---
title: 'Tōru Takemitsu'
type: 'person'
roles:
  - 'classical guitarist'
  - 'autodidact'
  - 'film score composer'
  - 'pedagogue'
  - 'composer'
born: '1930-10-08'
died: '1996-02-22'
birthplace: 'Tokyo City'
deathplace: 'Minato'
films_in_library: 44
reviews_of_their_work: 0
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/people/toru-takemitsu'
updated: '2026-08-07'
wikipedia: 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C5%8Dru_Takemitsu'
wikidata: 'Q155467'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Tōru Takemitsu

classical guitarist, autodidact, film score composer, pedagogue, composer.

## Filmography on CinePixo

- 1995 · [Sharaku](https://cinepixo.com/movies/sharaku-1995) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 1993 · [Rising Sun](https://cinepixo.com/movies/rising-sun-1993) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 1989 · [Black Rain](https://cinepixo.com/movies/black-rain-1989-2) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 1989 · [Rikyu](https://cinepixo.com/movies/rikyu-1989) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 1988 · [Wuthering Heights](https://cinepixo.com/movies/wuthering-heights-1988) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 1986 · [Gonza the Spearman](https://cinepixo.com/movies/gonza-the-spearman-1986) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 1985 · [Ran](https://cinepixo.com/movies/ran-1985) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 1985 · [A.K.](https://cinepixo.com/movies/ak-1985) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 1980 · [Tempyō no Iraka](https://cinepixo.com/movies/tempyo-no-iraka-1980) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 1979 · [Gô-hime](https://cinepixo.com/movies/go-hime-1979) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 1978 · [Empire of Passion](https://cinepixo.com/movies/empire-of-passion-1978) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 1977 · [Ballad of Orin](https://cinepixo.com/movies/ballad-of-orin-1977) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 1975 · [The Fossil](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-fossil-1975) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 1974 · [Himiko](https://cinepixo.com/movies/himiko-1974) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 1974 · [Dear Summer Sister](https://cinepixo.com/movies/dear-summer-sister-1974) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 1971 · [The Ceremony](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-ceremony-1971) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 1971 · [Silence](https://cinepixo.com/movies/silence-1971) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 1971 · [Inn of Evil](https://cinepixo.com/movies/inn-of-evil-1971) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 1970 · [Dodes'ka-den](https://cinepixo.com/movies/dodeska-den-1970) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 1970 · [The Man Who Left His Will on Film](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-man-who-left-his-will-on-film-1970) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 1969 · [Double Suicide](https://cinepixo.com/movies/double-suicide-1969) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 1968 · [The Man Without a Map](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-man-without-a-map-1968) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 1968 · [Hymn to a Tired Man](https://cinepixo.com/movies/hymn-to-a-tired-man-1968) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 1968 · [Hatsukoi Jigokuhen](https://cinepixo.com/movies/hatsukoi-jigokuhen-1968) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 1967 · [Samurai Rebellion](https://cinepixo.com/movies/samurai-rebellion-1967) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 1967 · [Scattered Clouds](https://cinepixo.com/movies/scattered-clouds-1967) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 1966 · [The Face of Another](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-face-of-another-1966) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 1966 · [Captive's Island](https://cinepixo.com/movies/captives-island-1966) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 1965 · [Samurai Spy](https://cinepixo.com/movies/samurai-spy-1965) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 1965 · [With Beauty and Sorrow](https://cinepixo.com/movies/with-beauty-and-sorrow-1965) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 1965 · [Illusion of Blood](https://cinepixo.com/movies/illusion-of-blood-1965) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 1964 · [Kwaidan](https://cinepixo.com/movies/kwaidan-1964) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 1964 · [The Woman in the Dunes](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-woman-in-the-dunes-1964) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 1964 · [Pale Flower](https://cinepixo.com/movies/pale-flower-1964) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 1964 · [Assassination](https://cinepixo.com/movies/assassination-1964) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 1963 · [Twin Sisters of Kyoto](https://cinepixo.com/movies/twin-sisters-of-kyoto-1963) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 1963 · [Kanojo to kare](https://cinepixo.com/movies/kanojo-to-kare-1963) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 1963 · [Pressure of Guilt](https://cinepixo.com/movies/pressure-of-guilt-1963) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 1962 · [Harakiri](https://cinepixo.com/movies/harakiri-1962) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 1962 · [Pitfall](https://cinepixo.com/movies/pitfall-1962) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 1962 · [The Inheritance](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-inheritance-1962) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 1962 · [Mitasareta seikatsu](https://cinepixo.com/movies/mitasareta-seikatsu-1962) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 1961 · [Bad Boys](https://cinepixo.com/movies/bad-boys-1961) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 1957 · [Doshaburi](https://cinepixo.com/movies/doshaburi-1957) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here

## Criticism on CinePixo

Nothing written about their work here yet.

Source: https://cinepixo.com/people/toru-takemitsu
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