2003 Death Maki Ishii, composer, contemporary classical music, dies of thyroid cancer in Kashiwa, Japan, at age 66 1936 Birthday Maki Ishii, born in Tokyo, Japan, composer, contemporary classical music 1921 Birthday Kan Ishii, born in Tokyo, Japan, composer, famous for Symphonia Ainu, inspired by national primitivism, wrote orchestral and vocal music for film and stage, including music for science-fiction film Gorath
