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Masaru Sato is a Sound Japonais born on 29 may 1928 at Rumoi (Japon)

Masaru Sato

Masaru Sato
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Nationality Japon
Birth 29 may 1928 at Rumoi (Japon)
Death 5 december 1999 (at 71 years) at Tokyo (Japon)

Masaru Sato (佐藤 勝, Satō Masaru, May 29, 1928 – December 5, 1999) was a Japanese composer of film scores. He was born in Rumoi, Hokkaidō and raised in Sapporo. While studying at the National Music Academy, Sato came under the influence of Fumio Hayasaka, Akira Kurosawa's regular composer for his earlier films. He became a pupil of Hayasaka's, studying film scoring with him at Toho Studios, and working on the orchestration of Seven Samurai (1954). When the older composer died suddenly in 1955, leaving the scores to Kenji Mizoguchi's New Tales of the Taira Clan, and Kurosawa's Record of a Living Being incomplete, Toho assigned Sato to finish them. His first original score was for Godzilla Raids Again in 1955. He wrote the music to all of Kurosawa's movies for the next decade, including Throne of Blood, The Bad Sleep Well, Yojimbo, Sanjuro, and Red Beard. In addition to Mizoguchi and Kurosawa, Sato worked with Hideo Gosha.

His work in the realm of popular film continued throughout his career, composing the scores to Ishirō Honda's Half Human (1955) and The H-Man (1958), Senkichi Taniguchi's The Lost World of Sinbad (1963), and three Jun Fukuda-directed Godzilla films: Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster (1966), Son of Godzilla (1967), and Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974). During his 44-year association with Toho Studios, he wrote more than 300 film scores. He also created the music for such Japanese Television series as Water Margin. He was nominated for Best Music at the 15th Japan Academy Prize.

Best films

Seven Samurai (1954)
(Music)

Usually with

Akira Kurosawa
Akira Kurosawa
(11 films)
Toshiro Mifune
Toshiro Mifune
(19 films)
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Tomoyuki Tanaka
(20 films)
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Yoshio Tsuchiya
(19 films)
Tatsuya Nakadai
Tatsuya Nakadai
(17 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Masaru Sato (65 films)

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Sound

Case Closed: Zero the Enforcer, 1h52
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime, Animation
Actors Minami Takayama, Kappei Yamaguchi, Wakana Yamazaki, Rikiya Koyama, Tōru Furuya, Megumi Hayashibara
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating61% 3.099443.099443.099443.099443.09944
Le nouvel établissement Edge of Ocean, situé dans la baie de Tokyo, se prépare à accueillir un sommet important. Le 1er mai, durant la cérémonie d'ouverture, plus de 22 000 policiers sont chargés de la sécurité du bâtiment lorsqu'une grande explosion a lieu. L'inspecteur Tōru Amuro est le premier arrivé sur place. Conan suspecte ce mystérieux policier qui semble se déplacer en secret. Les empreintes digitales trouvées sur les lieux du crime correspondent à celles de Kogoro Mouri, un ancien policier, qui est arrêté.
Godzilla: Final Wars, 2h5
Directed by Ryūhei Kitamura
Origin Japon
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about animals, Dinosaur films, La fin du monde, Kaiju films, Films about magic and magicians, Seafaring films, La préhistoire, Transport films, Films set in the future, Animaux préhistoriques, Films about spiders, Films about insects, Films about dragons, Films about extraterrestrial life, Les fées, Giant monster films, Godzilla films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Alien invasions in films, Disaster films
Actors Masahiro Matsuoka, Rei Kikukawa, Kane Kosugi, Kazuki Kitamura, Kumi Mizuno, Kenji Sahara
Roles Music
Rating63% 3.1594353.1594353.1594353.1594353.159435
Endless warfare and environmental pollution have resulted in the frequent appearance of monsters. The Earth Defense Force (EDF) is established. Mutant humans with extraordinary physical capabilities are discovered and are organized into an EDF troop called the M-Organization. Their main opponent is Godzilla, first sighted in 1954. After repeated battles, Godzilla is captured in a crevasse at the South Pole and buried under an avalanche of ice. The EDF ship Gotengo, commanded by Captain Gordon, battles and destroys Manda but in the process, the ship is wrecked and Gordon is dismissed from the EDF. At M headquarters, mutants Ozaki and Kazama spar before their next mission.
After the Rain, 1h31
Directed by Takashi Koizumi
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films
Actors Mieko Harada, Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Paul Bettany, Fumi Dan, Louise Lombard
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating75% 3.7931953.7931953.7931953.7931953.793195
A group of travelers is stranded in a small country inn when the local river floods. As the bad weather continues, tensions rise amongst the travelers trapped at the inn. A traveling ronin (masterless samurai), Ihei Misawa takes it upon himself to cheer everyone up by arranging a splendid feast. Unfortunately he has no money and in order to pay for the feast he visits the local dojos and challenges the masters there for payment, termed in the film as prize fighting. Later, after breaking up a duel between two young retainers of the local clan he receives an offer of employment as a sword master from the local lord, Shigeaki. He has a tense interaction with the lord and his retainers, revealing his prowess at their expense.
Rainbow Kids, 2h
Directed by Kihachi Okamoto
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Heist films
Actors Tanie Kitabayashi, Ken Ogata, Kumi Mizuno, Kirin Kiki, Ittoku Kishibe, Minori Terada
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating66% 3.3271753.3271753.3271753.3271753.327175
Three recently released criminals decide to kidnap an 82-year-old woman, Toshiko Yanagawa (Tanie Kitabayashi), the wealthiest woman in the Osaka prefecture. They stake out her mansion, observing her for two months. During that time, Toji occasionally leaves the mansion to go on mountain hikes with her chambermaid Kimi. It is on one of those hikes that the three kidnappers make their move. Toji calmly negotiates with the kidnappers to let Kimi go.
The Silk Road, 2h23
Directed by Jun'ya Satō
Genres Drama
Actors Toshiyuki Nishida, Koichi Sato, Tsunehiko Watase, Anna Nakagawa, Akira Emoto, Takahiro Tamura
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating67% 3.381393.381393.381393.381393.38139
En 1026, les étudiants de l’ouest de la Chine sont envoyés dans les forces du prince héritier Li Yuanhao de Xi Xia, qui veut contrôler la longueur de la route de la soie. Un élève est Zhao Xingde, qui devient le favori de son commandant, Zhu Wangli. En pillant une forteresse, Xingde découvre Tsurpia, princesse des Ouïghours. Il la cache; ils tombent amoureux. Quand il est envoyé pour étudier Xixian, il laisse Tsurpia aux soins de Zhu, mais revient pour la trouver fiancée à Li. Une tragédie s’ensuit, et Zhu et lui concluent un pacte de vengeance lorsque Li arrive à Dun-Huang, le siège de l’apprentissage et de la culture de la région. Contre toute attente, ils trouvent un moyen surprenant de laisser un monument à leur vie et à leur amour.
The Geisha
The Geisha (1983)

Directed by Hideo Gosha
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Actors Mitsuko Baishō, Ken Ogata, Noriko Hayami, Morio Kazama, Asao Koike, Atsuko Asano
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating68% 3.431783.431783.431783.431783.43178
Jadis, Katsuzo a été amoureux d'une prostituée avec laquelle il a eu une fille. Voulant fuir ensemble, ils furent rattraper par les yakuzas qui tuèrent devant lui sa compagne. Aujourd'hui, Katsuzo est un proxénète qui achète des jeunes filles pour les revendre au Yohkiro, la plus grande maison de geishas du sud du Japon. Mais de terribles drames se jouent au sein de ce royaume des plaisirs...
The Highest Honour, 1h36
Genres Drama, War
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors John Howard, Steve Bisley, Atsuo Nakamura, Stuart Wilson, George Mallaby, Tony Bonner
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating64% 3.231533.231533.231533.231533.23153
During World War II, a team of Australian soldiers from Z Special Unit, including Ivan Lyon and Robert Page, successfully lead an expedition to destroy ships in Singapore harbour, Operation Jaywick. An attempt to duplicate this success, Operation Rimau, ends in disaster, with the team either killed or captured. Those soldiers who are interrogated by the Japanese in Singapore, with Page forming a friendship with Minoru Tamiya. Eventually all the Australians are convicted of war crimes and are executed.
Willful Murder, 2h12
Directed by Kei Kumai
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Prison films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Yōko Asaji, Tatsuya Nakadai, Mikijirō Hira, Kōji Yakusho, Hisashi Igawa, Kei Yamamoto
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating77% 3.892383.892383.892383.892383.89238
Le président des Chemins de fer nationaux japonais est retrouvé mort pendant une période où le service ferroviaire est perturbé par de nombreux licenciements, grèves et fermetures. Le gouvernement affirme que le président a été assassiné ; la police prétend qu'il s'agit d'un suicide. Un journaliste perplexe suit l'affaire pendant des années, mais la question fondamentale reste sans réponse : la victime a-t-elle été tuée par des membres du mouvement communiste naissant au Japon, ou la mort a-t-elle été mise en scène par les autorités dans l'espoir de discréditer les communistes ?
A Distant Cry from Spring, 2h4
Directed by Yōji Yamada
Origin Japon
Genres Drama
Actors Ken Takakura, Chieko Baishō, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Mizuho Suzuki, Hajime Hana, Masanori Hata
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating75% 3.777273.777273.777273.777273.77727
Un soir de pluie, dans une ferme du Japon tenue par une femme et son jeune fils, un inconnu fait irruption.
Nomugi Pass, 2h34
Directed by Satsuo Yamamoto
Genres Drama, Historical
Actors Shinobu Ōtake, Mieko Harada, Rentarō Mikuni, Takeo Chii, Mari Okamoto, Tanie Kitabayashi
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating69% 3.482323.482323.482323.482323.48232
An indictment of the treatment of Meiji period silkworkers by their employers.