Sei Ikeno (池野成, Ikeno Sei, 24 February 1931 – 13 August 2004) was a Japanese composer who wrote the film scores for directors such as Kōzaburō Yoshimura, Yūzō Kawashima, Yasuzō Masumura and new wave filmmaker Yoshishige Yoshida.^[1][2]

Ikeno was born in Sapporo, Hokkaido. In 1950, he entered the Tokyo Music School (now Tokyo University of the Arts) and studied under Tomojirō Ikenouchi and Akira Ifukube.^[3] In addition to writing film and other music work, he lectured on composition and orchestration at the Tokyo College of Music and the Tokyo University of the Arts.^[3] He died in Tokyo in 2004.^[3]

Film music (selected)

• 1956: Night River (dir. Kōzaburō Yoshimura)
• 1961: Women Are Born Twice (dir. Yūzō Kawashima)
• 1962: The Temple of the Wild Geese (dir. Yūzō Kawashima)
• 1962: Black Test Car (dir. Yasuzō Masumura)
• 1962: A Woman's Life (dir. Yasuzō Masumura)
• 1962: The Graceful Brute (dir. Yūzō Kawashima)
• 1963: Bamboo Doll of Echizen (dir. Kōzaburō Yoshimura)
• 1964: Zatoichi's Flashing Sword (dir. Kazuo Ikehiro)
• 1965: An Innocent Witch (dir. Heinosuke Gosho)
• 1966: Woman of the Lake (dir. Yoshishige Yoshida)
• 1966: Red Angel (dir. Yasuzō Masumura)
• 1967: The Affair (dir. Yoshishige Yoshida)
• 1967: Zatoichi the Outlaw (dir. Satsuo Yamamoto)
• 1968: Affair in the Snow (dir. Yoshishige Yoshida)

References

External links

• Sei Ikeno music manuscript collection at the Tokyo College of Music Library

Bibliography

• "日本映画音楽史を形作る人々:第17回　池野成 (People who shaped the history of Japanese film music #17: Ikeno Sei)". Kinema Junpo. July 1973. p. 123.