Masahiro Kawasaki

Masahiro Kawasaki (川崎 真弘) was a Japanese musician and composer, born in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka. As a musician, he played keyboards in a number of bands, including Ryudo Uzaki's Ryūdōgumi. As a composer for film, television, and anime, he won awards of excellence at the Japan Academy Prize for his film scores for Rampo and Kin'yu Fushoku Rettō: Jubaku. He was also nominated for best original film score for the Taiwanese film Rice Rhapsody at the Golden Horse Awards.

He died of liver cancer at the age of 56 on 4 May 2006 in Inage-ku, Chiba.

Partial filmography

 * Kozure Ôkami: Sono chîsaki te ni (1993)
 * Rampo (1994)
 * Kamikaze Taxi (1995)
 * Kin'yu Fushoku Rettō: Jubaku (1999)
 * Off-Balance (2001)
 * Rice Rhapsody (2004)