Masaru Sato

For a major part of his career as a film composer, Masaru Sato was associated with two of Japan's most internationally renowned cultural icons: Akira Kurosawa and Godzilla (or Gojira, as he is known in Japan). Born in Rumoi in northern Japan, Sato trained as a composer and entered the movie industry in 1952 at Toho Studios, and became closely associated with the movies of Akira Kurosawa at the end ...more