黛敏郎 (Toshirō Mayuzumi) was a Japanese composer born in Tokyo in 1929 who began his career in the early 1950s working in contemporary classical composition and film music. His work combined Western avant‑garde techniques, electronic and musique concrète experiments with traditional Japanese instruments and aesthetics, and over his career he moved from neoclassical influences into electronic experimentation while composing numerous film scores that engaged with postwar Japanese cultural themes.
