When the older composer died suddenly in 1955 , leaving the scores to Kenji Mizoguchi 's New Tales of the Taira Clan .
Kurosawa 's Record of a Living Being incomplete , Toho assigned Sato to finish them .
When the older composer died suddenly in 1955 , leaving the scores to Kenji Mizoguchi 's New Tales of the Taira Clan , and Kurosawa 's Record of a Living Being incomplete , Toho assigned Sato to finish them .