Natsuko Kayama- !full! Instant

The soundtrack was released on vinyl in 1966 but quickly went out of print. Original copies now sell for upwards of $2,000. In 2020, a remastered digital version introduced to a new generation of lo-fi and ambient listeners, who discovered her work through a viral YouTube video titled "The Saddest Chord in Cinema History."

Rumors abound. Some say she was disillusioned by the studio system’s refusal to give her a Best Score award (she was nominated three times but lost to male composers every time). Others claim she moved to a Zen Buddhist monastery in Kamakura to care for a sick relative. Natsuko Kayama-