Yasushi Akutagawa

Akutagawa Yasushi

  • Name: Akutagawa Yasushi
  • Native name: 芥川也寸志
  • Also Known as: あくたがわ やすし
  • Nationality: Japanese
  • Gender: Male
  • Born: July 12, 1925
  • Died: January 31, 1989
Akutagawa Yasushi was a Japanese composer and conductor.
He graduated from Tokyo Academy of Music in 1949 and studied composition with Hashimoto Kunihiko, Shimofusa Kanichi and Ifukube Akira at the Tokyo Music School. He was one of the members of Sannin no kai (The Three) along with Dan Ikuma and Mayuzumi Toshiro.
In 1954, when Japan did not have diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union yet, he entered the Soviet Union illegally, and made friends with Dmitri Shostakovich, Aram Khachaturian and Dmitri Kabalevsky. Akutagawa was the only Japanese composer whose works were officially published in the Soviet Union at that time. His 1950 Music for Symphony Orchestra reflects his love of the music of Shostakovich and Prokofiev.
His compositions were influenced by Stravinsky, Shostakovich, Prokofiev andIfukube Akira .
He was popular as a master of ceremonies of TV shows and a Former President of JASRAC (Japanese Society for Rights of Authors of Music). As an educator, he devoted himself to train an amateur orchestra, Shin Kokyo Gakudan ("The New Symphony Orchestra"). Almost one year after Akutagawa died, the Akutagawa composition award was established in his memory. (Source: wikipedia) Edit Biography
Composer
Year Title Type Rating
1982 Suspicion
Movie
7.2
1982 Maboroshi No Mizumi
Movie
5.8
1980 Furueru Shita
Movie
7.3
1980 Warui Yatsura
Movie
4.0
1979 The Three Undelivered Letters
Movie
8.0
1979 Nichiren
Movie
8.0
1978 The Demon
Movie
7.7
1977 Village of Eight Gravestones
Movie
8.0
1977 Mount Hakkoda
Movie
7.4
1974 The Castle of Sand
Movie
7.8
1970 The Shadow Within
Movie
7.0
1969 Jigokuhen
Movie
7.4
1964 The Scarlet Camellia
Movie
9.0
1963 Alone Across the Pacific
Movie
7.0
1963 Dear His Majesty
Movie
6.0
1963 An Actor's Revenge
Movie
7.6
1962 Being Two Isn’t Easy
Movie
7.3
1962 The Broken Commandments
Movie
7.1
1962 Tokyo Bay
Movie
0.0
1961 Aijo no Keifu
Movie
0.0
1961 As the Clouds Scatter
Movie
6.0
1961 Ten Dark Women
Movie
7.6
1961 Eternity of Love
Movie
0.0
1961 Zero Focus
Movie
7.4
1960 The False Student
Movie
6.0
1960 The Son
Movie
8.0
1960 The Cliff
Movie
6.0
1960 A Woman's Testament
Movie
6.5
1959 Fires on the Plain
Movie
7.7
1959 Anyakoro
Movie
6.0
1959 Odd Obsession
Movie
7.3
1959 Let's Go Steadily
Movie
2.0
1959 Hana no Ren
Movie
0.0
1958 Maria of the Ant Village
Movie
0.0
1958 The Naked Sun
Movie
4.0
1958 Angry Island
Movie
6.0
1957 The Hole
Movie
7.0
1957 Elegy of the North
Movie
6.0
1957 A Dangerous Hero
Movie
0.0
1957 Stepbrothers
Movie
6.0
1957 The Snow Country
Movie
6.0
1957 The Rice People
Movie
2.0
1956 Typhoon Sodoki
Movie
0.0
1956 A Cat, Two Women, and One Man
Movie
6.0
1956 Aru Yoru Futatabi
Movie
0.0
1955 Ichikawa Umagorou Ichizaka Tenmatsuki: Ukikusa Nikki
Movie
0.0
1955 A Hole of My Own Making
Movie
6.0
1955 Takekurabe
Movie
6.0
1955 Twilight Saloon
Movie
8.0
1955 No Response from Car 33
Movie
0.0
1955 A Flower Blooms
Movie
0.0
1955 The Heart
Movie
8.2
1954 Ai to Shi no Tanima
Movie
1.0
1954 Tomoshibi
Movie
2.0
1954 Autumn Interlude
Movie
0.0
1954 An Inn at Osaka
Movie
7.1
1953 Gate of Hell
Movie
7.5
1953 Adolescence Part II
Movie
0.0
1953 Battleship Yamato
Movie
0.0
1953 Kumo Nagaruru Hate Ni
Movie
0.0
1953 The Last Embrace
Movie
3.0
1953 Entotsu no Mieru Basho
Movie
7.0
1953 My Wonderful Yellow Car
Movie
6.0
1951 Eriko to Tomoni
Movie
0.0
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Akutagawa Yasushi

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  • First Name: Yasushi
  • Family Name: Akutagawa
  • Native name: 芥川也寸志
  • Also Known as: あくたがわ やすし
  • Nationality: Japanese
  • Gender: Male
  • Born: July 12, 1925
  • Died: January 31, 1989

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