Kan Mikami
Kan Mikami is a Japanese folk 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" for his cover version in 1972, which was banned for its negative portrayal of modern Japanese culture.
Kan Mikami
- Name
- Kan Mikami
- Born
- 20 March 1950
- Occupation
- Singer, songwriter
- Nationality
- Japan
- Fields
- traditional folk
- Education
- Goshogawara Kōtō Gakkō
- Languages
- Japanese
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Kan Mikami is a Japanese folk 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" for his cover version in 1972, which was banned for its negative portrayal of modern Japanese culture.
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Biography
Biography
Mikami also acted in cinema and is notable for collaborations with Shūji Terayama and his avant-garde theater Tenjō Sajiki. His autobiography, A Life in Folk, was translated into English and published in 2017 by Public Bath Press of Nara, Japan.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Kan Mikami • Birth Name — Kan Mikami • Born — 20 March 1950 • Origin — Aomori, Japan • Genre — Folk, blues • Occupation — Singer, songwriter • Years Active — 1971–present
Filmography
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) • Baby Elephant Story: The Angel Who Descended to Earth (1986) • Wiseguy (2020)
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 no Sekai (船頭小唄 / 三上寛えん歌の世界) (1973) • Bang! (1974) • Aoi Honō (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 (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 (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)
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