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Masao Koga(1904-1978)

  • Composer
  • Actor
  • Writer
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Masao Koga was born on 18 November 1904 in Okawa, Fukuoka, Japan. He was a composer and actor, known for Memoirs of a Geisha (2005), Yearning for the Shadows (1949) and Rikidôzan monogatari: Dotô no otoko (1955). He died on 25 July 1978.
BornNovember 18, 1904
DiedJuly 25, 1978(73)
BornNovember 18, 1904
DiedJuly 25, 1978(73)
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Known for

Ziyi Zhang in Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
Memoirs of a Geisha
7.3
  • Soundtrack
  • 2005
Yearning for the Shadows
  • Composer
  • 1949
Rikidôzan monogatari: Dotô no otoko (1955)
Rikidôzan monogatari: Dotô no otoko
  • Composer
  • 1955
Tokyo rapusodei
7.2
  • Composer
  • 1936

Credits

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Composer

  • Mr. Greenhorn (1966)
    Mr. Greenhorn
    • Composer
    • 1966
  • Taiheiyô sensô to Himeyuri butai (1962)
    Taiheiyô sensô to Himeyuri butai
    4.4
    • Composer
    • 1962
  • Tôkyô wan no hurricane yarô (1961)
    Tôkyô wan no hurricane yarô
    • Composer
    • 1961
  • Tôkaidô Yaji Kita chin dôchû (1959)
    Tôkaidô Yaji Kita chin dôchû
    • Composer
    • 1959
  • Towa ni kotaezu - Kanketsu-hen
    • Composer
    • 1958
  • Onna no bôhatei (1958)
    Onna no bôhatei
    6.4
    • Composer
    • 1958
  • Towa ni kotaezu - Seishun-hen
    • Composer
    • 1957
  • Dorai fujin to teishu kanpaku (1957)
    Dorai fujin to teishu kanpaku
    • Composer
    • 1957
  • Wakanohana monogatari dohyou no oni (1956)
    Wakanohana monogatari dohyou no oni
    • Composer
    • 1956
  • Ideyu no shimai
    • Composer
    • 1956
  • Niizuma kagami (1956)
    Niizuma kagami
    • Composer
    • 1956
  • Otome gokoro no jûsan'ya (1956)
    Otome gokoro no jûsan'ya
    • Composer
    • 1956
  • Rikidôzan monogatari: Dotô no otoko (1955)
    Rikidôzan monogatari: Dotô no otoko
    • Composer
    • 1955
  • Hana no yukue (1955)
    Hana no yukue
    • Composer
    • 1955
  • Hibotan ki (1955)
    Hibotan ki
    • Composer
    • 1955

Actor

  • Mr. Greenhorn (1966)
    Mr. Greenhorn
    • 1966
  • Dorai fujin to teishu kanpaku (1957)
    Dorai fujin to teishu kanpaku
    • 1957
  • Niizuma kagami (1956)
    Niizuma kagami
    • 1956
  • Hômuran kyôjidai
    • 1949
  • Nodojiman-kyô jidai
    • 1949
  • Karakuri opera
    • 1936

Writer

  • Yearning for the Shadows
    • original idea
    • 1949

Personal details

  • Born
    • November 18, 1904
    • Okawa, Fukuoka, Japan
  • Died
    • July 25, 1978

Did you know

  • Trivia
    He is Japan'S most famous popular song composer. He made many songs for Hibari Misora, Ichiro Fujiyama, Dick Mine and Noboru Kirishima etc. He love taisho-koto and guitar.

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