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Kenjiro Hirose

Kenjiro Hirose

Composer, Music Department

Born November 5, 1929 in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan

Died March 17, 1999

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A songwriter at Columbia Records in the 1950s, where one of his friends and collaborators was the moonlighting Toho screenwriter Shinichi Sekizawa, Hirose was one of many who made the jump to scoring films. Although pigeonholed in low-budget crime and comedy movies, Hirose shortly made a name for himself as the composer-songwriter-hitmaker for the first movies in the Young Guy (Wakadaisho) series. His reputation as a hitmaker also promoted Daiei to hire him to score Gamera vs. Viras (Gamera tai Uchu kaiju Bairasu, 1968), which required a theme song. Hirose's peppy tune was retained in the American version of the film, and heard in all the subsequent pictures through 1971. Unlike many pop musicians who made a career in film scoring, Hirose was equally at home in any genre he tackled, and made the most of budgets more minuscule than were given to bigger "name" composers like Akira Ifukube or Masaru Sato. Although largely known for the Wakadaisho films and the Gamera song (parodied on US TV's Mystery Science Theater 3000), Hirose also provided spare and intriguing scores for crime films like Sadao Nakajima's Bodo shimane keimusho, Jun Fukuda's The Weed of Crime, and Ishiro Honda's Shinko no otoko. As well, he acted as Japanese music advisor to John Williams on Frank Sinatra's 1965 film None But the Brave, and orchestrated and conducted Maury Laws' scores to The Last Dinosaur (1977) and The Bermuda Depths (1978).

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Filmography

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Type

Year

Nozomi Witches Poster

Nozomi Witches Feature Film1990

Osu!! Karate-bu Poster

Osu!! Karate-bu Feature Film1990

Ageinsuto Feature Film1981

Completely... With That Air! Poster

Completely... With That Air! Feature Film1981

Usawa no keiji: Tomy & Matsu TV Series1979

White Love Poster

White Love Feature Film1979

Doberman Cop Poster

Doberman Cop Feature Film1977

A Savage Beast Goes Mad Poster

A Savage Beast Goes Mad Feature Film1976

Bakamasa horamasa toppamasa Poster

Bakamasa horamasa toppamasa Feature Film1976

Gekitotsu! Wakadaishô Feature Film1976

Okinawa Yakuza sensô Poster

Okinawa Yakuza sensô Feature Film1976

Osharé daisakusen Poster

Osharé daisakusen Feature Film1976

Bôdô Shimane keimusho Poster

Bôdô Shimane keimusho Feature Film1975

Ganbare! Wakadaishô Poster

Ganbare! Wakadaishô Feature Film1975

Gokudô shachô Poster

Gokudô shachô Feature Film1975

Kigeki: Tokudashi - Himo tengoku Poster

Kigeki: Tokudashi - Himo tengoku Feature Film1975

Mamushi to aodaishô Poster

Mamushi to aodaishô Feature Film1975

Gokudo tai mamusi Poster

Gokudo tai mamusi Feature Film1974

Isoge! Wakamono Feature Film1974

Karajishi keisatsu Poster

Karajishi keisatsu Feature Film1974

Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance Poster

Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance Feature Film1974

Mamushi no kyôdai: Futari awasete sanjuppan Poster

Mamushi no kyôdai: Futari awasete sanjuppan Feature Film1974

Submersion of Japan Poster

Submersion of Japan TV Series1974

Sukeban: Taiman Shobu Poster

Sukeban: Taiman Shobu Feature Film1974

The Rapacious Jailbreaker Poster

The Rapacious Jailbreaker Feature Film1974

Violent Fraternity Poster

Violent Fraternity Feature Film1974

Mamushi no kyôdai: Kyôkatsu san-oku-en Poster

Mamushi no kyôdai: Kyôkatsu san-oku-en Feature Film1973

Mamushi no kyôdai: Musho gurashi yonen-han Poster

Mamushi no kyôdai: Musho gurashi yonen-han Feature Film1973

Yubi-kun: Sarariman jingi Feature Film1973

Kînagashî hyâkunîn Poster

Kînagashî hyâkunîn Feature Film1972

Love of a Bad Woman: Kiss Before the Killing Feature Film1972

Mamushi no kyôdai: Chôeki jûsankai Poster

Mamushi no kyôdai: Chôeki jûsankai Feature Film1972

Mamushi no kyôdai: Shôgai kyôkatsu jûhappan Poster

Mamushi no kyôdai: Shôgai kyôkatsu jûhappan Feature Film1972

Shadow Hunters Poster

Shadow Hunters Feature Film1972

The Gutsy Frog Poster

The Gutsy Frog TV Series1972

Utopia Feature Film1972

Kawai akujo Feature Film1971

Kawaii akujo Poster

Kawaii akujo Feature Film1971

Kigeki sanmanen daisakusen Poster

Kigeki sanmanen daisakusen Feature Film1971

Nishi no petenshi Higashi no sagishi Poster

Nishi no petenshi Higashi no sagishi Feature Film1971

Yoru no tehaishi: Suke sennin giri Poster

Yoru no tehaishi: Suke sennin giri Feature Film1971

Batsugun joshikôsei: 16 sai wa kanjichau Feature Film1970

Batsugun joshikôsei: Sotto shitoite 16 sai Feature Film1970

Bravo, Young Guy Poster

Bravo, Young Guy Feature Film1970

Dokushin no Scat Mini-Series1970

Ezo yakata no ketto Poster

Ezo yakata no ketto Feature Film1970

Hot Springs Konjac Geisha Poster

Hot Springs Konjac Geisha Feature Film1970

Ore no sora da ze! Wakadaishô Feature Film1970

Zenigeba Poster

Zenigeba Feature Film1970

BGS of Ginza Poster

BGS of Ginza Feature Film1969

Bonds of Love Poster

Bonds of Love Feature Film1969

Furesshuman wakadaishô Poster

Furesshuman wakadaishô Feature Film1969

Go! Go! Wakadaishô Feature Film1969

Kigeki ekimae sanbashi Poster

Kigeki ekimae sanbashi Feature Film1969

Kiki kaikai ore wa dareda?! Poster

Kiki kaikai ore wa dareda?! Feature Film1969

Konto Gojugo-go: Uchu daibôken Poster

Konto Gojugo-go: Uchu daibôken Feature Film1969

Konto55go-ore wa ninja no mago Poster

Konto55go-ore wa ninja no mago Feature Film1969

Musume zakari Feature Film1969

Nyu jirando no wakadaishô Poster

Nyu jirando no wakadaishô Feature Film1969

Taiyo no yaro-domo Feature Film1969

Gamera vs. Viras Poster

Gamera vs. Viras Feature Film1968

Machi ni izumi ga atta Poster

Machi ni izumi ga atta Feature Film1968

Marine Boy Poster

Marine Boy TV Series1968

Moero! Seishun Feature Film1968

Senji no yoru Feature Film1968

Tatsu in the Storm Feature Film1968

Dekkai taiyô Feature Film1967

Gekiryu Feature Film1967

Kigeki ekimae gakuen Poster

Kigeki ekimae gakuen Feature Film1967

Kigeki ekimae tanken Feature Film1967

Let's Go, Young Guy! Poster

Let's Go, Young Guy! Feature Film1967

Mesu ga osu o kuikorosu: Kamakiri Feature Film1967

Mesu ga osu o kuikorosu: Sanbiki no kamakiri Poster

Mesu ga osu o kuikorosu: Sanbiki no kamakiri Feature Film1967

Moero! Taiyô Poster

Moero! Taiyô Feature Film1967

Nippon ichi no otoko no naka no otoko Poster

Nippon ichi no otoko no naka no otoko Feature Film1967

Râkugoyarô-Daibakushô Feature Film1967

Take-chan shacho: Seishun de tsukkare! Feature Film1967

Take-chan shacho: Seishun wa ryu no mono da! Feature Film1967

Temptation by Night Poster

Temptation by Night Feature Film1967

The Great Turnabout Feature Film1967

Arupusu no wakadaishô Poster

Arupusu no wakadaishô Feature Film1966

Come Marry Me Poster

Come Marry Me Feature Film1966

Comedy: The Art Gods in Front of the Train Studio Feature Film1966

Fire and the Law Poster

Fire and the Law Feature Film1966

Folk de Ikô: Ginrei wa Koi-shiteru Feature Film1966

Kigeki ekimae benten Poster

Kigeki ekimae benten Feature Film1966

Koi to namida no taiyô Poster

Koi to namida no taiyô Feature Film1966

Kureji da yo: kisôtengai Poster

Kureji da yo: kisôtengai Feature Film1966

Neko no kyujitsu Feature Film1966

Nichigeki Kayama Yuzo shô yori: utau wakadaishô Poster

Nichigeki Kayama Yuzo shô yori: utau wakadaishô Documentary1966

Yakuza gurentai Poster

Yakuza gurentai Feature Film1966

Ankokugai gekitotsu sakusen Feature Film1965

Campus A-Go-Go Poster

Campus A-Go-Go Feature Film1965

Comedy-Finance in Front of the Train Feature Film1965

Crazy Adventure Poster

Crazy Adventure Feature Film1965

Fûrai ninpôchô Poster

Fûrai ninpôchô Feature Film1965

Gyangu chôjô sakusen Poster

Gyangu chôjô sakusen Feature Film1965

Hana no o-Edo no hôkaibô Feature Film1965

Kokkura suzumaru Feature Film1965

Tameki no taisho Feature Film1965

The Hoodlum Brothers Poster

The Hoodlum Brothers Feature Film1965

Umi no wakadaishô Poster

Umi no wakadaishô Feature Film1965

Urakaidan Poster

Urakaidan Feature Film1965

Hotspring Ghost Poster

Hotspring Ghost Feature Film1964

Jigoku sakusen Poster

Jigoku sakusen Feature Film1964

Kigeki ekimae tenjin Feature Film1964

Kokusai himitsu keisatsu: Kayaku no taru Poster

Kokusai himitsu keisatsu: Kayaku no taru Feature Film1964

Kyô mo ware ôzora ni ari Poster

Kyô mo ware ôzora ni ari Feature Film1964

Melody of Crime Poster

Melody of Crime Feature Film1964

Ore wa bodigado Poster

Ore wa bodigado Feature Film1964

Tensai sagishi monogatari: Tanuki no hanamichi Feature Film1964

Hawai no wakadaishô Poster

Hawai no wakadaishô Feature Film1963

Kigeki ekimae chagama Poster

Kigeki ekimae chagama Feature Film1963

Kureji sakusen: Kudabare! Musekinin Poster

Kureji sakusen: Kudabare! Musekinin Feature Film1963

Onsen geisha Feature Film1963

The Night We Danced Poster

The Night We Danced Feature Film1963

Wanpaku tenshi Feature Film1963

Ai no uzu shio Poster

Ai no uzu shio Feature Film1962

Ankokugai no kiba Poster

Ankokugai no kiba Feature Film1962

Counterstroke Poster

Counterstroke Feature Film1962

Hagure kigeki mandara Poster

Hagure kigeki mandara Feature Film1962

Kigeki ekimae hanten Poster

Kigeki ekimae hanten Feature Film1962

Kigeki ekimae onsen Poster

Kigeki ekimae onsen Feature Film1962

Nihon ichi no wakadaishô Poster

Nihon ichi no wakadaishô Feature Film1962

Pride of the Campus Poster

Pride of the Campus Feature Film1962

An Urban Affair Poster

An Urban Affair Feature Film1961

Arigataya sandogasa Poster

Arigataya sandogasa Feature Film1961

Kigeki ekimae bentô Poster

Kigeki ekimae bentô Feature Film1961

Nakito gozansu Poster

Nakito gozansu Feature Film1961

Shinku no otoko Poster

Shinku no otoko Feature Film1961

Sir Galahad in Campus Poster

Sir Galahad in Campus Feature Film1961

Snow in the South Seas Poster

Snow in the South Seas Feature Film1961

The Merciless Trap Poster

The Merciless Trap Feature Film1961

Ginza taikutsu musume Feature Film1960

Kamitsuita wakadan'na Poster

Kamitsuita wakadan'na Feature Film1960

Machi no uwasa mo sanjûgo nichi Feature Film1960

Shin jôdaigaku Feature Film1960

Abarenbo miri ni Ishimatsu Feature Film1959

Bakushô Mito Kômon man'yûki Feature Film1959

Ichimatsu Travels with Ghosts Feature Film1959

Seniors, Juniors, Co-Workers Poster

Seniors, Juniors, Co-Workers Feature Film1959

The Bride Is the Best in the World Poster

The Bride Is the Best in the World Feature Film1959

Masura o hashutsu fukai: Otoko nari akoso Feature Film1957

Music Department

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Type

Year

The Bushido Blade Poster

The Bushido Blade Feature Film1981

The Bermuda Depths Poster

The Bermuda Depths TV Movie1978

The Last Dinosaur Poster

The Last Dinosaur Feature Film1977

Tatsu in the Storm Feature Film1968

None But the Brave Poster

None But the Brave Feature Film1965

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