Masaru Satō

Masaru Satō

Known for: Sound
Biography: 1928-05-29
Deathday: 1999-12-05 (71 years old)

Biography

Masaru Satō (佐藤 勝) was a Japanese composer of film scores. 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. After hearing Hayasaka's score for Rashomon (1950), Sato decided Hayasaka was the only one he wanted for his teacher. He absorbed much of Hayasaka's modernist leanings, and grew to know Hayasaka's best friend Akira Kurosawa during this period. The year 1955 was a vast turning point for Sato: after scoring numerous insignificant pictures for various studios in Tokyo, Sato won the assignment for Gojira no Gyakushu (1955). Then his teacher Fumio Hayasaka died tragically young, while finishing the score for Kurosawa's Ikimono no Kiroku (1955). Sato stepped in to complete the score, uncredited. Kurosawa was sufficiently pleased with Sato to use him for all his pictures for the following ten years. Though the two had a falling-out after Akahige (1965), Sato remained one of Japan's most in-demand film composers, returning to the Gojira series several times and remaining a favorite of many other directors such as Kihachi Okamoto and June Fukuda. After scoring Dun-Huang in 1987, Sato had to call a brief halt to his career in order to tend to family interests in real estate in his native Hokkaido; but within a few years, the problems were wrapped up, and Sato was able to go back to film composing full time, at last reaching and surpassing his 300th movie score. Sato is almost unique among Japan's prolific film composers in that he has written extensively for his chosen field, but has never written for the concert stage.

Filmography

all 268

Movies 265

TV Shows 3

Original Music Composer
After the Rain

After the Rain (2000)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Mitabi no kaikyô

Mitabi no kaikyô (1995)

Movie
Original Music Composer
East Meets West

East Meets West (1995)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Himeyuri no To

Himeyuri no To (1995)

Movie
Original Music Composer
In Blazing Love

In Blazing Love (1994)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Free and Easy Special

Free and Easy Special (1994)

Movie
Original Music Composer
The Oil-Hell Murder

The Oil-Hell Murder (1992)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Free and Easy 4

Free and Easy 4 (1991)

Movie
Original Music Composer
War and Youth

War and Youth (1991)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Heat Wave

Heat Wave (1991)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Rainbow Kids

Rainbow Kids (1991)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Takeda Shingen

Takeda Shingen (1991)

Movie
Original Music Composer
13 Assassins

13 Assassins (1990)

Movie
Original Music Composer
She-Shogun

She-Shogun (1990)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Dream Street

Dream Street (1989)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Shogun's Shadow

Shogun's Shadow (1989)

Movie
Original Music Composer
The Silk Road

The Silk Road (1988)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Guys Who Never Learn

Guys Who Never Learn (1987)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Tokyo Bordello

Tokyo Bordello (1987)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Taikoki

Taikoki (1987)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Yakuza Ladies

Yakuza Ladies (1986)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Kāsan no ki

Kāsan no ki (1986)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Death Shadows

Death Shadows (1986)

Movie
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Tracked

Tracked (1985)

Movie
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Oar

Oar (1985)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Fireflies in the North

Fireflies in the North (1984)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Adrift at Sea

Adrift at Sea (1983)

Movie
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The Geisha

The Geisha (1983)

Movie
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Our Teacher

Our Teacher (1983)

Movie
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Irezumi

Irezumi (1982)

Movie
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The Highest Honour

The Highest Honour (1982)

Movie
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Willful Murder

Willful Murder (1981)

Movie
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Lowly Ronin

Lowly Ronin (1981)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Toward the Terra

Toward the Terra (1980)

Movie
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The Shogun Assassins

The Shogun Assassins (1979)

Movie
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Nomugi Pass

Nomugi Pass (1979)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Hunter in the Dark

Hunter in the Dark (1979)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Blood Type: Blue

Blood Type: Blue (1978)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Dynamite Don-Don

Dynamite Don-Don (1978)

Movie
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August without Emperor

August without Emperor (1978)

Movie
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The Glacier Fox

The Glacier Fox (1978)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Sweet Revenge

Sweet Revenge (1977)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Sugata Sanshiro

Sugata Sanshiro (1977)

Movie
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The Alaska Story

The Alaska Story (1977)

Movie
Original Music Composer
A Portrait of Shunkin

A Portrait of Shunkin (1976)

Movie
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The Corporation

The Corporation (1976)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Tsuma to onna no aida

Tsuma to onna no aida (1976)

Movie
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Solar Eclipse

Solar Eclipse (1975)

Movie
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Kyukei no Koya

Kyukei no Koya (1975)

Movie
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Tidal Wave

Tidal Wave (1975)

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Without Complaint

Without Complaint (1975)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Aoba shigereru

Aoba shigereru (1974)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Machi no Hi

Machi no Hi (1974)

Movie
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Violent Streets

Violent Streets (1974)

Movie
Original Music Composer / Music Arranger
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla

Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974)

Movie
5.68
Original Music Composer
Demon Spies

Demon Spies (1974)

Movie
Original Music Composer
The Family

The Family (1974)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Submersion of Japan

Submersion of Japan (1973)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Stray Dog

Stray Dog (1973)

Movie
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Long Journey into Love

Long Journey into Love (1973)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Deeper Than Blue

Deeper Than Blue (1973)

Movie
Original Music Composer
The Twilight Years

The Twilight Years (1973)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Home from the Sea

Home from the Sea (1972)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Onna no hanamichi

Onna no hanamichi (1971)

Movie
Original Music Composer
The Wolves

The Wolves (1971)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Song of the Horse

Song of the Horse (1971)

Movie
Original Music Composer
The Battle of Okinawa

The Battle of Okinawa (1971)

Movie
Original Music Composer
幻の殺意

幻の殺意 (1971)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Banner of the Young

Banner of the Young (1970)

Movie
Original Music Composer
City of Beasts

City of Beasts (1970)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Incident at Blood Pass

Incident at Blood Pass (1970)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Travels of Lord Mito

Travels of Lord Mito (1969)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Red Lion

Red Lion (1969)

Movie
Original Music Composer
The Magoichi Saga

The Magoichi Saga (1969)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Tenchu!

Tenchu! (1969)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Forward, Young People!

Forward, Young People! (1969)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Goyokin

Goyokin (1969)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Futari no Koibito

Futari no Koibito (1969)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Vagabond Schemer

Vagabond Schemer (1969)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Samurai Banners

Samurai Banners (1969)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Young People

Young People (1968)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Scrap Collectors

Scrap Collectors (1968)

Movie
Original Music Composer
The Human Bullet

The Human Bullet (1968)

Movie
Original Music Composer
My Brother, My Love

My Brother, My Love (1968)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Admiral Yamamoto

Admiral Yamamoto (1968)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Kill!

Kill! (1968)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Judge and Jeopardy

Judge and Jeopardy (1968)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Golden Eyes

Golden Eyes (1968)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Son of Godzilla

Son of Godzilla (1967)

Movie
5.16
Original Music Composer
Sodachi zakari

Sodachi zakari (1967)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Japan's Longest Day

Japan's Longest Day (1967)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Organized Violence II

Organized Violence II (1967)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Portrait of Chieko

Portrait of Chieko (1967)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Organized Violence

Organized Violence (1967)

Movie
Original Music Composer
The Age of Assassins

The Age of Assassins (1967)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Three Faces of Love

Three Faces of Love (1967)

Movie
Original Music Composer
The Mad Atlantic

The Mad Atlantic (1966)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Zero Fighter

Zero Fighter (1966)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Moment of Terror

Moment of Terror (1966)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Thirst for Love

Thirst for Love (1966)

Movie
Original Music Composer
The Sword of Doom

The Sword of Doom (1966)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Cash Calls Hell

Cash Calls Hell (1966)

Movie
6
Original Music Composer
Ironfinger

Ironfinger (1965)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Stairs of Evil

Stairs of Evil (1965)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Fort Graveyard

Fort Graveyard (1965)

Movie
Original Music Composer
喜劇 各駅停車

喜劇 各駅停車 (1965)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Sanshiro Sugata

Sanshiro Sugata (1965)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Three Yakuza

Three Yakuza (1965)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Cold Rice, Osan, Chan

Cold Rice, Osan, Chan (1965)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Red Beard

Red Beard (1965)

Movie
4.33
Original Music Composer
The Tattooed Lord

The Tattooed Lord (1965)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Samurai Assassin

Samurai Assassin (1965)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Juvenile Delinquents

Juvenile Delinquents (1964)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Raised in a Palace

Raised in a Palace (1964)

Movie
Original Music Composer
The Sharks

The Sharks (1964)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Samurai from Nowhere

Samurai from Nowhere (1964)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Oh, Bomb!

Oh, Bomb! (1964)

Movie
Original Music Composer
The Desperate

The Desperate (1964)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Life of Hishakaku 3

Life of Hishakaku 3 (1964)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Jakoman and Tetsu

Jakoman and Tetsu (1964)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Zoku ôsho

Zoku ôsho (1963)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Okashina yatsu

Okashina yatsu (1963)

Movie
Original Music Composer
A House in the Quarter

A House in the Quarter (1963)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Samurai Pirate

Samurai Pirate (1963)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Tale of Army Brutality

Tale of Army Brutality (1963)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Life of Hishakaku 2

Life of Hishakaku 2 (1963)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Legacy of the 500,000

Legacy of the 500,000 (1963)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Warring Clans

Warring Clans (1963)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Life of Hishakaku

Life of Hishakaku (1963)

Movie
Original Music Composer
High and Low

High and Low (1963)

Movie
4.6
Original Music Composer
Modern Children

Modern Children (1963)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Gekkyū dorobō

Gekkyū dorobō (1962)

Movie
Original Music Composer
The Great Kurobe

The Great Kurobe (1962)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Operation Enemy Fort

Operation Enemy Fort (1962)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Our Failures

Our Failures (1962)

Movie
Original Music Composer
零戦黒雲一家

零戦黒雲一家 (1962)

Movie
Original Music Composer
The Ambitious Youth

The Ambitious Youth (1962)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Operation Sewer Rats

Operation Sewer Rats (1962)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Facing to the Clouds

Facing to the Clouds (1962)

Movie
Original Music Composer
The Crimson Sky

The Crimson Sky (1962)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Otoko no Uta

Otoko no Uta (1962)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Sanjuro

Sanjuro (1962)

Movie
3.86
Original Music Composer
Run, Genta, Run!

Run, Genta, Run! (1961)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Procurer of Hell

Procurer of Hell (1961)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Blood on the Sea

Blood on the Sea (1961)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Gambler in the Sea

Gambler in the Sea (1961)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Challenge to Live

Challenge to Live (1961)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Yojimbo

Yojimbo (1961)

Movie
3.88
Original Music Composer
Yabure Kabure

Yabure Kabure (1961)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Taiheiyō no katsugiya

Taiheiyō no katsugiya (1961)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Blueprint of Murder

Blueprint of Murder (1961)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Man at the Bullfight

Man at the Bullfight (1960)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Westward Desperado

Westward Desperado (1960)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Sixteen years old

Sixteen years old (1960)

Movie
Original Music Composer
The Bad Sleep Well

The Bad Sleep Well (1960)

Movie
3
Original Music Composer
Man Against Man

Man Against Man (1960)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Girls Behind Bars

Girls Behind Bars (1960)

Movie
Original Music Composer
The Gambling Samurai

The Gambling Samurai (1960)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Intimidation

Intimidation (1960)

Movie
Original Music Composer
The Last Gunfight

The Last Gunfight (1960)

Movie
Original Music Composer
The Age of Our Own

The Age of Our Own (1959)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Desperado Outpost

Desperado Outpost (1959)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Someday I'll Know

Someday I'll Know (1959)

Movie
Original Music Composer
A Man Explodes

A Man Explodes (1959)

Movie
Original Music Composer
I Will Challenge

I Will Challenge (1959)

Movie
Original Music Composer
We Live Today

We Live Today (1959)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Kamen no Onna

Kamen no Onna (1959)

Movie
Original Music Composer
The Praying Man

The Praying Man (1959)

Movie
Original Music Composer
The Stream of Youth

The Stream of Youth (1959)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Crimson Wings

Crimson Wings (1958)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Oban kanketsu hen

Oban kanketsu hen (1958)

Movie
Original Music Composer
The H-Man

The H-Man (1958)

Movie
Original Music Composer
A Slope in the Sun

A Slope in the Sun (1958)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Rusty Knife

Rusty Knife (1958)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Akutoku

Akutoku (1958)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Song for a Bride

Song for a Bride (1958)

Movie
Original Music Composer
I Am Waiting

I Am Waiting (1957)

Movie
6
Original Music Composer
The Lower Depths

The Lower Depths (1957)

Movie
3.5
Original Music Composer
The Living Koheiji

The Living Koheiji (1957)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen

Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen (1957)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Muhō Ichidai

Muhō Ichidai (1957)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Ôban

Ôban (1957)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Streetlights

Streetlights (1957)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Throne of Blood

Throne of Blood (1957)

Movie
4
Original Music Composer
Crazed Fruit

Crazed Fruit (1956)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Season of the Sun

Season of the Sun (1956)

Movie
Original Music Composer
The Vampire Moth

The Vampire Moth (1956)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Crossroad

Crossroad (1956)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Nigetekita hanayome

Nigetekita hanayome (1956)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Cell No. 8

Cell No. 8 (1956)

Movie
Original Music Composer
I Live in Fear

I Live in Fear (1955)

Movie
4
Original Music Composer
Tactics of Love

Tactics of Love (1955)

Movie
Original Music Composer
The Samurai of Edo

The Samurai of Edo (1955)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Taira Clan Saga

Taira Clan Saga (1955)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Half Human

Half Human (1955)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Six Assassins

Six Assassins (1955)

Movie
Original Music Composer
Ootone no Taiketsu

Ootone no Taiketsu (1955)

Movie

Information

Known For
Sound

Gender
Male

Birthday
1928-05-29

Deathday
1999-12-05 (71 years old)

Birth Place
Rumoi, Japan

Citizenships
Empire of Japan, Japan

Also Known As
Сато Масару, Masaru Satoh, Masaru Satou, Masaru Satô, Satō Masaru

Awards
Kikuchi Kan Prize, Japan Academy Film Prizes

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46 Movies
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Masaru Satō,
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39 Movies
Toshirō Mifune
Masaru Satō,
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Masaru Satō,
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Kihachi Okamoto
Masaru Satō,
Kihachi Okamoto worked together with Masaru Satō in:
35 Movies
Akihiko Hirata
Masaru Satō,
Akihiko Hirata worked together with Masaru Satō in:
31 Movies
Hideyo Amamoto
Masaru Satō,
Hideyo Amamoto worked together with Masaru Satō in:
31 Movies
Ichirō Nakatani
Masaru Satō,
Ichirō Nakatani worked together with Masaru Satō in:
30 Movies
Sachio Sakai
Masaru Satō,
Sachio Sakai worked together with Masaru Satō in:
29 Movies
Yoshitami Kuroiwa
Masaru Satō,
Yoshitami Kuroiwa worked together with Masaru Satō in:
28 Movies
Tetsuro Tamba
Masaru Satō,
Tetsuro Tamba worked together with Masaru Satō in:
26 Movies
1 TV Show
Ikio Sawamura
Masaru Satō,
Ikio Sawamura worked together with Masaru Satō in:
26 Movies
Eijirō Tōno
Masaru Satō,
Eijirō Tōno worked together with Masaru Satō in:
25 Movies
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Masaru Satō,
Yoshio Tsuchiya worked together with Masaru Satō in:
25 Movies
Takashi Shimura
Masaru Satō,
Takashi Shimura worked together with Masaru Satō in:
24 Movies
1 TV Show
Tadao Nakamaru
Masaru Satō,
Tadao Nakamaru worked together with Masaru Satō in:
24 Movies
Yutaka Sada
Masaru Satō,
Yutaka Sada worked together with Masaru Satō in:
23 Movies
Sanezumi Fujimoto
Masaru Satō,
Sanezumi Fujimoto worked together with Masaru Satō in:
22 Movies
Kō Nishimura
Masaru Satō,
Kō Nishimura worked together with Masaru Satō in:
22 Movies
Yasuzō Ogawa
Masaru Satō,
Yasuzō Ogawa worked together with Masaru Satō in:
21 Movies
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