Sound
Tōru Takemitsu
- Titles
- 109movies3TV shows
- Career
Active from 1955 to 2022, with a break from 1996 to 2021, busiest in 1964 with 10 main titles.
- Directed
- 1title as director
- Average score
72/100
- Highest rated
Woman in the Dunes93/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 42 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical6.7average 2.6
- Melancholy7.0average 4.7
- Spiritual3.6average 2.0
- Politics4.1average 2.6
- Pathos6.7average 5.2
- Social Commentary6.4average 4.9
- Class & Capitalism4.4average 3.3
- Psychological6.6average 5.6
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism2.2, average 5.3
- Situational Comedy0.9, average 2.7
- Physical Comedy1.1, average 2.4
- Wholesome2.0, average 3.3
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Social Commentary 13
- Japanese Cinema 10
- Political Intrigue 8
- Melancholy 7
- Historical Drama 7
- Character Study 5
- Psychological Drama 5
- Period Piece 5
- Documentary 4
- Japanese New Wave 4
- Philosophical 4
- Slow Burn 4
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Masahiro ShinodaEditorDouble Suicide, Pale Flower, Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees, Silence, Ballad of Orin, +11 more
Hiroshi TeshigaharaDirectorWoman in the Dunes, The Face of Another, Rikyu, Pitfall, That Tender Age, +7 more
Shima IwashitaActorHarakiri, Double Suicide, Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees, Twin Sisters of Kyoto, Ballad of Orin, +6 more
Tatsuya NakadaiActorRan, Harakiri, Samurai Rebellion, The Face of Another, The Empty Table, +5 more
Masaki KobayashiDirectorHarakiri, Samurai Rebellion, Kwaidan, The Empty Table, Inn of Evil, +5 more
Keiichi UraokaEditorEmpire of Passion, The Ceremony, The Inheritance, The Fossil, Glowing Autumn, +5 more
Hisashi IgawaActorRan, Harakiri, The Fossil, Pitfall, Glowing Autumn, +4 more- TTōichirō NarushimaCinematographerDouble Suicide, The Ceremony, Twin Sisters of Kyoto, The Man Who Left His Will on Film, The Kii River, +3 more
Kei SatōActorHarakiri, Inn of Evil, Samurai Spy, Pitfall, Hymn to a Tired Man, +2 more
Eiji OkadaActorWoman in the Dunes, The Face of Another, Silence, Samurai Spy, Assassination, +2 more
Rentaro MikuniActorKwaidan, Rikyu, Wuthering Heights, Captive's Island, Himiko, +2 more- YYoshi SugiharaEditorThe Face of Another, Pale Flower, Samurai Spy, With Beauty and Sorrow, Escape from Japan, +2 more
Movies and TV shows
1082020s
2 titles
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1990s
7 titles · average score 65
68
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70
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1980s
20 titles · average score 76
76
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74
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68
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70
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72
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73
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1970s
19 titles · average score 69
74
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75
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71
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73
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70
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66
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69
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71
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73
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63
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1960s
54 titles · average score 74
88
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89
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78
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84
as Man Smoking in Bar (uncredited)
76
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69
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93
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86
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90
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71
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74
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73
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1950s
6 titles · average score 87
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87
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