Why this filmmaker matters
Toru Takemitsu has 0 scores in the Nutevio catalogue.
Performer
Toru Takemitsu
Composer in the Nutevio catalogue.
- Born
- Unknown
- Active
- 1962–2022
- Known for
- Composer
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Reading Toru Takemitsu
Our editors on the work, the patterns and the reason this body of work holds together.
Signature style
The recognisable elements are rewatchability, visual style, originality. Watch two of these films back to back and the method separates from the material — the same eye, re-tuned for different registers. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is staged.
Legacy
Takemitsu set terms other filmmakers now work against: the structures, the pacing and the refusal to explain. Awards bodies have often been slower than the work, which is usually the sign of a career built on choices rather than campaigns.
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Complete credits
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Frequent collaborators
Canonical people credited alongside this name across multiple titles.
Tatsuya Nakadai
Actor
3 shared titles · The Face of Another
Akira Kurosawa
Director
3 shared titles · Ran
Eiji Okada
Actor
2 shared titles · Woman in the Dunes
Kyôko Kishida
Actor
2 shared titles · Woman in the Dunes
Sean Connery
Actor
2 shared titles · Rising Sun
Kōbō Abe
Screenplay
2 shared titles · Woman in the Dunes
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Hiroshi Segawa
Director of Photography
2 shared titles · Woman in the Dunes
Hiroshi Teshigahara
Director
2 shared titles · Woman in the Dunes
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Tadashi Ôno
Producer
2 shared titles · Woman in the Dunes
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Kiichi Ichikawa
Producer
2 shared titles · Woman in the Dunes
Yoshio Miyajima
Director of Photography
2 shared titles · Kwaidan
Masaki Kobayashi
Director
2 shared titles · Kwaidan
Genre profile
- Drama6
- Action3
- Thriller2
- History2
- Science Fiction1
- Horror1
- Fantasy1
- Music1
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Quick facts
- Born
- Unknown
- Active
- 1962–2022
- Scores composed
- 0
- In the Nutevio catalogue
- Known for
- Composer
- scored score
- 6.5
- Nutevio editorial metric
- Collection appearances
- 0
- Across the library
- Films rated 8+
- 0