance companies.

*Sources: imdb.com, crystalarts.jp, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *After Life* (1999), Fi1m 85, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/after-life.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

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

- *Door To Door* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *Ah, It's True, You Are Already Gone* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *Be yourself* (2008), Music
- *Returning the Favor* (2006), Music
- *After Life* (1999), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/after-life.md)
- *Without Memory* (1996), Original Music Composer

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