Biography
Toshiyuki Honda (born April 9, 1957, Tokyo) is a Japanese jazz musician and composer.
Honda's father was a jazz critic, whose name was also Toshiyuki Honda. As a jazz musician, he learned flute and saxophone, and worked in the late 1970s with George Otsuka and the Burning Waves ensemble. In the 1980s he worked with Chick Corea, Tatsuya Takahashi, and Kazumi Watanabe, as well as leading his own ensemble, Super Quartet. He was also a member of the ensemble Native Son.
Starting in the late 1980s, Honda turned increasingly toward composing for film and television, as well as working in record producing. He composed the soundtrack for the film A Taxing Woman in 1987, which raised his prominence as a film scorer.
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Filmography
all 38
Movies 32
TV Shows 6
Director 1
self 1
Voice 1
Composer
Nezumikozō Jirokichi (2023)
Movie
Composer
Sleeping Village (2019)
Movie
Director
Like the Wind (2016)
Movie
Music
The Family Game (2013)
TV
Composer
Promise: The Nabari Poisoned Wine Case, The Life of a Death-row Inmate (2013)
Movie
Composer
Yona Yona Penguin (2009)
Movie
6
Composer
秋深き (2008)
Movie
Composer
The Taste of Fish (2008)
Movie
Composer
Nasu: A Migratory Bird with Suitcase (2007)
Movie
Composer
The Man Behind the Scissors (2005)
Movie
Composer
Nasu: Summer in Andalusia (2003)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Central Ikegami Police (2002)
TV
Original Music Composer
Tsuhan-Man (2002)
TV
Music
48x61 (2002)
Movie
Self
Animax Special: The Making of 'Metropolis' (2002)
Movie
Special Voice Appearance (voice) / Original Music Composer / Musician
Metropolis (2001)
Movie
4.5
Music
Will Be There for You (2000)
Movie
Composer
Tyo Story (1999)
Movie
Original Music Composer
The Key (1997)
Movie
Composer
Woman in Witness Protection (1997)
Movie
Composer
Supermarket Woman (1996)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Ryoma ni Omakase (1996)
TV
Music
Miyuki-chan in Wonderland (1995)
TV
Composer
The Tibetan Book of the Dead: The Great Liberation (1994)
Movie
Composer
The Tibetan Book of the Dead: A Way of Life (1994)
Movie
Composer
The Last Dance (1993)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Tokyo Babylon (1992)
TV
Composer
Minbo: the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion (1992)
Movie
Composer
Tales of a Golden Geisha (1990)
Movie
Music
Gunhed (1989)
Movie
Composer
Yojo no jidai (1988)
Movie
Composer
Making of Marusa No Onna 2 (1988)
Movie
Composer
A Taxing Woman's Return (1988)
Movie
Composer
Making of Marusa No Onna (1987)
Movie
Composer
A Taxing Woman (1987)
Movie
Composer
People of Twilight (1984)
Movie
Composer
Mermaid Legend (1984)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Demon's Room (1982)
Movie
Ratings
Average 5.09
Based on 33.1 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
1982
1992
1997
1996
2023
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Information
Known ForSound
GenderMale
Birthday1957-04-09 (67 years old)
Birth PlaceTokyo, Japan
CitizenshipsJapan
Also Known As本多俊之
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