Masataka Matsutōya

Masataka Matsutōya

Nascimento : 1951-11-19, Tokyo, Japan

História

Japanese arranger, composer, music producer, and motor journalist. He currently resides in Setagaya, Tokyo. He is a graduate of Keio Senior High School and Keio University. Aliases include "Manta" and "Yumin teishu". His wife is singer-songwriter, composer, and lyricist Yumi Matsutoya. In 1971, he participated as a background musician in Takuro Yoshida's album, "Ningen nante." He began to frequently perform with Yoshida as the keyboard player in other albums and live performances, and also began his first work with arrangement. In 1973, he formed the group "Caramel Mama" with fellow musicians Haruomi Hosono, Shigeru Suzuki, and Tateo Hayashi. This group later evolved into a group named "Tin Pan Alley."

Perfil

Masataka Matsutōya

Filmes

Mio's Cookbook
Music
When Mio was young, she lost her parents in a great flood and also became separated from her best friend Noe. Afterwards, Mio found her talent in cooking and eventually became a cook. Meanwhile, Noe has become an oiran (high-ranking courtesan).
青い種子は太陽のなかにある
Music
In the summer of 1963, flats of modern construction begin to be built in the slums where vagrants and women of the night gather. The city hall's plan is to house the slum dwellers in cultural housing, complete with gas and running water. Kenji, a construction worker, and Yumiko, a waitress at a late-night rest house, meet in the slum, but only at dusk. One day, a Korean worker falls from scaffolding at an apartment building site and dies. The site supervisor and city hall workers bury the corpse in the concrete foundations of the apartment building...
Nijiiro Hotaru: Eien no Natsuyasumi
Original Music Composer
Yuuta é um menino de 12 anos de idade, que havia perdido seu pai em um acidente de trânsito há um ano. No férias de verão, ele visitou uma barragem deserta escondida nas montanhas, onde ele havia passado bastante tempo com seu pai. De repente, uma tempestade ocorreu e ele escorregou, e sofreu um tombo, o que o fez perder a consicência. Após recuperar-se, encontrou uma garota e uma vila desconhecida. Ele viajou no tempo 30 anos e chegou a uma aldeia, que havia sucumbido à parte inferior da barragem.
Heaven's Bookstore
Original Music Composer
Heaven's Bookstore is a 2004 Japanese film directed by Tetsuo Shinohara about a struggling classical pianist who is sent to heaven to work in a bookstore. It is based on two novels, written by Atsushi Matsuhisa and Wataru Tanaka.
Wings Of Light
Executive Music Producer
Penguin's Memory: Shiawase Monogatari
Music Director
Mike é um soldado pingüim que volta para casa depois de ser ferido durante o combate. Afastado de sua família e amigos, ele deixa sua cidade natal e começa a vagar à deriva pelo país. (Fonte: ANN)
Train of Thought
Music Producer
Anthology music film starring Japanese singer-songwriter Yumi Matsutoya. It takes place on a train intercut with a series of flashbacks or daydreams which serve as long-form music videos.
Fine, with Occasional Murders
Doctor Kazumasa Kikui
Kanako returns from the USA to a troubled mother who witnessed a man leaving a murder scene and is consequently under persistent threat. For the time being.
The Little Girl Who Conquered Time
Original Music Composer
Yoshiyama Kazuko is in the 3rd grade of junior high. One day, she's cleaning in the laboratory, she notices of the smell of lavender, and faints. Since then, she has acquired a mysterious power to travel time.
School in the Crosshairs
Music
Mitamura Yuka is a normal, shy high school student. Except for the fact that she has psychic powers. When a new student with similar powers begins to show her skills, creating a force of psychic Nazi student enforcers, Yuka and her friends vow to stop her. But behind it all is a mysterious force that will put Yuka's powers to the ultimate test!