Yasushi Akutagawa (1925-1989)

Alias:
芥川也寸志

Birthplace:
Tabata, Tokyo, Japan

Born:
July 12, 1925

Died:
January 31, 1989

Composer and conductor.

Additional information:

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Music:
1952  The Whisper of Spring
1953  Adolescence Part II
1953  The End of the Night
1954  The Last Women
1955  Life's Simple Pleasures
1956  Twice on a Certain Night
1956  Typhoon
1957  A Dangerous Hero
1957  Evening Calm
1957  Rice
1958  The Naked Sun
1958  Yoku
1959  Pilgrimage at Night
1959  When a Woman Loves
1960  「通夜の客」より わが愛
1961  Haitoku no mesu
1961  Wakarete ikiru toki mo
1962  Get Married, Mother
1963  To Your Majesty, The Emperor
1963  When Women Lie
1965  Nami kage
1979  Nichiren
1979  The Three Undelivered Letters
1980  The Wicked
1982  Lake of Illusions

Original Music Composer:
1952  Forbidden Path
1952  The Skin of the South
1952  The Whisper of Spring
1953  Adolescence Part II
1953  Gate of Hell
1953  My Wonderful Yellow Car
1953  The Battleship Yamato
1953  The End of the Night
1953  Where Chimneys Are Seen
1954  An Inn at Osaka
1954  The Last Women
1955  A Hole of My Own Making
1955  Floating Weeds Diary
1955  Growing Up
1955  Life's Simple Pleasures
1955  The Heart
1955  Twilight Saloon
1956  Avalanche
1956  Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
1956  Twice on a Certain Night
1956  Typhoon
1957  A Dangerous Hero
1957  Elegy of the North
1957  Evening Calm
1957  Hole in One
1957  Rice
1957  Stepbrothers
1957  Yellow Crow
1958  Firefly Light
1958  Island of Fury
1958  Maria of the Ant Village
1958  The Naked Sun
1958  Yoku
1959  Fires on the Plain
1959  Flower Shop Curtain
1959  Odd Obsession
1959  Pilgrimage at Night
1959  When a Woman Loves
1960  A Woman's Testament
1960  Bonchi
1960  Her Brother
1960  「通夜の客」より わが愛
1961  As the Clouds Scatter
1961  Haitoku no mesu
1961  Hunting Rifle
1961  Love's Family Tree
1961  Ten Dark Women
1961  Wakarete ikiru toki mo
1961  Zero Focus
1962  Being Two Isn't Easy
1962  Get Married, Mother
1962  The Broken Commandment
1962  Tokyo Bay
1963  Alone Across the Pacific
1963  To Your Majesty, The Emperor
1963  When Women Lie
1964  The Scarlet Camellia
1965  Nami kage
1969  Portrait of Hell
1970  The Shadow Within
1974  The Castle of Sand
1977  Mount Hakkoda
1977  Village of Eight Gravestones
1978  The Demon
1978  The Incident
1979  Nichiren
1979  The Three Undelivered Letters
1980  The Wicked
1980  Writhing Tongue
1982  Lake of Illusions
1982  Suspicion

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