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Tōru Takemitsu is a Scriptwriter and Sound Japonais born on 8 october 1930 at Tokyo (Japon)

Tōru Takemitsu

Tōru Takemitsu
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Birth name 武満 徹, Takemitsu Tōru
Nationality Japon
Birth 8 october 1930 at Tokyo (Japon)
Death 20 february 1996 (at 65 years) at Tokyo (Japon)

Tōru Takemitsu (武満 徹, Takemitsu Tōru), né le 8 octobre 1930 à Tokyo et mort le 20 février 1996 à Tokyo, est un compositeur japonais.

Biography

Tōru Takemitsu étudie la musique avec Yasuji Kiyose. Il découvre la musique occidentale durant la seconde guerre mondiale, et se passionne dès lors pour la musique française (Claude Debussy, Erik Satie et Olivier Messiaen), entre autres.

Sa relation à la tradition musicale japonaise demeure en revanche plus complexe : la rejetant dans un premier temps, Takemitsu prend véritablement conscience de la stature de la musique traditionnelle japonaise en 1958 à la suite d'une représentation de bunraku (spectacle de marionnettes). L'influence du Japon ne s'arrête pas à la musique (style musical et l'emploi d'instruments traditionnels) mais s'étend à son attachement pour la nature : November Steps (1967), I Hear the Water Dreaming (1987), How Slow the Wind (1991)... Il fait honneur à la culture de son pays natal avec ln an Autumn Garden (1973-79) pour un orchestre de gagaku.

Souvent considéré comme un « pont » entre les cultures japonaise et occidentale (rôle qu'il n'a jamais désiré jouer), il semble que Takemitsu désirait bien davantage dépasser la vieille opposition Orient-Occident pour aboutir à une universalisation de toutes les cultures, sans réelles démarcations entre elles.

Takemitsu a composé une très grande quantité de musiques de film telles que celle du très célèbre Ran d'Akira Kurosawa avec lequel il a plusieurs fois collaboré, mais aussi de Kwaidan de Masaki Kobayashi, la plus grosse production du cinéma japonais de l'époque, et de L'Empire de la passion de Nagisa Ōshima.

Il est le chef de file de la musique classique japonaise ce qui lui vaut de recevoir de très nombreux prix et d'être choisi en 1971 comme compositeur principal de la « Semaine internationale de musique contemporaine » à Paris avec Igor Stravinsky.

Best films

Rising Sun (1993)
(Sound)
Ran (1985)
(Sound)

Usually with

Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Tōru Takemitsu (39 films)

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Scriptwriter

Double Suicide, 1h45
Directed by Masahiro Shinoda
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about suicide, Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Shima Iwashita, Nakamura Kichiemon II, Kamatari Fujiwara, Yoshi Katō, Jun Hamamura, Sumiko Hidaka
Rating75% 3.7902153.7902153.7902153.7902153.790215
Au XVIIIe siècle, un marchand de papier tombe amoureux de Koharu, une courtisane, mais ne peut se permettre de la racheter. Son épouse demande à Koharu de le quitter pour préserver son couple.

Sound

Pistol Opera, 1h52
Directed by Seijun Suzuki
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Makiko Esumi, Masatoshi Nagase, Kirin Kiki, Mikijirō Hira, Kenji Sawada, Yoshiyuki Morishita
Rating62% 3.1483653.1483653.1483653.1483653.148365
Une jolie tueuse surnommée Stray Cat, classée numéro 3, va bientôt se retrouver embrigadée dans un massacre en règle auquel tous les assassins du pays vont participer, afin de s’emparer de la place du tueur numéro 1.
Confession
Confession (1998)
, 3h30
Directed by Alexandre Sokourov
Genres Documentary
Rating75% 3.7599753.7599753.7599753.7599753.759975
La vie de l'équipage d'un vaisseau de la Marine Nationale russe croisant dans la Mer de Barents à travers le journal spirituel du capitaine.
Sharaku
Sharaku (1995)
, 1h55
Directed by Masahiro Shinoda
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Historical
Actors Hiroyuki Sanada, Frankie Sakai, Shima Iwashita, Tsurutaro Kataoka, Shirō Sano, Haruko Katō
Rating66% 3.324563.324563.324563.324563.32456
Évocation du destin de Sharaku, peintre d'estampes de la fin du XVIIIe siècle, qui se rendit célèbre en quelques mois par ses portraits hyperréalistes d'acteurs du théâtre kabuki. Il disparut quelques années plus tard dans des conditions restées mystérieuses.
Rising Sun
Rising Sun (1993)
, 2h5
Directed by Philip Kaufman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Films about suicide, Yakuza films, Children's films, Gangster films
Actors Sean Connery, Wesley Snipes, Harvey Keitel, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Kevin Anderson, Mako Iwamatsu
Rating62% 3.1489053.1489053.1489053.1489053.148905
During a party at the United States offices of a Japanese corporation in Los Angeles, a professional escort named Cheryl Lynn Austin (Tatjana Patitz) is found dead, apparently after a violent sexual encounter. Police Detectives Web Smith (Wesley Snipes) and John Connor (Sean Connery), a former police Captain and expert on Japanese affairs, are sent to act as liaison between the Japanese executives and the investigating officer, Smith's former partner Tom Graham (Harvey Keitel).
Black Rain
Black Rain (1989)
, 2h3
Directed by Shōhei Imamura
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Aviation films, Political films, Arme nucléaire
Actors Yoshiko Tanaka, Etsuko Ichihara, Keisuke Ishida, Taiji Tonoyama, Akiji Kobayashi, Kenjirō Ishimaru
Rating77% 3.8928053.8928053.8928053.8928053.892805
The film moves between Shizuma Shigematsu's journal entries about Hiroshima in 1945, following the dropping of the atomic bomb, and the present, 1950, when Shigematsu and his wife Shigeko are the guardians for their niece Yasuko and charged with finding her a husband (she has been declined three times due to concerns over her having been in the "black rain" fallout). As the story progresses, Shigematsu sees more and more fellow hibakusha, his friends and family, succumbing to radiation sickness and Yasuko's prospects for marriage become more and more unlikely, as she forms a bond with a poor man named Yuichi, who carves jizo and suffers a form of post-traumatic stress disorder where he attacks passing motor vehicles as "tanks."
Rikyu
Rikyu (1989)
, 2h15
Directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films
Actors Rentarō Mikuni, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kyōko Kishida, Nakamura Kichiemon II, Tanie Kitabayashi, Akira Kubo
Rating70% 3.5435353.5435353.5435353.5435353.543535
Le film raconte les dernières étapes de la vie de Rikyū, pendant la période Sengoku du Japon féodal. Il commence à la fin du règne d'Oda Nobunaga et continue dans l'ère Momoyama. Rikyū est montré comme un homme profondément passionné par l'esthétique et la perfection dans l'art du thé. Maître de thé d'Oda Nobunaga puis de Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Rikyū, de par sa position privilégiée, est constamment en lien avec les puissants seigneurs et a la possibilité d'influencer leur politique, même s'il évite soigneusement d'y être trop mêlé. Il consacre son énergie à étudier et enseigner la voie du thé. Les tumultes de l'histoire viendront cependant rompre cet équilibre, et ses rapports avec Hideyoshi iront en se dégradant.
Ran
Ran (1985)
, 2h42
Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Action, Historical
Themes Films about families, Seafaring films, Sports films, Théâtre, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films, Political films, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare, Films about royalty
Actors Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Mieko Harada, Hisashi Igawa, Kenji Kodama
Rating81% 4.099124.099124.099124.099124.09912
Hidetora Ichimonji, a powerful warlord, experiences a dream reminding him that he's showing his age and decides to divide his kingdom among his three sons: Taro, Jiro, and Saburo. Taro, the eldest, will receive the prestigious First Castle and become leader of the Ichimonji clan, while Jiro and Saburo will be given the Second and Third Castles. Hidetora will retain the title of Great Lord and Jiro and Saburo are to support Taro.
A.K.
A.K. (1985)
, 1h15
Directed by Chris Marker
Origin France
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentaire sur une personnalité
Actors Akira Kurosawa, Shigehiko Hasumi, Chris Marker, Tatsuya Nakadai, Ishirō Honda
Rating69% 3.4961453.4961453.4961453.4961453.496145
Sur les pentes du Mont Fuji, un dieu dirige le "Chaos". Il s'agit d'Akira Kurosawa et de son dernier film. Chris Marker, specialiste du Japon, l'a accompagne durant le tournage.Il nous permet d'assister a la naissance de l'oeuvre d'un maitre du 7e art.
Antonio Gaudí
Directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about architecture
Actors Seiji Miyaguchi
Rating71% 3.59453.59453.59453.59453.5945
L'architecte catalan Antonio Gaudi (1852-1926) a conçu certains des bâtiments, des intérieurs et des parcs les plus étonnants au monde ; le réalisateur japonais Hiroshi Teshigahara a réalisé certains des films les plus audacieux sur le plan esthétique. Dans Antonio Gaudi, leur art fusionne au sein d'une expérience cinématographique unique et passionnante. Moins un documentaire qu'un poème visuel, le film de Teshigahara emmène les spectateurs à la découverte de l'architecture spectaculaire de Gaudi, notamment son immense chef-d'œuvre inachevé, la basilique de la Sagrada Familia à Barcelone.
Empire of Passion, 1h44
Directed by Nagisa Ōshima
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality
Actors Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Tatsuya Fuji, Takahiro Tamura, Takuzo Kawatani, Tatsuya Kimura, Taiji Tonoyama
Rating69% 3.498323.498323.498323.498323.49832
The plot revolves around a young man who has an affair with an older woman. He is very jealous of her husband and decides that they should kill him. One night, after the husband had plenty of shouchu to drink and was in bed, they strangle him and dump his body down a well. To avert any suspicions, she pretends her husband has gone off to Tokyo to work. For three years the wife and her lover secretly see each other. Finally, suspicions become very strong and people begin to gossip. To make matters worse, her husband's ghost begins to haunt her and the law arrives to investigate her husband's disappearance.
The Fossil
The Fossil (1975)
, 3h20
Directed by Masaki Kobayashi
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Fantasy
Actors Keiko Kishi, Shin Saburi, Tatsuya Nakadai, Mayumi Ogawa, Gō Katō, Komaki Kurihara
Rating74% 3.7010153.7010153.7010153.7010153.701015
A detailed look at a Tokyo business tycoon (played by Shin Saburi) given a diagnosis of terminal cancer who must now re-assess his life and values.
Himiko
Himiko (1974)
, 1h40
Directed by Masahiro Shinoda
Genres Drama, Historical
Actors Shima Iwashita, Rentarō Mikuni, Jun Hamamura, Masao Kusakari, Yoshi Katō
Rating69% 3.491043.491043.491043.491043.49104
In an unnamed forest, a group of women with white-painted faces and robes wander to a ritual site. One of the women, Himiko, the shaman and translator of the Sun God, lies on the ground while another holds a bronze mirror up which reflects the sun's light. Himiko starts to convulse and moan, imitating an orgasm which symbolizes the Sun God penetrating her body. We see several different tribes, one of the Land People, and one of the Mountain People. The Mountain People are a raggedy, unsightly group, all conjoined together by a single rope, and donned with haunting makeup consisting of heavy paint, cobwebs and strings. They wander around the mountain like insects, twitching and in almost no control of their own limbs and muscles. A lone traveler appears, named Takehiko, from the far side of the mountain and enters the forest.
Silence
Silence (1971)
, 2h10
Directed by Masahiro Shinoda
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Films about religion
Actors Shima Iwashita, Yoshi Katō, Mako Iwamatsu, Tetsurō Tanba, Eiji Okada, Taiji Tonoyama
Rating70% 3.5438153.5438153.5438153.5438153.543815
Le film raconte l'histoire de la suppression du christianisme au Japon, du point de vue d'un prêtre fugitif.