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KO

Koji Shitara

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

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) Composer * (TV 1989) * (TV 1991) * Why Won’t She Get Married? (1992) References External links *

Era
Post-War
Lived
1946–present
From
Japan
Born in
Sakata
Known as
actor, record producer, music arranger, composer, child actor

Contemporaries

Composers of the same nationality whose working lives overlapped — computed across all 11,984 dated composers in this library, not taken from any single article.