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Masaru Satô (I) (1928–1999)

Composer | Soundtrack | Music Department

The youngest of six brothers, all of them music lovers, Masaru Sato decided early in life that he wanted to be a composer. His models were two other composers born, as he was, on the northernmost Japanese island of Hokkaido: Akira Ifukube and Fumio Hayasaka. "To me", Sato said, "they were like gods"... See full bio »

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in Rumoi, Hokkaido, Japan

Died:

(age 71) in Tokyo, Japan

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1999 After the Rain
 
1997 Gendai ninkyoden
 
1995 Mitabi no kaikyô
 
1995 East Meets West
 
1995 Himeyuri no Tô
 
1995 Gokenin Zankurô (TV series)
 
1994 Shinonomerô onna no ran
 
1993 Bloom in the Moonlight
 
1993 Korekara umibe no tabibitotachi (TV movie)
 
1992 Onna goroshi abura no jigoku
 
1992 Oda Nobunaga (TV movie)
 
1991 Tsuribaka nisshi 4
 
1991 Sensou to seishun
 
1991 Kagerô
 
1991 Rainbow Kids
 
1990 Jotei: Kasuga no tsubone
 
1989 The Demon Comes in Spring
 
1989 The People of Dream Street
 
1989 Gurîn boi
 
1989 Shôgun Iemitsu no ranshin - Gekitotsu
 
1988 Tonkô
 
1987 The Great Department Store Robbery
 
1987 Itazu - Kuma
 
1987 Guys Who Never Learn
 
1987 Yoshiwara enjo
 
1986 Gokudô no onna-tachi
 
1986 Death Shadow
 
1986 Kizudarake no kunshô
 
1986 Kodomo no koro senso ga atta
 
1985 Tracked
 
1985 Oar
 
1984 Kita no hotaru
 
1983 The Geisha
 
1983 Sensei the Teacher
 
1982 Irezumi
 
1982 The Highest Honor
 
1982 Ah! Nomugi toge - Shinryokuhen
 
1982 Shiawase no kiiroi hankachi (TV movie)
 
1981 At This Late Date, the Charleston
 
1981 Willful Murder
 
1981 Kazunomiya sama otome (TV movie)
 
1980 Aokiôkami narukichiomoase no shôgai (TV movie)
 
1980 A Distant Cry from Spring
 
1980 Terra e...
 
1979 The Last Game
 
1979 The Shogun Assassins
 
1979 Hunter in the Dark
 
1979 Oh! The Nomugi Pass
 
1978 Honoo no mai
 
1978 Blue Christmas
 
1978 Dynamite Dondon
 
1978 Kôtei no inai hachigatsu
 
1978 The Glacier Fox (documentary)
 
1977 Sweet Revenge
 
1977 Sugata Sanshiro
 
1977 The Yellow Handkerchief
 
1977 Kuroki Taro no ai to bôken
 
1977 The Alaska Story
 
1976 Shunkinsho
 
1976 Fumô chitai
 
1976 Tsuma to onna no aida
 
1975 Kinkanshoku
 
1975 Waga seishun no toki
 
1975 Tokkan
 
1975 Kokuso sezu
 
1974 Mesu
 
1974 Aoba shigereru
 
1974 Lupin the Third: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy
 
1974 Machi no hi
 
1974 Bôryoku gai
 
1974 Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
 
1974 The Family
 
1974 Demon Spies
 
1973 Nora inu
 
1973 Senso to ningen III: Kanketsuhen
 
1973 Long Journey Into Love
 
1973 Ôshô
 
1973 Ai yori aoku
 
1973 Nippon sanjûshi: Hakata obi shime ippon dokko no maki
 
1973 Kokotsu no hito
 
1973 Tidal Wave
 
1972 Kigeki dôrobô daikazoku: tenka o toru
 
1972 Nippon sanjûshi: Osaraba Tokyo no maki
 
1972 Kaigun tokubetsu nensho hei
 
1972 Home from the Sea
 
1972 Sapporo Orinpikku (documentary)
 
1971 The Wolves
 
1971 Gekido no showashi: Okinawa kessen
 
1971 Ame ga futteita
 
1971 Men and War, Part Two
 
1970 Where Spring Comes Late
 
1970 Men and War
 
1970 City of Beasts
 
1970 The Ambush: Incident at Blood Pass
 
1970 The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan
 
1970 Bakumatsu
 
1969 Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
 
1969 Dai Nippon suri shûdan
 
1969 Mito komon
 
1969 Waga koi waga uta
 
1969 Red Lion
 
1969 Shirikurae Magoichi
 
1969 Hitokiri
 
1969 Nihonkai daikaisen
 
1969 Boruneo taisho: Akamichi ni tokero
 
1969 Forward Ever Forward
 
1969 Goyôkin
 
1969 Futari no koibito
 
1969 Kigeki ippatsu dai hisshou
 
1969 Samurai Banners
 
1968 Scrap Collectors
 
1968 Gion matsuri
 
1968 Jinsei-gekijô: Hishakaku to kiratsune
 
1968 The Human Bullet
 
1968 Aniki no koibito
 
1968 Cry of the Mountain
 
1968 Rengô kantai shirei chôkan: Yamamoto Isoroku
 
1968 Kill!
 
1968 Kubi
 
1968 Booted Babe, Busted Boss
 
1967 Son of Godzilla
 
1967 Sodachi zakari
 
1967 Japan's Longest Day
 
1967 Portrait of Chieko
 
1967 The Private Police
 
1967 Chikumagawa zesshô
 
1967 Epoch of Murder Madness
 
1967 Zoku soshiki bôryoku
 
1967 Live Your Own Way
 
1966 Godzilla Versus the Sea Monster
 
1966 Big Wind from Tokyo
 
1966 Mizuumi no koto
 
1966 Lake of Tears
 
1966 Dark the Mountain Snow
 
1966 Zero faita dai kûsen
 
1966 Doto ichiman kairi
 
1966 Hit and Run
 
1966 Aiyoku
 
1966 The Sword of Doom
 
1966 Cash Calls Hell
 
1966 San no shiomai (TV series)
 
1965 Ironfinger
 
1965 Chi to suna
 
1965 Sanshiro Sugata
 
1965 Hiya-meshi to Osan to Chan
 
1965 Red Beard
 
1965 Irezumi
 
1965 Samurai Assassin
 
1964 Kuruwa sodachi
 
1964 Could I But Live
 
1964 Samé
 
1964 Samurai from Nowhere
 
1964 Aa bakudan
 
1964 Jakoman to Tetsu
 
1963 The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
 
1963 Gobanchô yûgirirô
 
1963 The Lost World of Sinbad
 
1963 Gendaikko
 
1963 Rikugun zangyaku monogatari
 
1963 500,000
 
1963 Sengoku yaro
 
1963 High and Low
 
1963 Jinsei gekijo: hisha kaku
 
1962 Gekkyû dorobo
 
1962 Ôi-naru Kurobe (documentary)
 
1962 Yama-neko sakusen
 
1962 Dobunezumi sakusen
 
1962 Blue Town - Aoi machi no ôkami
 
1962 Kurenai no sora
 
1962 Sarariman Isshin Tasuke
 
1962 Sanjuro
 
1961 Yajû no mon
 
1961 Hadakakko
 
1961 Procurer of Hell
 
1961 Blood on the Sea
 
1961 Ai to honoho to
 
1961 Yojimbo
 
1961 Taiheiyo no katsugiboshi
 
1961 Blueprint of Murder
 
1961 Suke-san Kaku-san oabare
 
1960 Dokuritsu gurentai nishi-e
 
1960 The Bad Sleep Well
 
1960 Otoko tai otoko
 
1960 Daigaku no sanzôkutachi
 
1960 The Gambling Samurai
 
1960 Chinpindô shujin
 
1960 The Last Gunfight
 
1960 Intimidation (music)
 
1959 Warera no jidai
 
1959 Dokuritsu gurentai
 
1959 Kaitei kara kita onna
 
1959 Aruhi watashi wa
 
1959 Gokigen musume
 
1959 Sekai o kakeru koi
 
1959 Dai san no shikaku
 
1959 Wakai kawa no nagare
 
1959 I Want to Be a Shellfish
 
1958 The Hidden Fortress
 
1958 The Man Who Rode the Typhoon
 
1958 The H-Man
 
1958 Hi no ataru sakamichi
 
1958 Song for a Bride
 
1958 Rusty Knife
 
1957 Zokuzoku Ôban: Dôto uhen
 
1957 I Am Waiting
 
1957 The Lower Depths
 
1957 Ikiteiru koheiji
 
1957 Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
 
1957 Last Day of Samurai
 
1957 Ôban
 
1957 Watashi wa zenkamono de aru
 
1957 Throne of Blood
 
1956 Crazed Fruit
 
1956 Hi no tori
 
1956 Taiyo no kisetsu
 
1956 Narazu-mono
 
1956 Kyûketsu-ga
 
1956 Shi no jûjiro
 
1956 Kofuku wa ano hoshi no shita ni
 
1955 I Live in Fear (uncredited)
 
1955 Kaki no ki no aru ie
 
1955 Kaettekita wakadan'na
 
1955 Taira Clan Saga
 
1955 Jû jin yuki otoko
 
1955 Shin kurama tengu daisanbu
 
1955 Rokunin no ansatsusha
 
1955 Godzilla Raids Again
 
1952 Santa to chidai no yama
 
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2002 How to Draw a Bunny (documentary) (writer: "Son Of Godzilla - Main Title", "The Appearance of Kamacuras")
 
1978 Blue Christmas (music: "Burû Kurisumasu")
 
1978 Kaerazaru hibi (music: "Wakamono-tachi" - uncredited)
 
1974 Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (music: "A Young Girl's Prayer" "Miyarabi No Inori", "Beat Mechagodzilla" "Mekagojira Wo Yattsukero")
 
1966 Godzilla Versus the Sea Monster (writer: "Samashite Mosura" Mothra Awake / arranger: "Samashite Mosura" Mothra Awake)
 
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2004 Godzilla: Final Wars (composer: stock music)
 
1977 The Water Margin (TV mini-series) (music editor)
 
1955 I Live in Fear (conductor - uncredited, orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1954 Seven Samurai (assistant to composer)
 
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1986 The 9th Annual Japan Academy Awards (TV special)
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1981 The 4th Annual Japan Academy Awards (TV special)
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1978 The 1st Annual Japan Academy Awards (TV special)
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2000 The 23rd Annual Japan Academy Awards (TV special)
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