Saito Ichiro. (August 23, 1909 – November 16, 1979) was a Japanese

film composer A film score is original music written specifically to accompany a film. The score comprises a number of orchestral, instrumental, or choral pieces called cues, which are timed to begin and end at specific points during the film in order to e ...

Film score

He made

film music A film score is original music written specifically to accompany a film. The score comprises a number of orchestral, instrumental, or choral pieces called cues, which are timed to begin and end at specific points during the film in order to e ...

for 334 films including: * '' The Record of a Tenement Gentleman'' (長屋紳士録 Nagaya shinshiroku) (1947) * ''

Mother ] A mother is the female parent of a child. A woman may be considered a mother by virtue of having given birth, by raising a child who may or may not be her biological offspring, or by supplying her ovum for fertilisation in the case of ges ...

'' (おかあさん Okaasan) (1952) * '' Lightning (1952 film), Lightning'' (稲妻 Inazuma) (1952) * ''Tea Over Rice'' or ''

The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice is a 1952 Japanese film directed by Yasujirō Ozu. The screenplay concerns a wealthy middle-aged couple (played by Shin Saburi and Michiyo Kogure) who have marital difficulties, and their niece who uses the couple's troubles as her excuse for no ...

'' (お茶漬けの味 Ochazuke no aji) (1952) * ''

The Life of Oharu is a 1952 Japanese historical fiction film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi from a screenplay by Yoshikata Yoda. It stars Kinuyo Tanaka as Oharu, a one-time concubine of a ''daimyō'' (and mother of a later ''daimyō'') who struggles to escape the s ...

'' (西鶴一代女 Saikaku Ichidai Onna) (1952) * ''

Wife A wife (plural, : wives) is a female in a marital relationship. A woman who has separated from her partner continues to be a wife until the marriage is legally Dissolution (law), dissolved with a divorce judgement. On the death of her partner, ...

'' (妻 Tsuma) (1953) * ''

A Geisha is a 1953 Japanese drama film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi, centred on the geisha milieu in post-war Gion, Kyoto. It is based on a novel by Matsutarō Kawaguchi. Plot Eiko is in the search of the okiya (geisha house) run by the geisha Miyoharu. ...

'' (祇園囃子 Gion Bayashi) (1953) * '' Older Brother, Younger Sister'' (あにいもうと Ani Imōto) (1953) * ''

Sound of the Mountain is a 1954 Japanese drama film directed by Mikio Naruse. It is based on the novel ''The Sound of the Mountain'' by Nobel Prize winner Yasunari Kawabata. Plot Shingo, an aging businessman, sees the marriage of his son Shuichi and his daughter-i ...

'' (山の音 Yama no Oto) (1954) * ''

Onna no Koyomi is a 1954 Japanese film directed by Seiji Hisamatsu based on the short story collection by the Japanese woman writer Sakae Tsuboi. It was entered into the 1955 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Kinuyo Tanaka as Michi Saeki * Yōko Sugi as Kuniko Hy ...

'' (1954) * ''

Late Chrysanthemums is a 1954 Japanese drama film directed by Mikio Naruse. It follows four retired geisha and their struggles to make ends meet in post World War II Japan. The film is based on three short stories by female author Fumiko Hayashi. Plot ''Late Chrysa ...

'' (晩菊 Bangiku) (1954) * '' Floating Clouds'' (浮雲 Ukigumo) (1955) * '' The Romance of Yushima'' (婦系図湯島の白梅 Onna Keizu Yushima no Shiraume) (1955) * (驟雨 Shūu) (1956) * ''

A Wife's Heart is a 1956 Japanese drama film directed by Mikio Naruse. Plot Kiyoko lives with her husband Shinji and Shinji's mother in the family's house, where the married couple runs a not-too-successful food store. Although their marriage is not happy, it i ...

'' (妻の心 Tsuma no kokoro) (1956) * '' Flowing'' (流れる Nagareru) (1956) * (朱雀門 Suzakumon) (1957) * '' Untamed'' or ''Untamed Woman'' (あらくれ Arakure) (1957) * (弥太郎笠

Yatarō gasa Yatarō, Yataro or Yatarou is a masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings Yatarō can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. Here are some examples: The characters used for "taro" (太郎) literally means "thick (big) ...

) (1957) * '' The Loyal 47 Ronin'' (忠臣蔵

Chūshingura is the title given to fictionalized accounts in Japanese literature, theater, and film that relate to the historical incident involving the forty-seven ''rōnin'' and their mission to avenge the death of their master, Asano Naganori. Including th ...

) (1958) * '' Autumn Has Already Started'' (Aki tachinu) (1960) * ''

As a Wife, As a Woman is a 1961 Japanese drama (film and television), drama film directed by Mikio Naruse. Plot Miho, mistress of married professor Keijiro, has been managing the Ginza bar owned by him and his wife Ayako for years, hoping that some day she might be ma ...

'' (1961) * '' Yearning'' (乱れる Midareru) (1964) * ''Execution in Autumn'' (秋決 Qiujue) (1972)

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* 1909 births 1979 deaths 20th-century Japanese composers Japanese film score composers Japanese male film score composers {{Japan-composer-stub