Urato Watanabe
Urato Watanabe (渡辺浦人, Watanabe Urato, March 2, 1909 – October 18, 1994) was a Japanese classical and film music composer.
Urato Watanabe

富樫康 · 『日本の作曲家』1956年4月25日 · Public domain
- Name
- Urato Watanabe
- Born
- March 2, 1909
- Birthplace
- Aomori, Japan
- Died
- October 18, 1994 (aged 85)
- Occupation
- Composer, educator
- Nationality
- Japan · Empire of Japan
- Fields
- classical music
- Education
- Tokyo Gakugei University
- Teachers
- Masao Yamamoto
- Languages
- Japanese
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Biography
Biography
Urato Watanabe studied at Tokyo Gakugei University. Training under Masao Yamamoto is recorded. The recorded working language is Japanese. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are classical music. Employment is recorded with Nagoya University of Arts and Nanzan University.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Urato Watanabe • Native Name — 渡辺浦人 • Born — March 2, 1909 • Birthplace — Aomori, Japan • Died — October 18, 1994 (aged 85) • Occupation — Composer, educator • Years Active — 1940–1978 • Children — 1
Early life
Early life
Urato Watanabe was born on March 2, 1909, in Aomori, Japan, his family moved to Tokyo when he was two years old. He studied music at the Tokyo University of the Arts and graduating in 1929. In 1955, Watanabe traveled to Europe for the first time to participate in the International Folk Music Conference in Oslo, Norway.
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Urato Watanabe, a composer, was born in 1909. The birth is recorded by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
Television
Television
• Osomatsu-kun (1966) - Soundtrack writer • Judgment (1962)
Life and career
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Life and career
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1909
Urato Watanabe born at Aomori Prefecture.
1994
Urato Watanabe died.
Film scores
• Shirayuki-sensei to kodomo-tachi (1950) • Song of Love (1951) • Elegy (1951) • Bird Hyakusho (1951) - Vocals • Mōjū Tsukai no Shōjo (1952) • The Great White Tiger Platoon (1954) • The Second Son (1955) • Flowery Hood (1956) • Flowery Hood 2 (1956) • Migratory Birds of the Flowers (1956) • A Man in the Storm (1957) • Suzunosuke Akado (1957) • Nikutai no hankō (1957) • Suzunosuke Akado: The Moonlight Monster (1957) • Suzunosuke Akado: Defeat the Demon-Faced Gang (1957) • Suzunosuke Akado: The Vacuum Slash of Asuka (1957) • Suzunosuke Akado: The Demon of Shingetsu Tower (1957) • Onibi Kago (1957) • Demonfire Palanquin (1957) • Suzunosuke Akado: The One-Legged Demon (1957) • Suzunosuke Akado: The Birdman with Three Eyes (1958) • Suzunosuke Akado: The Thunder Man of Kurokumo Valley (1958) • Suzunosuke Akado: Defeat the Skull Gang (1958) • Maboroshi Tantei: Chiteijin Shūrai (1960) • Doggie March (1963) • Human Bones (1978)
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- 1.富樫康『日本の作曲家』p.347
- 2.渡辺浦人. www.jmdb.ne.jp.
- 3.Migratory Birds of the Flowers (1956).
- 4.Demonfire Palanquin (1957).
- 5.Maboroshi Tantei: Chiteijin Shūrai (1960).
- 6.Aging. 12. 2020-06-30. 1945-4589.
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