About Kōji Shitara
Born 1946. Kōji Shitara is a Japanese actor, record producer, music arranger, composer and child actor.
is a Japanese composer and former actor. Beginning his career as a child actor in 1951, he appeared in 30 films before transitioning to composing, inspired by his uncle, Tōru Takemitsu.
Life and career Shitara was born on June 4, 1946, in Sakata, Yamagata, Japan. His father, Kōsei Shitara, was the chairman of the Japan Orthodox Destiny Studies Research Association; his mother was a Japanese tea ceremony practitioner. Shitara's uncle was composer Tōru Takemitsu. Shitara started learning how to play the piano at the age of three and made his first piece two years later. (1952) That Night's Wife (1952) The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice (1952) Salaryman's Song (1953) Children's Eyes (1956) Yellow Crow (1957) (TV 1960) Late Autumn (1960)
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(TV 1989) (TV 1991) Why Won't She Get Married? (1992)
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Japanese actor, composer, and producer
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Kōji Shitara was born on 4 June 1946 in Sakata.
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Kōji Shitara is an actor, record producer, music arranger, composer and child actor.
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