Masahiro Kawasaki

Masahiro Kawasaki
川崎 真弘
Birth nameMasafumi Kawasaki
Born(1949-09-15)15 September 1949
Kitakyushu, Fukuoka
Died4 May 2006(2006-05-04) (aged 56)
Inage-ku, Chiba
Occupation(s)Musician and composer

Masahiro Kawasaki (川崎 真弘, Kawasaki Masahiro, 15 September 1949 – 4 May 2006) 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.[1] As a composer for film, television, and anime, he won awards of excellence at the Japan Academy Prize for his film scores for Rampo[2] and Kin'yu Fushoku Rettō: Jubaku.[3] He was also nominated for best original film score for the Taiwanese film Rice Rhapsody at the Golden Horse Awards.[4]

He died of liver cancer at the age of 56 on 4 May 2006 in Inage-ku, Chiba.[1]

  1. ^ a b 川崎真弘氏死去 作曲家 [Composer Masahiro Kawasaki dies]. 47 News (in Japanese). Press Net Japan Co., Ltd. 6 May 2006. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
  2. ^ 第18回日本アカデミー賞優秀作品 [18th Japan Academy Prize selected works] (in Japanese). Japan Academy Prize Association. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
  3. ^ 第23回日本アカデミー賞優秀作品 [23rd Japan Academy Prize selected works] (in Japanese). Japan Academy Prize Association. Archived from the original on 31 October 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
  4. ^ "Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival – Archive 2004" (in Chinese). Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 19 January 2013.