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Masaaki Hirao(1937-2017)

  • Composer
  • Actor
  • Music Department
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Masaaki Hirao was born on 24 December 1937 in Chigasaki, Kanagawa, Japan. He was a composer and actor, known for Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003), Lady Snowblood (1973) and Esupai (1974). He died on 21 July 2017 in Tokyo, Japan.
BornDecember 24, 1937
DiedJuly 21, 2017(79)
BornDecember 24, 1937
DiedJuly 21, 2017(79)
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Known for

Uma Thurman in Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
8.2
  • Soundtrack
  • 2003
Meiko Kaji in Lady Snowblood (1973)
Lady Snowblood
7.6
  • Composer
  • 1973
Esupai (1974)
Esupai
5.7
  • Composer(as Masaki Hirano)
  • 1974
Magnitude 7.9 (1980)
Magnitude 7.9
5.0
  • Soundtrack
  • 1980

Credits

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Composer

  • Hissatsu Shigotonin 2015
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 2015
  • Hissatsu shigotonin 2013 (2013)
    Hissatsu shigotonin 2013
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 2013
  • Hissatsu shigotonin 2012
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 2012
  • Hissatsu Shigotonin 2010
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 2010
  • Hissatsu shigotonin 2009
    6.7
    TV Series
    • composer
    • 2009
  • Hissatsu shimatsunin
    • Composer
    • 1997
  • Kawachi zankyo-den: Shamo (1992)
    Kawachi zankyo-den: Shamo
    • Composer
    • 1992
  • Sure Death! Brown, You Bounder! (1985)
    Sure Death! Brown, You Bounder!
    6.1
    • Composer
    • 1985
  • Necchû jidai part II
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1980–1981
  • Space Carrier Blue Noah (1979)
    Space Carrier Blue Noah
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1979–1980
  • Hissatsu shigotonin (1979)
    Hissatsu shigotonin
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1979–1981
  • Necchû jidai: Keiji hen (1979)
    Necchû jidai: Keiji hen
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1979
  • Necchû jidai (1978)
    Necchû jidai
    8.2
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1978–1979
  • Comet san
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1978
  • Koibito misaki (1977)
    Koibito misaki
    • Composer
    • 1977

Actor

  • Masahiko Tsugawa and Yoshiko Mita in Wakarenu riyû (1987)
    Wakarenu riyû
    6.0
    • 1987
  • Kawachi no ossan no uta (1976)
    Kawachi no ossan no uta
    6.6
    • 1976
  • Wakai minato (1964)
    Wakai minato
    • 1964
  • 18 Who Cause a Storm (1963)
    18 Who Cause a Storm
    6.6
    • Kazuo
    • 1963
  • Shichinin no keiji
    • Katsuhiro Sugi
    • 1963
  • Yoshiko Mita and Katsuo Nakamura in Wakamono-tachi no yoru to hiru (1962)
    Wakamono-tachi no yoru to hiru
    • 1962
  • The Strangers Upstairs (1961)
    The Strangers Upstairs
    6.6
    • Hisao Koizumi
    • 1961
  • Shima Iwashita and Yûsuke Kawazu in Killers on Parade (1961)
    Killers on Parade
    6.6
    • 1961
  • Ore no kokyô wa western (1960)
    Ore no kokyô wa western
    • 1960
  • Kazuya Kosaka in One Way Ticket to Love (1960)
    One Way Ticket to Love
    6.6
    • Susumu Ueno (as Masaaki Hirai)
    • 1960
  • Onna wa teikô suru
    • 1960
  • Matteita hanayome (1959)
    Matteita hanayome
    • 1959
  • Tokyo Romance Way
    • Shôichi Hirata
    • 1959
  • Tansha de tobasou (1959)
    Tansha de tobasou
    • 1959
  • Aiga
    • 1958

Music Department

  • Hissatsu shikakenin: Shunsetsu shikake bari (1974)
    Hissatsu shikakenin: Shunsetsu shikake bari
    6.0
    • composer: theme music
    • 1974
  • Hissatsu shikakenin: Baian ari jigoku (1973)
    Hissatsu shikakenin: Baian ari jigoku
    6.3
    • composer: theme music
    • 1973

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Masaaki Hirai
  • Born
    • December 24, 1937
    • Chigasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
  • Died
    • July 21, 2017
    • Tokyo, Japan(pneumonia)

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