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Akira Ifukube

Name in Native Language: "伊福部昭" (Japanese/JA)
Composer / Professor / Concertmaster | * 05/31/1914 († 91, 02/06/2006) | Kushiro, Hokkaidō (Japan)
Akira Ifukube (伊福部 昭, Ifukube Akira, 31 May 1914 – 8 February 2006) was a Japanese composer. He is best known for composing several entries in the Godzilla franchise as well as developing the titular monster's roar. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Action | Science Fiction

Known for these Movies & Shows

When the creator of a popular video game system dies, a virtual contest is created to compete for his fortune. ...

Ready Player One

FSK: 12+ years

2018 | 3.8/5 | 2h 20min
Adventure, Action, Science Fiction
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When a massive, gilled monster emerges from the deep and tears through the city, the government scrambles to save its citizens. A rag-tag team of volunteers cuts through a web of red tape to uncover t ...

Shin Godzilla

FSK: 12+ years

2016 | 3.5/5 | 2h
Action, Science Fiction, Horror
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In postwar Japan, a new terror rises. Will the devastated people be able to survive... let alone fight back? ...

Godzilla Minus One

Certification unknown

2023 | 3.7/5 | 2h 5min
Action, Drama, Science Fiction
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Japan is thrown into a panic after several ships are sunk near Odo Island. An expedition to the island led by Dr. Yemani soon discover something far more devastating than imagined in the form of a 50 ...

Godzilla

Certification unknown

1954 | 3.8/5 | 1h 36min
Thriller, Horror, Science Fiction
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Awards & Nominations for Akira Ifukube

Medal With Purple Ribbon Person of Cultural Merit Order of The Sacred Treasure, 3rd Class Junior Fourth Rank Order of Culture
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Movies with Akira Ifukube as Actor(1)

1998 Godzilla, King of the Monsters

Movies with Akira Ifukube as Crew(165)

Sound/Music2022 Godzilla vs. Gigan Rex
Sound/Music2021 Godzilla vs. Hedorah
Sound/Music2020 Godzilla Appears at Godzilla Fest
Sound/Music2016 Shin Godzilla
Sound/Music2009 Gehara: The Dark and Long-Haired Monster
Sound/Music2008 Genius Party Beyond
Sound/Music2007 Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
Sound/Original Music Composer2007 Tetsujin 28: Morning Moon of Midday
Sound/Original Music Composer1995 Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
Sound/Music1994 Monster Planet of Godzilla
Sound/Original Music Composer1993 Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II
Sound/Original Music Composer1992 Godzilla vs. Mothra
Sound/Original Music Composer1991 Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
Sound/Original Music Composer1991 Dozoku no ranjo
Sound/Music1984 Godzilla Fantasia
Sound/Music Director1983 Wolfman vs. Godzilla
Sound/Original Music Composer1978 Love and Faith
Sound/Original Music Composer1977 Godzilla
Sound/Original Music Composer1975 Terror of Mechagodzilla
Sound/Original Music Composer1974 Sandakan No. 8
Sound/Original Music Composer1974 The Last Samurai
Sound/Original Music Composer1973 Zatoichi's Conspiracy
Sound/Original Music Composer1972 Godzilla vs. Gigan
Sound/Music1970 Will to Conquer
Sound/Original Music Composer1970 Space Amoeba
Sound/Original Music Composer1970 Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
Sound/Original Music Composer1969 Devil's Temple
Sound/Original Music Composer1969 Latitude Zero
Sound/Original Music Composer1968 Young Challengers
Sound/Original Music Composer1968 The Snow Woman
Sound/Original Music Composer1968 Destroy All Monsters
Sound/Original Music Composer1967 King Kong Escapes
Sound/Original Music Composer1967 Zatoichi Challenged
Sound/Original Music Composer1967 Eleven Samurai
Sound/Original Music Composer1966 The War of the Gargantuas
Sound/Original Music Composer1966 Return of Daimajin
Sound/Original Music Composer1966 Wrath of Daimajin
Sound/Original Music Composer1966 Sleepy Eyes of Death 7: The Mask of the Princess
Sound/Original Music Composer1966 Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy
Sound/Original Music Composer1966 A Thousand Suspects
Sound/Original Music Composer1966 Zatoichi's Vengeance
Sound/Original Music Composer1966 The Betrayal
Sound/Original Music Composer1966 Daimajin
Sound/Original Music Composer1966 Adventure in Kigan Castle
Sound/Original Music Composer1965 Invasion of Astro-Monster
Sound/Original Music Composer1965 Frankenstein Conquers the World
Sound/Original Music Composer1965 Zatoichi and the Chess Expert
Sound/Original Music Composer1965 Zatoichi's Revenge
Sound/Original Music Composer1965 A Chain of Islands
Sound/Original Music Composer1965 Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu
Sound/Original Music Composer1964 Whirlwind
Sound/Original Music Composer1964 The Long Death
Sound/Original Music Composer1964 Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
Sound/Music1964 The Life of a Chivalrous Man in Suruga: Broken Swords
Sound/Original Music Composer1964 Mothra vs. Godzilla
Sound/Original Music Composer1964 Fight, Zatoichi, Fight
Sound/Original Music Composer1964 Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege
Sound/Original Music Composer1964 Dogora
Sound/Original Music Composer1963 Atragon
Sound/Original Music Composer1963 Bronze Magician
Sound/Original Music Composer1963 The Little Prince and the Eight-Headed Dragon
Sound/Original Music Composer1963 Zatoichi the Fugitive
Sound/Original Music Composer1963 Zatoichi on the Road
Sound/Original Music Composer1963 New Tale of Zatoichi
Sound/Original Music Composer1963 A Samurai Never Tells a Lie
Sound/Original Music Composer1963 13 Assassins
Sound/Original Music Composer1963 Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai
Sound/Original Music Composer1962 King Kong vs. Godzilla
Sound/Original Music Composer1962 47 Ronin
Sound/Original Music Composer1962 Varan the Unbelievable
Sound/Original Music Composer1962 The Great Wall
Sound/Original Music Composer1962 The Tale of Zatoichi
Sound/Music1962 Her Hidden Past
Sound/Original Music Composer1962 The Whale God
Sound/Music1962 The King
Sound/Original Music Composer1962 A Carpenter and Children
Sound/Original Music Composer1961 Daredevil in the Castle
Sound/Original Music Composer1961 Miyamoto Musashi
Sound/Original Music Composer1961 Buddha
Sound/Original Music Composer1961 The Conspirator
Sound/Music1960 Lord Tadanao
Sound/Original Music Composer1960 Scars of Honor
Sound/Original Music Composer1960 Castle of Flames
Sound/Original Music Composer1959 Samurai Saga
Sound/Original Music Composer1959 A Whistle in My Heart
Sound/Original Music Composer1959 Break Down that Wall
Sound/Original Music Composer1959 Battle in Outer Space
Sound/Original Music Composer1959 The Big Boss
Sound/Music1959 The Three Treasures
Sound/Music1958 Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
Sound/Music Director1958 The Adulteress
Sound/Music1958 The Precipice
Sound/Original Music Composer1958 Varan
Sound/Original Music Composer1958 Beyond the Seasonal Wind
Sound/Original Music Composer1957 Down Town
Sound/Original Music Composer1957 An Osaka Story
Sound/Music1957 Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean
Sound/Music1957 Who's The Real Killer
Sound/Original Music Composer1957 The Mysterians
Sound/Original Music Composer1957 Harbor Rats
Sound/Music1957 On This Earth
Sound/Music1957 Yagyu Secret Scrolls
Sound/Music1957 Jigoku bana
Sound/Music1957 Roar and Earth
Sound/Music1956 Rodan
Sound/Original Music Composer1956 Love is Lost
Sound/Original Music Composer1956 Darkness at Noon
Sound/Music1956 Rainy Night Duel
Sound/Music1956 Joyu
Sound/Music1956 Sound in the Mist
Sound/Music1956 Ryûri no kishi
Sound/Original Music Composer1956 The Burmese Harp
Sound/Music1956 Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
Sound/Original Music Composer1955 Life of Geisha
Sound/Music1955 The Beauty and the Dragon
Sound/Original Music Composer1955 The Maid's Kid
Sound/Original Music Composer1955 Brooba
Sound/Music1955 Three Faces
Sound/Original Music Composer1955 The Wolves
Sound/Music1955 Policeman's Diary, Part 2
Sound/Music1954 Jinsei Gekijo Yokubo hen: sanshu kirako
Sound/Original Music Composer1954 The Ditch
Sound/Original Music Composer1954 Godzilla
Sound/Original Music Composer1954 Cape Ashizuri
Sound/Music1954 Dorodarake no seishun
Sound/Original Music Composer1954 A Samurai's Love
Sound/Original Music Composer1953 Miniature
Sound/Original Music Composer1953 The Cannery Boat
Sound/Original Music Composer1953 Reminiscence
Sound/Music1953 Onna no issho
Sound/Original Music Composer1953 Hiroshima
Sound/Music1953 Yokubo
Sound/Original Music Composer1953 Before Dawn
Sound/Original Music Composer1953 Anatahan
Sound/Music1953 White Fish
Sound/Music1953 Aijô ni tsuite
Sound/Original Music Composer1952 Sisters of Nishijin
Sound/Original Music Composer1952 Children of Hiroshima
Sound/Original Music Composer1952 Swift Current
Sound/Original Music Composer1952 Shi no machi wo nogarete
Sound/Original Music Composer1951 Judge of the Ashuras
Sound/Original Music Composer1951 The Tale of Genji
Sound/Music1951 Stolen Love
Sound/Music1951 Who Will Judge Me?
Sound/Original Music Composer1950 Devil's Gold
Sound/Music1950 Re mizeraburu: kami to akuma
Sound/Original Music Composer1950 Senka o koete
Sound/Original Music Composer1950 The Motherland Far Far Away
Sound/Music1950 Heat and Mud
Sound/Original Music Composer1950 The Rainbow-Colored Flower
Sound/Music1950 Crazy Uproar
Sound/Original Music Composer1950 Listen to the Voices of the Sea
Sound/Music1950 Re mizeraburu: kami to jiyu no hata
Sound/Original Music Composer1950 White Beast
Sound/Original Music Composer1950 Clothes of Deception
Sound/Original Music Composer1949 The Quiet Duel
Sound/Original Music Composer1949 The Rainbow Man
Sound/Original Music Composer1949 Late Night Confession
Sound/Music1949 Jakoman and Tetsu
Sound/Original Music Composer1948 A Second Life
Sound/Music1948 Kuro-uma no danshichi
Sound/Music1948 Shachō to onna tenin
Sound/Original Music Composer1948 A Woman in the Typhoon Area
Sound/Music1947 Invitation to Happiness
Sound/Original Music Composer1947 Snow Trail

Citizenship: Japan
Born: Sunday, 05/31 1914 (May) in Kushiro, Hokkaidō (Japan)
Died: Monday, 02/06 2006 (February) in Meguro-ku (aged: 91)
Zodiac sign: Gemini (Chinese zodiac sign: Tiger)
Languages: Japanese (JA)
Educated at: Hokkaido Imperial University, Hokkaido Sapporo Nishi High School
Employer: Hokkaido Government, Teishitsu Rin'yakyoku, Tokyo Academy of Music
Related to: Tohru Ifukube, Takashi Ifukube
Other names for Akira Ifukube (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"伊福部昭"
"いふくべ あきら" (Kana/Japanese)
"Ifukube Akira"
Akira Ifukube frequently works together with these people:
Tomoyuki Tanaka (43x, Crew)
Kaneto Shindō (39x, Crew)
Eiji Tsuburaya (35x, Crew)
Ishirō Honda (28x, Crew)
Taiji Tonoyama (25x, Actor)
Akihiko Hirata (24x, Actor)
Eijirō Tōno (20x, Actor)
Haruo Nakajima (20x, Actor)
Takashi Shimura (19x, Actor)
Shintarō Katsu (19x, Actor)
Yoshifumi Tajima (19x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:960955, Added: 11/24/2018, Last updated: 03/30/2024