Masaru Satō
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Person

Masaru Satō

Known for
Sound
Born
May 29, 1928
Died
December 5, 1999
Place of birth
Rumoi, Hokkaido, Japan
Also known as
Сато Масару, Masaru Satoh, Masaru Satou

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Biography

Masaru Satō (佐藤 勝) was a Japanese composer of film scores. The youngest of six brothers, all of them music lovers, Masaru Sato decided early in life that he wanted to be a composer. His models were two other composers born, as he was, on the northernmost Japanese island of Hokkaido: Akira Ifukube and Fumio Hayasaka. After hearing Hayasaka's score for Rashomon (1950), Sato decided Hayasaka was the only one he wanted for his teacher. He absorbed much of Hayasaka's modernist leanings, and grew to know Hayasaka's best friend Akira Kurosawa during this period. The year 1955 was a vast turning point for Sato: after scoring numerous insignificant pictures for various studios in Tokyo, Sato won the assignment for Gojira no Gyakushu (1955). Then his teacher Fumio Hayasaka died tragically young, while finishing the score for Kurosawa's Ikimono no Kiroku (1955). Sato stepped in to complete the score, uncredited. Kurosawa was sufficiently pleased with Sato to use him for all his pictures for the following ten years. Though the two had a falling-out after Akahige (1965), Sato remained one of Japan's most in-demand film composers, returning to the Gojira series several times and remaining a favorite of many other directors such as Kihachi Okamoto and June Fukuda. After scoring Dun-Huang in 1987, Sato had to call a brief halt to his career in order to tend to family interests in real estate in his native Hokkaido; but within a few years, the problems were wrapped up, and Sato was able to go back to film composing full time, at last reaching and surpassing his 300th movie score. Sato is almost unique among Japan's prolific film composers in that he has written extensively for his chosen field, but has never written for the concert stage.

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In Catlg

2 Works in the catalog credit them.

Music (2)

Filmography

  • After the RainFilm · 2000 · Original Music Composer
  • A Story of Modern ChivalryFilm · 1997 · Original Music Composer
  • East Meets WestFilm · 1995 · Original Music Composer
  • Gokenin ZankuroTV · 1995 · Original Music Composer · 8 episodes
  • Himeyuri no ToFilm · 1995 · Original Music Composer
  • Mitabi no kaikyôFilm · 1995 · Original Music Composer
  • Free and Easy SpecialFilm · 1994 · Original Music Composer
  • In Blazing LoveFilm · 1994 · Original Music Composer
  • Bloom in the Moonlight “The Story of Rentaro Taki”Film · 1993 · Original Music Composer
  • Oda NobunagaFilm · 1992 · Original Music Composer
  • The Oil-Hell MurderFilm · 1992 · Original Music Composer
  • Free and Easy 4Film · 1991 · Original Music Composer
  • Heat WaveFilm · 1991 · Original Music Composer
  • Rainbow KidsFilm · 1991 · Original Music Composer
  • Takeda ShingenFilm · 1991 · Original Music Composer
  • War and YouthFilm · 1991 · Original Music Composer
  • 13 AssassinsFilm · 1990 · Original Music Composer
  • She-ShogunFilm · 1990 · Original Music Composer
  • Dream StreetFilm · 1989 · Original Music Composer
  • Shogun's ShadowFilm · 1989 · Original Music Composer
  • The Demon Comes in SpringFilm · 1989 · Original Music Composer
  • The Silk RoadFilm · 1988 · Original Music Composer
  • Guys Who Never LearnFilm · 1987 · Original Music Composer
  • TaikokiFilm · 1987 · Original Music Composer
  • The Forest of the Little BearFilm · 1987 · Original Music Composer
  • The Great Department Store RobberyFilm · 1987 · Original Music Composer
  • Tokyo BordelloFilm · 1987 · Original Music Composer
  • Death ShadowsFilm · 1986 · Original Music Composer
  • Kāsan no kiFilm · 1986 · Original Music Composer
  • Yakuza LadiesFilm · 1986 · Original Music Composer
  • OarFilm · 1985 · Original Music Composer
  • TrackedFilm · 1985 · Original Music Composer
  • Fireflies in the NorthFilm · 1984 · Original Music Composer
  • 君のふるさとに太陽がのぼったFilm · 1984 · Original Music Composer
  • Adrift at SeaFilm · 1983 · Original Music Composer
  • Lowly Ronin 4: Living HellFilm · 1983 · Original Music Composer
  • Lowly Ronin 5: The Teenage Orphan GirlFilm · 1983 · Original Music Composer
  • Lowly Ronin 6: Betrayal at Yatate PassFilm · 1983 · Original Music Composer
  • Our TeacherFilm · 1983 · Original Music Composer
  • Secret of the Forbidden ValleyFilm · 1983 · Original Music Composer
  • The GeishaFilm · 1983 · Original Music Composer
  • Ah! Nomugi Pass — Fresh Green EditionFilm · 1982 · Original Music Composer
  • IrezumiFilm · 1982 · Original Music Composer
  • The Highest HonourFilm · 1982 · Original Music Composer
  • The Lowly Ronin 3: Duel at DawnFilm · 1982 · Original Music Composer
  • 南十字星Film · 1982 · Original Music Composer
  • At This Late Date, the CharlestonFilm · 1981 · Original Music Composer
  • Lowly RoninFilm · 1981 · Original Music Composer
  • Willful MurderFilm · 1981 · Original Music Composer
  • Xiongmao Monogatari TaoTaoFilm · 1981 · Original Music Composer
  • A Distant Cry from SpringFilm · 1980 · Original Music Composer
  • Toward the TerraFilm · 1980 · Original Music Composer
  • Hunter in the DarkFilm · 1979 · Original Music Composer
  • Nomugi PassFilm · 1979 · Original Music Composer
  • The Shogun AssassinsFilm · 1979 · Original Music Composer
  • August Without EmperorFilm · 1978 · Original Music Composer
  • Blood Type: BlueFilm · 1978 · Original Music Composer
  • Dynamite Don-DonFilm · 1978 · Original Music Composer
  • The Glacier FoxFilm · 1978 · Original Music Composer
  • Kyojin-gun monogatari: Susume eikô eFilm · 1977 · Original Music Composer
  • Sugata SanshiroFilm · 1977 · Original Music Composer
  • Sweet RevengeFilm · 1977 · Original Music Composer
  • The Alaska StoryFilm · 1977 · Original Music Composer
  • The Love and Adventures of Kuroki TaroFilm · 1977 · Original Music Composer
  • The Yellow HandkerchiefFilm · 1977 · Original Music Composer
  • A Portrait of ShunkinFilm · 1976 · Original Music Composer
  • Between Women and WivesFilm · 1976 · Original Music Composer
  • The CorporationFilm · 1976 · Original Music Composer
  • FriendshipFilm · 1975 · Original Music Composer
  • Kyukei no KoyaFilm · 1975 · Original Music Composer
  • Solar EclipseFilm · 1975 · Original Music Composer
  • Tidal WaveFilm · 1975 · Original Music Composer
  • Without ComplaintFilm · 1975 · Original Music Composer
  • Aoba shigereruFilm · 1974 · Original Music Composer
  • Demon SpiesFilm · 1974 · Original Music Composer
  • Godzilla vs. MechagodzillaFilm · 1974 · Original Music Composer
  • Lupin the Third: Strange Psychokinetic StrategyFilm · 1974 · Original Music Composer
  • Machi no HiFilm · 1974 · Original Music Composer
  • ScalpelFilm · 1974 · Original Music Composer
  • The FamilyFilm · 1974 · Original Music Composer
  • Violent StreetsFilm · 1974 · Original Music Composer
  • Deeper Than BlueFilm · 1973 · Original Music Composer
  • Long Journey into LoveFilm · 1973 · Original Music Composer
  • Men and War III: The Final ChapterFilm · 1973 · Original Music Composer
  • Stray DogFilm · 1973 · Original Music Composer
  • Submersion of JapanFilm · 1973 · Original Music Composer
  • The KingFilm · 1973 · Original Music Composer
  • The Twilight YearsFilm · 1973 · Original Music Composer
  • Home from the SeaFilm · 1972 · Original Music Composer
  • Sapporo Winter OlympicsFilm · 1972 · Original Music Composer
  • Special Boy Soldiers of the NavyFilm · 1972 · Original Music Composer
  • Maboroshi no SatsuiFilm · 1971 · Original Music Composer
  • Men and War II: Land of Love and SorrowFilm · 1971 · Original Music Composer
  • Onna no hanamichiFilm · 1971 · Original Music Composer
  • The Battle of OkinawaFilm · 1971 · Original Music Composer
  • The WolvesFilm · 1971 · Original Music Composer
  • Banner of the YoungFilm · 1970 · Original Music Composer
  • City of BeastsFilm · 1970 · Original Music Composer
  • Incident at Blood PassFilm · 1970 · Original Music Composer
  • Men and War I: Prelude to DestinyFilm · 1970 · Original Music Composer
  • Song of the HorseFilm · 1970 · Original Music Composer
  • The Scandalous Adventures of BuraikanFilm · 1970 · Original Music Composer
  • Where Spring Comes LateFilm · 1970 · Original Music Composer
  • Admiral Borneo: Betting at the EquatorFilm · 1969 · Original Music Composer
  • Battle of the Japan SeaFilm · 1969 · Original Music Composer
  • Forward, Young People!Film · 1969 · Original Music Composer
  • Futari no KoibitoFilm · 1969 · Original Music Composer
  • GoyokinFilm · 1969 · Original Music Composer
  • Motta, the Flying Dracula MonsterFilm · 1969 · Original Music Composer
  • Red LionFilm · 1969 · Original Music Composer
  • Samurai BannersFilm · 1969 · Original Music Composer
  • Shinsengumi: Assassins of HonorFilm · 1969 · Original Music Composer
  • Tenchu!Film · 1969 · Original Music Composer
  • The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket ClubFilm · 1969 · Original Music Composer
  • The Magoichi SagaFilm · 1969 · Original Music Composer
  • Travels of Lord MitoFilm · 1969 · Original Music Composer
  • Vagabond SchemerFilm · 1969 · Original Music Composer
  • Admiral YamamotoFilm · 1968 · Original Music Composer
  • Cry of the MountainFilm · 1968 · Original Music Composer
  • Golden EyesFilm · 1968 · Original Music Composer
  • Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two YakuzaFilm · 1968 · Original Music Composer
  • Judge and JeopardyFilm · 1968 · Original Music Composer
  • Kill!Film · 1968 · Original Music Composer
  • My Brother, My LoveFilm · 1968 · Original Music Composer
  • Scrap CollectorsFilm · 1968 · Original Music Composer
  • The Day the Sun RoseFilm · 1968 · Original Music Composer
  • The Human BulletFilm · 1968 · Original Music Composer
  • Young PeopleFilm · 1968 · Original Music Composer
  • Japan's Longest DayFilm · 1967 · Original Music Composer
  • Organized ViolenceFilm · 1967 · Original Music Composer
  • Organized Violence IIFilm · 1967 · Original Music Composer
  • Portrait of ChiekoFilm · 1967 · Original Music Composer
  • Sodachi zakariFilm · 1967 · Original Music Composer
  • Son of GodzillaFilm · 1967 · Original Music Composer
  • The Age of AssassinsFilm · 1967 · Original Music Composer
  • Three Faces of LoveFilm · 1967 · Original Music Composer
  • Three SistersTV · 1967 · Original Music Composer · 52 episodes
  • Who Is Gomez?Film · 1967 · Original Music Composer
  • Big Wind from TokyoFilm · 1966 · Original Music Composer
  • Cash Calls HellFilm · 1966 · Original Music Composer
  • Ebirah, Horror of the DeepFilm · 1966 · Original Music Composer
  • Koto—The Lake of TearsFilm · 1966 · Original Music Composer
  • Moment of TerrorFilm · 1966 · Original Music Composer
  • The Mad AtlanticFilm · 1966 · Original Music Composer
  • The Sword of DoomFilm · 1966 · Original Music Composer
  • Thirst for LoveFilm · 1966 · Original Music Composer
  • Zero FighterFilm · 1966 · Original Music Composer
  • Cold Rice, Osan, ChanFilm · 1965 · Original Music Composer
  • Fort GraveyardFilm · 1965 · Original Music Composer
  • IronfingerFilm · 1965 · Original Music Composer
  • Red BeardFilm · 1965 · Original Music Composer
  • Retirement of a Train EngineerFilm · 1965 · Original Music Composer
  • Rokujō yukiyama tsumugiFilm · 1965 · Original Music Composer
  • Samurai AssassinFilm · 1965 · Original Music Composer
  • Sanshiro SugataFilm · 1965 · Original Music Composer
  • Stairs of EvilFilm · 1965 · Original Music Composer
  • The Tattooed LordFilm · 1965 · Original Music Composer
  • Three YakuzaFilm · 1965 · Original Music Composer
  • Jakoman and TetsuFilm · 1964 · Original Music Composer
  • Juvenile DelinquentsFilm · 1964 · Original Music Composer
  • Life of Hishakaku 3Film · 1964 · Original Music Composer
  • Oh, Bomb!Film · 1964 · Original Music Composer
  • Raised in a PalaceFilm · 1964 · Original Music Composer
  • Samurai from NowhereFilm · 1964 · Original Music Composer
  • The DesperateFilm · 1964 · Original Music Composer
  • The SharksFilm · 1964 · Original Music Composer
  • 間諜Film · 1964 · Original Music Composer
  • A House in the QuarterFilm · 1963 · Original Music Composer
  • High and LowFilm · 1963 · Original Music Composer
  • Legacy of the 500,000Film · 1963 · Original Music Composer
  • Life of HishakakuFilm · 1963 · Original Music Composer
  • Life of Hishakaku 2Film · 1963 · Original Music Composer
  • Modern ChildrenFilm · 1963 · Original Music Composer
  • Okashina yatsuFilm · 1963 · Original Music Composer
  • Samurai PirateFilm · 1963 · Original Music Composer
  • Tale of Army BrutalityFilm · 1963 · Original Music Composer
  • The Elegant Life of Mr. EverymanFilm · 1963 · Original Music Composer
  • Warring ClansFilm · 1963 · Original Music Composer
  • Zoku ôshoFilm · 1963 · Original Music Composer
  • Ano sora no hate ni hoshi wa matatakuFilm · 1962 · Original Music Composer
  • Anything For SuccessFilm · 1962 · Original Music Composer
  • Burūtaun aoi machi no ōkamiFilm · 1962 · Original Music Composer
  • Facing to the CloudsFilm · 1962 · Original Music Composer
  • Kurobe Gorge Part IIIFilm · 1962 · Original Music Composer
  • Operation Enemy FortFilm · 1962 · Original Music Composer
  • Operation Sewer RatsFilm · 1962 · Original Music Composer
  • Otoko no UtaFilm · 1962 · Original Music Composer
  • Our FailuresFilm · 1962 · Original Music Composer
  • SanjuroFilm · 1962 · Original Music Composer
  • The Ambitious YouthFilm · 1962 · Original Music Composer
  • The Crimson SkyFilm · 1962 · Original Music Composer
  • 零戦黒雲一家Film · 1962 · Original Music Composer
  • Blood on the SeaFilm · 1961 · Original Music Composer
  • Blueprint of MurderFilm · 1961 · Original Music Composer
  • Challenge to LiveFilm · 1961 · Original Music Composer
  • Gambler in the SeaFilm · 1961 · Original Music Composer
  • Lord Mito: Struggle of Suke and KakuFilm · 1961 · Original Music Composer
  • Pacific PortersFilm · 1961 · Original Music Composer
  • Procurer of HellFilm · 1961 · Original Music Composer
  • Run, Genta, Run!Film · 1961 · Original Music Composer
  • Shokei zen'yaFilm · 1961 · Original Music Composer
  • Yabure KabureFilm · 1961 · Original Music Composer
  • YojimboFilm · 1961 · Original Music Composer
  • Chikuhō no kodomotachiFilm · 1960 · Original Music Composer
  • IntimidationFilm · 1960 · Original Music Composer
  • Man Against ManFilm · 1960 · Original Music Composer
  • Man at the BullfightFilm · 1960 · Original Music Composer
  • Sixteen years oldFilm · 1960 · Original Music Composer
  • The Bad Sleep WellFilm · 1960 · Original Music Composer
  • The Gambling SamuraiFilm · 1960 · Original Music Composer
  • The Last GunfightFilm · 1960 · Original Music Composer
  • University BanditsFilm · 1960 · Original Music Composer
  • Westward DesperadoFilm · 1960 · Original Music Composer
  • ÔanaFilm · 1960 · Original Music Composer
  • A Love that Wagers the WorldFilm · 1959 · Original Music Composer
  • A Man ExplodesFilm · 1959 · Original Music Composer
  • Desperado OutpostFilm · 1959 · Original Music Composer
  • Gigantis, the Fire MonsterFilm · 1959 · Original Music Composer
  • I Want to Be a ShellfishFilm · 1959 · Original Music Composer
  • I Will ChallengeFilm · 1959 · Original Music Composer
  • Masked WomanFilm · 1959 · Original Music Composer
  • Otome no inoriFilm · 1959 · Original Music Composer
  • Someday I'll KnowFilm · 1959 · Original Music Composer
  • The Age of Our OwnFilm · 1959 · Original Music Composer
  • The Praying ManFilm · 1959 · Original Music Composer
  • The Stream of YouthFilm · 1959 · Original Music Composer
  • We Live TodayFilm · 1959 · Original Music Composer
  • Woman from the SeaFilm · 1959 · Original Music Composer
  • A Slope in the SunFilm · 1958 · Original Music Composer
  • Crimson WingsFilm · 1958 · Original Music Composer
  • Oban kanketsu henFilm · 1958 · Original Music Composer
  • Rusty KnifeFilm · 1958 · Original Music Composer
  • Song for a BrideFilm · 1958 · Original Music Composer
  • The H-ManFilm · 1958 · Original Music Composer
  • The Hidden FortressFilm · 1958 · Original Music Composer
  • The Man Who Rode the TyphoonFilm · 1958 · Original Music Composer
  • The Man Who Wagers TomorrowFilm · 1958 · Original Music Composer
  • ViceFilm · 1958 · Original Music Composer
  • Half Human: The Story of the Abominable SnowmanFilm · 1957 · Original Music Composer
  • I Am WaitingFilm · 1957 · Original Music Composer
  • Last Days of the SamuraiFilm · 1957 · Original Music Composer
  • Muhō IchidaiFilm · 1957 · Original Music Composer
  • StreetlightsFilm · 1957 · Original Music Composer
  • The Living KoheijiFilm · 1957 · Original Music Composer
  • The Lower DepthsFilm · 1957 · Original Music Composer
  • Throne of BloodFilm · 1957 · Original Music Composer
  • Zoku Ôban: Fûun henFilm · 1957 · Original Music Composer
  • Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô henFilm · 1957 · Original Music Composer
  • ÔbanFilm · 1957 · Original Music Composer
  • Cell No. 8Film · 1956 · Original Music Composer
  • Crazed FruitFilm · 1956 · Original Music Composer
  • CrossroadFilm · 1956 · Original Music Composer
  • Eacape of FearFilm · 1956 · Original Music Composer
  • Runaway BrideFilm · 1956 · Original Music Composer
  • Season of the SunFilm · 1956 · Original Music Composer
  • Vampire MothFilm · 1956 · Original Music Composer
  • Beast Man Snow ManFilm · 1955 · Original Music Composer
  • Godzilla Raids AgainFilm · 1955 · Original Music Composer
  • I Live in FearFilm · 1955 · Original Music Composer
  • New Tengu Kurama: Samurai in the Pouring RainFilm · 1955 · Original Music Composer
  • Ootone no TaiketsuFilm · 1955 · Original Music Composer
  • Six AssassinsFilm · 1955 · Original Music Composer
  • Tactics of LoveFilm · 1955 · Original Music Composer
  • Taira Clan SagaFilm · 1955 · Original Music Composer
  • The Samurai of EdoFilm · 1955 · Original Music Composer

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