(炎も星も) (1953); lost The Spider's Thread (1968) The Moon (1981) Ensemble/instrumental works Piano Trio (1946) String Quartet (1948) La Danse for piano (1948) Shajin-Shu for soprano and piano, text by Haruo Sato (1949) Ballade for violin and piano (1951) Fantasia for Microphone, tape music (1953) Nyambe, for harp, celesta, bass clarinet, 4 violas, 2 cellos, and double bass (1959) Music for Strings No. 1, for 4 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos, and double bass (1962) 24 Preludes: The Piano Pieces for Children (1979) Film scores Nangoku no hada (1952) Where Chimneys Are Seen (1953) Gate of Hell (1953) An Inn at Osaka (1954) Takekurabe (1955) A Hole of My Own Making (1955) Twilight Saloon (1955) A Cat, Shozo, and Two Women (1956) The Hole (1957) Yellow Crow (1957) The Rice People (1957) Stepbrothers (1957) Fires on the Plain (1959) Odd Obsession (1959) Her Brother (1960) Zero Focus (1961) Ten Dark Women (1961) Being Two Isn't Easy (1962) The Outcast (1962) Alone Across the Pacific (1963), with Toru Takemitsu Portrait of Hell (1969) Mt. Hakkoda (1977) Village of Eight Gravestones (1977) The Demon (1978) The Incident (1978) Nichiren (1979) Suspicion (1982), with Kurōdo Mōri Radio/Television scores Eriko to Tomoni, radio drama, NHK (1949) Akō Rōshi (Forty-seven Ronin), TV drama, NHK (1964) Ai no Gakko Cuore Monogatari, TV anime (1981) - Opening and Ending Theme Benkei, TV drama, NHK (1986) - Opening Theme See also Madokoro Akutagawa Saori References External links 1925 births 1989 deaths 20th-century classical composers 20th-century Japanese composers 20th-century Japanese male musicians Japanese classical composers Japanese expatriates in the Soviet Union Japanese film score composers Japanese male classical composers Japanese male film score composers Japanese television composers Japanese television personalities Male television composers Musicians from Tokyo Ryūnosuke Akutagawa Tokyo Music School alumni