Hisao Shinagawa (born 1946) is a Japanese-born songwriter and performer who lives in

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. He is probably best known in his adopted home country for the satirical song "More Money, More War", which became an underground hit after the video aired on "Weird Al" Yankovic's

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on MTV in 1984. Director Masahiro Sugano's 1997 short film HISAO documented Shinagawa's daily life. The short was nominated for several awards, including a

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and IFC2000. In 2008,

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will officially release I Want to Destroy America, Peter I. Chang's full-length documentary about Shinagawa's life. The film was previously known as Life in G-Chord and was shown at several film festivals, including the Atlanta Underground Film Festival.2006 AUFF
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Hisao at myspaceI Want to Destroy America, AKA Life in G-Chord
1946 births Living people Japanese male singer-songwriters Japanese singer-songwriters {{Japan-singer-stub