Biography
Shin'ichirō Ikebe (Japanese: 池辺 晋一郎 Ikebe Shin'ichirō; born September 15, 1943, in Mito, Ibaraki) is a Japanese composer of contemporary classical music.
He has written the scores for many films by Akira Kurosawa and other Japanese film directors, including Kagemusha (1980), MacArthur's Children (1984), Kurosawa's Dreams (1990), Rhapsody in August (1991), Madadayo (1993), and Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (2001).
He studied composition with Tomojirō Ikenouchi, Akio Yashiro, and Akira Miyoshi at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, obtaining a master's degree in 1971. He serves as a professor at the Tokyo College of Music. He had several awards up to 2004, such as Excellence at the Salzburg TV Opera, The Italian Broadcasting Corporation, that is, RAI, The International Emmy Award, the Otaka Award, the Broadcasting Culture Award, the Yoshio Sagawa incentive Award, the Medal with Purple Ribbon.
Filmography
all 54
Movies 47
TV Shows 7
self 3
Climbing to Spring (2014)
The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity (2009)
Glory to the Filmmaker! (2007)
The Ode to Joy (2006)
Summer of Ubume (2005)
The Milkwoman (2005)
Winter Days (2003)
Spy Sorge (2003)
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (2001)
Closed Ward (2001)
Boy's Choir (2000)
Colorful (2000)
Murder on D Street (1998)
The Eel (1997)
Moonlight Serenade (1997)
Paradise of Paradise (1993)
Madadayo (1993)
The Great Shogunate Battle (1991)
Rhapsody in August (1991)
Dohten (1991)
Dreams (1990)
Takeshi: Childhood Days (1990)
Labyrinth Romanesque (1988)
Zegen (1987)
Keshin (1987)
Surgical Designs in Flames (1986)
Gray Sunset (1985)
MacArthur's Children (1984)
Okinawan Boys (1983)
The Ballad of Narayama (1983)
Eternal Monument (1982)
Why Not? (1981)
Kagemusha (1980)
Vengeance Is Mine (1979)
Rika (1979)
Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees (1975)
The Trip (1973)
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Known ForSound
GenderMale
Birthday1943-09-15 (81 years old)
Birth PlaceMito, Japan
CitizenshipsJapan
Also Known AsShin'ichirō Ikebe, Ikebe Shin'ichirō
AwardsThe Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon, Medal with Purple Ribbon, Person of Cultural Merit, Otaka prize
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