was a Japanese classical and film music composer.

Early life

Urato Watanabe was born on March 2, 1909, in

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, his family moved to

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when he was two years old. He studied music at the Tokyo University of the Arts and graduating in 1929. In 1955, Watanabe traveled to

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for the first time to participate in the ''International Folk Music Conference'' in Oslo, Norway.

Works

Film scores

* '' Shirayuki-sensei to kodomo-tachi'' (1950) *''Song of Love'' (1951) * ''Elegy'' (1951) * ''Bird Hyakusho'' (1951) - Vocials *'' The Second Son'' (1955) * '' Migratory Birds of the Flowers'' (1956) * ''

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'' (1957) * ''

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'' (1957) * ''Nikutai no hankō'' (1957) * '' Suzunosuke Akado: The Moonlight Monster'' (1957) * '' Suzunosuke Akado: Defeat the Demon-Faced Gang'' (1957) * '' Suzunosuke Akado: The Vacuum Slash of Asuka'' (1957) * '' Suzunosuke Akado: The Demon of Shingetsu Tower'' (1957) *''

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'' (1957) * ''Demonfire Palanquin'' (1957) * '' Suzunosuke Akado: The One-Legged Demon'' (1957) * '' Suzunosuke Akado: The Birdman with Three Eyes'' (1958) * '' Suzunosuke Akado: The Thunder Man of Kurokumo Valley'' (1958) * '' Suzunosuke Akado: Defeat the Skull Gang'' (1958) * ''Maboroshi Tantei: Chiteijin Shūrai'' (1960) * ''

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'' (1963) * ''Human Bones'' (1978)

Television

* ''

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'' (1966) - Soundtrack writer * ''Judgment'' (1962)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Watanabe, Urato 1909 births 1994 deaths 20th-century classical composers 20th-century Japanese composers 20th-century Japanese male musicians Japanese classical composers Japanese film score composers Japanese male classical composers Japanese male film score composers Japanese music educators People from Aomori (city)