About Masahiro Kawasaki
Lived 1949 – 2006 (aged 56). Masahiro Kawasaki was a Japanese composer and physicist.
was a Japanese musician and composer, born in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka. As a musician, he played keyboards in a number of bands, including Ryudo Uzaki's Ryūdōgumi. As a composer for film, television, and anime, he won awards of excellence at the Japan Academy Prize for his film scores for Rampo and Kin'yu Fushoku Rettō: Jubaku. He was also nominated for best original film score for the Taiwanese film Rice Rhapsody at the Golden Horse Awards.
He died of liver cancer at the age of 56 on 4 May 2006 in Inage-ku, Chiba.
Partial filmography Kozure Ôkami: Sono chîsaki te ni (1993) Rampo (1994) Kamikaze Taxi (1995) Kin'yu Fushoku Rettō: Jubaku (1999) Off-Balance (2001) Rice Rhapsody (2004)
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Who was Masahiro Kawasaki?
Japanese composer (1949–2006)
When was Masahiro Kawasaki born?
Masahiro Kawasaki was born on 15 September 1949 in Kitakyūshū.
When did Masahiro Kawasaki die?
Masahiro Kawasaki died on 4 May 2006 in Inage-ku.
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Masahiro Kawasaki was a composer and physicist.
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Masahiro Kawasaki was Japanese.
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