(November 9, 1924 – January 29, 2015)
RIP Riichiro Manabe
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A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music.
Etymology and Defi ...
. He wrote scores for numerous science fiction
Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel unive ...
, horror, and kaiju films.
Filmography
* '' Suzaki paradise: Akashingō'' (洲崎パラダイス 赤信号 Suzaki paradaisu Akashingō) aka ''Suzaki Paradise Red Light'' (1956)
* '' Hungry Soul'' (飢える魂) (1956)
* '' Summer Storm'' (夏の嵐 Natsu no arashi) (1956)
* '' Super Giant - The Artificial Satellite and the Destruction of Humanity'' (スーパー・ジャイアンツ 人工衛星と人類の破滅 - Sūpā Jaiantsu - Jinkō Eisei to Jinrui no Hametsu) (1957)
* '' Super Giant - The Spaceship and the Clash of the Artificial Satellite'' (スーパー・ジャイアンツ 宇宙艇と人工衛星の激突 - Sūpā Jaiantsu - Uchūtei to Jinkō Eisei no Gekitotsu) (1958)
* ''Kokoro to nikutai no tabi'' (完全な遊戯) (1958)
* ''Kanzenna yûgi'' (1958)
* ''Nora neko'' (1958)
* ''Noren'' (暖簾)(1958)
* ''Onna o wasurero'' (1959)
* ''Yoru no togyo'' (1959)
* ''High Teen'' (1959)
* ''Jigoku no magarikado'' (1959)
* ''A Street of Love and Hope'' (Ai to kibô no machi) (1959)
* ''Room for Let'' (Kashima ari) (1959)
* ''The Five Jolly Thieves'' (Shiranami gonin otoko: tenka no ô-dorobô) (1960)
* ''Hito mo arukeba'' (1960)
* ''Cruel Story of Youth
is a 1960 Japanese film directed by Nagisa Ōshima, starring Yusuke Kawazu and Miyuki Kuwano as teenage delinquents and lovers. It is Ōshima's second feature film and is known for its elements of Japanese '' nuberu bagu''. The film won the 1960 ...
'' (1960)
* ''The Sun's Burial
is a 1960 Japanese film directed by Nagisa Ōshima. ''The Sun's Burial'' is known for its elements of Japanese nuberu bagu. ''The Sun's Burial'' depicts people at the bottom of the social pyramid.
Isao Sasaki was selected for one of the lead r ...
'' (1960)
* ''Kenka Tarô'' (1960)
* ''Night and Fog in Japan
is a 1960 Japanese film directed by Nagisa Ōshima. It is an intensely political film both in subject matter (Zengakuren opposition in 1950 and 1960 to the Anpo treaty) and in thematic concerns such as political memory and the interpersonal dynam ...
'' (1960)
* ''Ponkotsu'' (1960)
* Akasaka no shimai' yori: yoru no hada'' (1960)
* ''Shôjo'' (1961)
* ''Romance Express'' (1961)
* ''Aoi me no sugao'' (1961)
* ''Kono wakasa aru kagiri'' (1961)
* ''Kill the Killer!'' (1961)
* ''Keishichô monogatari: jûni-nin no keiji'' (1961)
* ''Machi'' (1961)
* ''A Wife Confesses'' (1961)
* ''The Catch'' (1961)
* ''Urusai imôtotachi'' (1961)
* ''Shiro Amakusa, the Christian Rebel'' (1962)
* ''Heso no taisho'' (1962)
* ''Gang domei'' (1963)
* ''Fushigina Kusuri (Short)'' (1965)
* ''Hatoba no taka'' (1967)
* ''The Smell of Poison'' (1967)
* ''Kamo to negi'' (1968)
* ''Â Himeyuri no Tô'' (1968)
* ''Sogeki'' (1968)
* ''Front Row Life
''Fan Life'', ''Front Row'', ''A Thirsty Life'' and ''Life of a Striptease Love'' is a 1968 Japanese film directed by Tatsumi Kumashiro. The ''Roman Porno'' director's first film, it was a box-office failure, and stalled his directing career un ...
'' (1968)
* ''Fukushû no uta ga kikoeru'' (1968)
* ''Stormy Era'' (1969)
* ''Burakku comedi'' (1969)
* ''Oretachi no kôya'' (1969)
* ''Koto no taiyo'' (1969)
* ''Yakuza bangaichi'' (1969)
* ''Exiled to Hell'' (1969)
* '' Cruel Female Love Suicide'' (残酷おんな情死 Zankoku onna jōshi) (1970)
* ''Oiroke komikku'' (1970)
* ''Kigeki kudabare! Otoko-dama'' (1970)
* ''Terror in the Streets'' (1970)
* ''The Vampire Doll
is a 1970 Japanese horror film directed by Michio Yamamoto.
Plot
Returning to Tokyo from a six month business trip overseas, Kazuhiko leaves to visit his girlfriend Yuko at her isolated country home. After a week when nothing is heard from him, ...
'' (1970)
* ''The Militarists
is a 1970 Japanese film directed by Hiromichi Horikawa.
Release
''The Militarists'' had a roadshow release in Japan on 11 August 1970 where it was distributed by Toho. It received general release 12 September 1970 in Japan. The film was Toho's ...
'' (1970)
* ''Winter in Narita (Documentary)'' (1970)
* ''Profile of a Boss's Son'' (1970)
* ''Showa hito keta shachô tai futaketa shain'' (1971)
* ''Lake of Dracula
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'' (1971)
* '' Godzilla vs. Hedorah'' (1971)
* ''Zoku Showa hito keta shachô tai futaketa shain: Getsu-getsu kasui moku kinkin'' (1971)
* ''Hakuchô no uta nanka kikoenai'' (1972)
* ''Love Hunter
is a 1972 Japanese film in Nikkatsu's ''Roman porno'' series, directed by Seiichirō Yamaguchi and starring Hidemi Hara, Mari Tanaka, and Sumiko Minami. The film was banned for obscenity, and director Yamaguchi arrested. The resulting trials wer ...
'' (1972)
* ''Manatsu no Yoru no Jôji'' (1972)
* ''Wolf Guy
is a Japanese manga series of two volumes published in 1970 by Bunkasha. Originally written by Kazumasa Hirai and illustrated by Hisashi Sakaguchi (坂口尚), the series has been readapted with a more violent and mature setting in 2007 ...
'' (1973)
* ''Godzilla vs. Megalon
is a 1973 Japanese ''kaiju'' film directed by Jun Fukuda, written by Fukuda and Shinichi Sekizawa, and produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka, with special effects by Teruyoshi Nakano. Distributed by Toho and produced under their effects subsidiary Toho ...
'' (1973)
* ''Ame no yo no jôji'' (1973)
* ''Hitozuma: nokoribi'' (1973)
* ''Onna kyôshi: Amai seikatsu'' (1973)
* ''Hirusagari no jôji: Uwasa no kangofu'' (1974)
* '' Flower and Snake'' (1974)
* '' Evil of Dracula'' (1974)
* ''Okita Sôji'' (1974)
* '' The Gate of Youth'' (1975)
* ''Akan ni hatsu'' (1975)
* ''Kamome-yo, kirameku umi o mitaka/meguri ai'' (1975)
* ''The Possessed'' (1976)
* ''Boko!'' (1976)
* ''Gakusei mabu: shojo no aji'' (1976)
* ''The Gate of Youth Part 2'' (1977)
* ''Shûdôjo Rushia: Kegasu'' (1978)
* ''Tatsu no ko Taro
is a 1979 film adaptation of a famous Japanese folk tale, and the novel ''Taro, the Dragon Boy'' by Miyoko Matsutani. In 1966, Taro, the Son of Dragon with the original Japanese title of "Tatsu, no ko Taro", started as a puppet series on a Japane ...
'' (1979)
* '' Jigoku'' (1979)
* ''Taiyo no ko teda no fua'' (1980)
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1924 births
2015 deaths
Japanese film score composers
Japanese male film score composers
Video game composers