is a Japanese
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singer-songwriter and actor. His music, heavily influenced by American
blues, was popular in Japan in the 1970s. He re-wrote the lyric of the song "
Yume wa Yoru Hiraku
is a Japanese song. The song was composed by Komei Sone. The song was originally noted down in a juvenile classification home.
The lyric of the song was re-written by various lyricists. Mari Sono's cover version of this song was released in 196 ...
" for his cover version in 1972, which was banned for its negative portrayal of modern Japanese culture. Mikami also acted in cinema and is notable for collaborations with
Shūji Terayama
was a Japanese avant-garde poet, dramatist, writer, film director, and photographer. His works range from radio drama, experimental television, underground (''Angura'') theatre, countercultural essays, to Japanese New Wave and "expanded" cinema ...
and his
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theater
Tenjō Sajiki , was a Japanese independent theater troupe co-founded by Shūji Terayama and whose members include Kohei Ando, Kujō Kyōko, Yutaka Higashi, Tadanori Yokoo, and Fumiko Takagi.
It was led by Shūji Terayama and active between 1967 and 1983 (unt ...
.
His autobiography, ''A Life in Folk'', was translated into English and published in 2017 by Public Bath Press of Nara, Japan.
Discography
* ''
Mikami Kan no Sekai'' (三上寛の世界) (1971)
* ''
'71 Nakatsukawa Zen Nippon Foku Janborī Jikkyō''('71中津川全日本フォークジャンボリー実況) (1971)
* ''
Mikami Kan no Hitori Goto'' (三上寛のひとりごと) (1972)
* ''
Hiraku Yume Nado Aru Ja Nashi'' (ひらく夢などあるじゃなし / 三上寛怨歌集) (1972)
* ''
Mikami Kan 1972 Konsāto Raivu "Rekōdo"'' (三上寛1972コンサートライヴ"零孤徒") (1972)
* ''Sentōkouta / Mikami Kan
Enka
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no Sekai'' (船頭小唄 / 三上寛えん歌の世界) (1973)
* ''
Bang!'' (1974)
* ''
Aoi Honō
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'' (青い炎) (1975)
* ''
Kan'' (寛) (1975)
* ''
Yūyake no Kioku kara / Mikami Kan Aomori Raivu'' (夕焼けの記憶から / 三上寛・青森ライヴ) (1977)
* ''
Makeru Toki mo Aru Darō'' (負けるときもあるだろう) (1978)
* ''
Mikami Kan Raivu Nakatsukawa Zen Nippon Fōku Janborī '71'' (三上寛ライヴ・中津川全日本フォークジャンボリー'71) (1979)
* ''
Baby
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'' (1981)
* ''
Kono Rekōdo wo Nusume!! Hatsu Mikami Kan Besuto Arubamu'' (このレコードを盗め!! 初三上寛ベストアルバム) (1982)
* ''
Heisei Gannen Raivu (Kami Shimo)'' (平成元年ライヴ（上・下）) (1990)
* ''
Ore ga Iru.'' (俺が居る。) (1991)
* ''
Joyū'' (女優) (1992)
* ''
USE'' (1993)
* ''
Shichi Gatsu no Eiketsu''(七月の英傑)(1994)
* ''
Gofuchi'' (御縁) (1994)
* ''
Jazz Sono Ta'' (Jazz・その他) (1995)
* ''
Sunayama 963'' (砂山９６３) (1996)
* ''
Tōge no Shōnin'' (峠の商人) (1997)
* ''
Arashi Ame Arashi'' (アラシ・雨・アラシ) (1997)
* ''
Nanbu Shiki'' (南部式) (1999)
* ''
13/4,900,089,658'' (四拾九億八万九千六百五拾八分の拾参)(2000)
* ''
Resubosu''(レスボス)(2002)
* ''
1979
Events
January
* January 1
** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the '' International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the '' Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the so ...
'' (2003)
* ''
1973 ~ 1992 Hoi'' (一九七三～一九九二 補遺)(2005)
* ''
Kanryū Hatsu no Kankoku Raivu 2006'' (寛流・初の韓国ライブ２００６) (2006)
* ''
Hoeru Renshū // Hakusen'' (吠える練習//白線) (2007)
* ''
Jū'' (十) (2008)
Filmography
* ''
Pastoral: To Die in the Country'' (1974)
* ''
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Boss's Head'' (1975)
* ''
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Last Days of the Boss'' (1976)
* ''
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence'' (1983)
* ''Wiseguy'' (2020)
References
External links
Article on SONORE.comPage at last.fmInterview*
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1950 births
Living people
Japanese male actors
Japanese folk singers
Japanese male singer-songwriters
Japanese singer-songwriters
Musicians from Aomori Prefecture
20th-century Japanese male singers
20th-century Japanese singers
21st-century Japanese male singers
21st-century Japanese singers