Toru Takemitsu – How His Film Scores Shaped Post War Japanese Cinema
Toru Takemitsu (武満 徹 Takemitsu Tōru, October 8, 1930 – February 20, 1996) photo by Kinoshita Akira
Composer and writer on aesthetics and music theory. Takemitsu’s contribution to film music was considerable; in under 40 years he composed music for over 100 films. via wiki
Follow his works.. you’ll get the best of post war Japanese cinema.
Double suicide 
Trailer (youtube)
See Woman in the Dunes full film (Abe Kobo, Teshigahara, Toru Takemitsu)
Hiroshi Teshigahara Two films based on novels by Abe Kobo, The Face of Another, Woman in the Dunes, Rikyu about the zen/artist/tea master. and Pitfall –
Click to see large – Rikyu 
The Burmese Harp 
The Burmese Harp full film (youtube) directed by Kon Ichikawa
Harakiri – trailer (youtube) (With Masaki Kobayashi – Takemitsu also did the film scores for Kwaidan and Samurai Rebellion)
Takemitsu also composed for Black Rain (Imamura Shohei), Ran, Dodeskaden (Akira Kurosawa), Empire of Passion (Nagisa Oshima) and Rising Sun (Philip Kaufman).
Toru T and Iannis Xenakis 
click to see large
Iannis Xenakis (previous post)