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Fumio Hayasaka

Fumio Hayasaka, Japanese composer (died 1955)

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Born
August 19, 1914
Died
October 15, 1955
Zodiac sign
Leo
Birth year
1914

About Fumio Hayasaka

Fumio Hayasaka was a Japanese composer of classical music and film scores. The 1948 film Drunken Angel (Yoidore tenshi) was the first film directed by Akira Kurosawa that Hayasaka composed music for. In 1946, he received the film music award for An Enemy of the People (Minshū no Teki, 1946) at the first annual Mainichi Film Awards. Toshirō Mifune, who later starred in most of Kurosawa's films, first met Kurosawa at a pre-screening of this movie.

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Fumio Hayasaka timeline

  1. In 1946, he received the film music award for An Enemy of the People (Minshū no Teki, 1946) at the first annual Mainichi Film Awards.
  2. The 1948 film Drunken Angel (Yoidore tenshi) was the first film directed by Akira Kurosawa that Hayasaka composed music for.

The world when Fumio Hayasaka was born

Fumio Hayasaka was born in 1914. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1914

  • Best-selling book"The Eyes of the World" – Harold Bell Wright

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports moment"Miracle Braves" complete greatest comeback in baseball history
  • Top headlineWorld War I begins — Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated
  • Technology milestonePanama Canal opens
  • World population~1.74B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWoodrow Wilson
  • U.S. population97.2M

1914 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Fumio Hayasaka's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19142026
Population97.2M341 million

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