Akira Ifukube
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Akira Ifukube was a Japanese composer best known for his iconic film scores for the Godzilla series and other Toho kaiju movies.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Akira Ifukube canonical | 18 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3968572 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Akira Ifukube Context triple: [Rodan, musicThemeBy, Akira Ifukube]
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A.
Yasujiro Tsutsumi
Yasujiro Tsutsumi was a powerful Japanese businessman and politician who built a vast corporate empire, including the Seibu Group, and became one of the wealthiest individuals in postwar Japan.
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B.
Ishirō Honda
Ishirō Honda was a Japanese film director best known for pioneering the kaiju genre with classics like the original Godzilla and other iconic monster movies.
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C.
Imamura Shohei
Imamura Shohei was a pioneering Japanese film director and screenwriter known for his gritty, humanistic portrayals of postwar Japanese society and for winning the Palme d'Or at Cannes twice.
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D.
Akira Kurosawa
Akira Kurosawa was a pioneering Japanese film director and screenwriter renowned for his influential samurai epics and innovative cinematic techniques that shaped world cinema.
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E.
Takeuchi Shinichiro
Takeuchi Shinichiro was a Japanese architect best known for his role in designing Tokyo’s National Diet Building, the seat of Japan’s national legislature.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Akira Ifukube Target entity description: Akira Ifukube was a Japanese composer best known for his iconic film scores for the Godzilla series and other Toho kaiju movies.
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A.
Yasujiro Tsutsumi
Yasujiro Tsutsumi was a powerful Japanese businessman and politician who built a vast corporate empire, including the Seibu Group, and became one of the wealthiest individuals in postwar Japan.
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B.
Ishirō Honda
Ishirō Honda was a Japanese film director best known for pioneering the kaiju genre with classics like the original Godzilla and other iconic monster movies.
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C.
Imamura Shohei
Imamura Shohei was a pioneering Japanese film director and screenwriter known for his gritty, humanistic portrayals of postwar Japanese society and for winning the Palme d'Or at Cannes twice.
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D.
Akira Kurosawa
Akira Kurosawa was a pioneering Japanese film director and screenwriter renowned for his influential samurai epics and innovative cinematic techniques that shaped world cinema.
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E.
Takeuchi Shinichiro
Takeuchi Shinichiro was a Japanese architect best known for his role in designing Tokyo’s National Diet Building, the seat of Japan’s national legislature.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
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composer ⓘ film composer ⓘ human ⓘ music educator ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1990s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1930s ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Japan Academy Prize for Music
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linked to:
Japan Academy Prize
Order of the Sacred Treasure ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | multiple organ failure ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1914-05-31 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2006-02-08 ⓘ |
| employer | Tokyo University of the Arts ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Japanese ⓘ |
| familyName | Ifukube ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
film music
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orchestral music ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
classical music
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film score ⓘ |
| givenName | Akira ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Igor Stravinsky
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Japanese folk music ⓘ Manuel de Falla ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Godzilla film series music
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Toho kaiju film scores ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Japanese ⓘ |
| movement | 20th-century classical music ⓘ |
| name | Akira Ifukube ⓘ |
| nativeName | 伊福部昭 ⓘ |
| notableStudent | Toru Takemitsu ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Atragon score
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Godzilla (1954 film) score ⓘ Godzilla theme ⓘ Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995 film) score ⓘ Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991 film) score ⓘ Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974 film) score ⓘ Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992 film) score ⓘ
linked to:
Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992 film)
King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962 film) score ⓘ Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964 film) score ⓘ
linked to:
"Mothra vs. Godzilla" (1964)
Rodan (1956 film) score ⓘ The Tale of the White Serpent score ⓘ The War of the Gargantuas score ⓘ
linked to:
War of the Gargantuas
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| occupation |
composer
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music teacher ⓘ professor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan
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linked to:
Kushiro, Hokkaido
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| placeOfDeath |
Tokyo, Japan
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linked to:
Tokyo
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Akira Ifukube Description of subject: Akira Ifukube was a Japanese composer best known for his iconic film scores for the Godzilla series and other Toho kaiju movies.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962 film)
subject linked to:
King Kong Escapes (1967 film)
subject linked to:
"Mothra vs. Godzilla" (1964)
subject linked to:
"Godzilla vs. Biollante" (1989)
subject linked to:
"Shin Godzilla" (2016)
subject linked to:
"Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah" (1991)