Actor

Toshi Ichiyanagi

Sound

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Movies: 29Series: 1Crew credits: 28

TMDB ID: 1089018

IMDb ID: nm0406777

Known for: Sound

Born: February 4, 1933

Died: October 7, 2022

Age: 89

Place of birth: Kobe, Japan

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1962 - 2017

Years active: 56

Average TMDB rating: 6.86

Wikidata: Q1190476

Also known as

一柳慧 • Sei Ichiyanagi

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Original Music Composer (17)Music (10)Sound (1)

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Biography

Toshi Ichiyanagi (一柳慧 Ichiyanagi Toshi, born 4 February 1933) is a Japanese composer and pianist. Ichiyanagi was born in Kobe. He studied with Tomojirō Ikenouchi, Kishio Hirao [fr; ja], and John Cage. One of his most notable works is the 1960 composition Kaiki, which combined Japanese instruments, shō and koto, and western instruments, harmonica and saxophone. Another work, Distance (1961), required the performers to play from a distance of three meters from their instruments. Anima 7 (1964) stated that chosen action should be performed "as slowly as possible". Ichiyanagi was married to Yoko Ono from 1956 to 1963. Ichiyanagi is the recipient of the 33rd Suntory Music Award (2001) and the Foundation for Contemporary Arts John Cage Award (2018). He has been honored with Japan's Order of Culture.

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