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Yû Aku(1937-2007)

  • Writer
  • Music Department
  • Producer
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Yû Aku was born on 7 February 1937 in Shizuoka, Japan. Yû was a writer and producer, known for The Yakuza (1974), Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato: Warriors of Love (1978) and Be Forever Yamato (1980). Yû died on 1 August 2007 in Tokyo, Japan.
BornFebruary 7, 1937
DiedAugust 1, 2007(70)
BornFebruary 7, 1937
DiedAugust 1, 2007(70)
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Known for

The Yakuza (1974)
The Yakuza
7.2
  • Soundtrack("Only the Wind")
  • 1974
Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato: Warriors of Love (1978)
Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato: Warriors of Love
7.2
  • Music Department
  • 1978
Be Forever Yamato (1980)
Be Forever Yamato
6.8
  • Music Department
  • 1980
Hanashinju
  • Writer
  • 1973

Credits

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Writer

  • Setouchi Shonen Yakyûdan (2016)
    Setouchi Shonen Yakyûdan
    TV Movie
    • novel
    • 2016
  • Moonlight Serenade (1997)
    Moonlight Serenade
    6.6
    • novel
    • 1997
  • Setouchi shônen yakyûdan
    TV Movie
    • novel
    • 1993
  • Kin chan no Cinema Jack (1993)
    Kin chan no Cinema Jack
    5.1
    • writer
    • 1993
  • Setouchi shonen yakyu dan seishunhen saigo no rakuen (1987)
    Setouchi shonen yakyu dan seishunhen saigo no rakuen
    • novel
    • 1987
  • MacArthur's Children (1984)
    MacArthur's Children
    6.9
    • novel
    • 1984
  • Akuma no youna aitsu
    7.8
    TV Series
    • story
    • 1975
  • Kinyo 10ji! Uwasa no channel
    TV Series
    • teleplay
    • 1973–1979
  • Hanashinju
    • Writer
    • 1973

Music Department

  • Amigasa Jûbei
    TV Series
    • lyrics
    • 1997
  • Odin (1985)
    Odin
    5.3
    • lyricist
    • 1985
  • Uchû senkan Yamato: Kanketsuhen (1983)
    Uchû senkan Yamato: Kanketsuhen
    7.0
    • lyricist
    • 1983
  • Be Forever Yamato (1980)
    Be Forever Yamato
    6.8
    • lyricist
    • 1980
  • Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato: Warriors of Love (1978)
    Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato: Warriors of Love
    7.2
    • lyricist
    • 1978
  • Jack Grimes, Corinne Orr, Ray Owens, Billie Lou Watt, and Linda Yamamoto in Jack and the Beanstalk (1974)
    Jack and the Beanstalk
    7.2
    • music supervisor (as Yuh Aku)
    • 1974
  • Aiko Nagayama, Tatsuya Nakadai, Natsuka Yashiro, and Katsuyuki Itô in Belladonna of Sadness (1973)
    Belladonna of Sadness
    7.3
    • lyricist
    • 1973

Producer

  • Kita no hotaru (1984)
    Kita no hotaru
    6.8
    • supervising producer
    • 1984

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Yuh Aku
  • Born
    • February 7, 1937
    • Shizuoka, Japan
  • Died
    • August 1, 2007
    • Tokyo, Japan(urethral cancer)

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