Masaru Satô Death
Masaru passed away on December 5, 1999 at the age of 71 in Tokyo, Japan.
When did Masaru Satô die?
December 5, 1999How old was Masaru Satô when died?
71Where did Masaru Satô die? What was the location of death?
Tokyo, Japan
Masaru Satô Birthday and Date of Death
Masaru Satô was born on May 29, 1928 and died on December 5, 1999. Masaru was 71 years old at the time of death.
Birthday: May 29, 1928
Date of Death: December 5, 1999
Age at Death: 71
Masaru Satô - Biography
Masaru Sato (佐藤 勝, Satō Masaru, May 29, 1928 – December 5, 1999) was a Japanese composer of film scores. He was born in Rumoi, Hokkaidō and raised in Sapporo. While studying at the National Music Academy, Sato came under the influence of Fumio Hayasaka, Akira Kurosawa's regular composer for his earlier films. He became a pupil of Hayasaka's, studying film scoring with him at Toho Studios, and working on the orchestration of Seven Samurai (1954). When the older composer died suddenly in 1955, leaving the scores to Kenji Mizoguchi's New Tales of the Taira Clan, and Kurosawa's Record of a Living Being incomplete, Toho assigned Sato to finish them. His first original score was for Godzilla Raids Again in 1955. He wrote the music to all of Kurosawa's movies for the next decade, including Throne of Blood, The Bad Sleep Well, Yojimbo, Sanjuro, and Red Beard. In addition to Mizoguchi and Kurosawa, Sato worked with Hideo Gosha.
