• Sake & Tears #8

    The second instalment of an unofficial two-parter, Episode 8 continues to survey the glorious sounds of Showa Kayo, laying siege to a an extensive haul of 7 inches acquired over the summer months. We’re clocking nearly 40 individual songs. We have show staples like Yujiro Ishihara, Keiko Fuji, Shinichi Mori making return appearances, including a rare super low-key alternative edition of Tetsuya Watari’s ‘Tokyo Drifter’, but the meat of this month’s show is designated for the under appreciated stars of the Showa Kayo world. We have some stirring roots rock via Akiko Wada, some harrowing, super moody Kayo from doomed songstress Hiroko Tomo and two lesser-known cuts from Reiko Ike’s ‘porno-groove’ masterpiece ‘World of Ecstasy’, which caused a stir on its release in 1971, in no small part due to it’s x-rated front cover. There are also haunted lounge versions of two well-known Kayo standards by glamorous model and actress Ako Midorikawa, an opulent, unrequited love ballad by golden voiced Kazuo Funaki and a strangely bewitching and certified ear-worm by Yumiko Kokonoe. We even have a back to back comparison of Tomio Umezawa’s most well known tune, a Led Zep-referencing power ballad and some New Romantic bargain bin gold from boy band ‘Safety Zone’ and a silky, 80's funk ballad from starlet Yuri Honma. There’s even a ghostly, rare concert rendition of show tune and big band singer Yoko Kishi's most famous song ‘Two Stars’, which has been reduced to a funeral ballad and sounds like a stray Nico live cut from the late 80’s. All this amongst the usual late-night whiskey nursers you’d expect. Minimal narration on this month’s edition to allow you to plumb the bargain bin depths, uninterrupted. Full Track List Below:

    1.    欧陽菲菲 - 雨のヨコハマ

    Ouyang Fei Fei – Rainy Yokohama

    2.    本間由里 – こんな夜は

    Yuri Honma – Such A Night

    3.    美川憲一 - 一番列車の女

    Kenichi Mikawa – The Woman on the First Train

    4.    和田アキ子 – 放浪(さすらい)・ヨコスカ

    Akiko Wada – Wandering/Yokosuka

    5.    和田アキ子* – 流れ星

    Akiko Wada – Shooting Star

    6.    吉村繪梨子 - 逢う時はいつも

    Eriko Yoshimura – Whenever I Meet You

    7.    九重佑三子 – くちづけからもう一度

    Yumiko Kokonoe – Kissing You Again

    8.    渡るり子 – どろんこブルース

    Ruriko Watari – Doronko Blues

    9.    渡 哲也 – 東京流れ者

    Tetsuya Watari – Tokyo Drifter (Alternate Slower Version)

    10. アン真理子 - 恋のプリンセス

    Mariko Ann – Princess of Love

    11. 舟木一夫 - 赤坂の夜は更けて

    Kazuo Funaki – Late Night In Akasaka

    12. 森進一 – 年上の女

    Shinichi Mori – The Older Woman

    13. 池玲子 - 私という女

    Reiko Ike – A Woman Named

    14. 池玲子 - 愛のきずな

    Reiko Ike - Bonds of Love

    15. 近藤正臣 - そんな女の子だから

    Masaomi Kondō - Because of the Girl

    16. 青山和子 - 夢を下さい

    Kazuko Aoyama – Please Give Me A Dream

    17. 丸山圭子 – どうぞこのまま

    Keiko Maruyama – Please Leave Things As They Are

    18. 野路由紀子 – 三つの涙

    Yukiko Noji – Three Tears

    19. 大木英夫 & 津山洋子 - 新宿そだち

    Hideo Oki & Yoko Tsuyama – Shinjuku Raised

    20. 園 まり - 淋しかったの

    Mari Sono – I was Lonely

    21. 泉ちどり– 緋ざくら仁義

    Izumi Chidori - Hitoshi Scarlet Sakura

     

    22. 津田耕次 – 河内遊侠伝

    Koji Tsuda – Kawachi Yuuden

    23. 石原裕次郎 - 忘れるものか

    Yuji Ishihara – What To Forget

    24. 緑川アコ - カスバの女

    Ako Midorikawa – Kasabah Woman

    25. 緑川アコ - 夢は夜ひらく

    Ako Midorikawa – Dreams Open at Night

    26. 青山ミチ - 俺のブルース

    Michi Aoyama – My Blues

    27. 勝彩也 - 恋あざみ

    Aya Katsu – Koi Azami

    28. 辺見マリ - 経験 - 辺見マリ

    Mari Henmi – Experience

    29. 佳川ヨコ - 女だからといって

    Yoko Kagawa – Just Because She’s a Woman

    30. 朋ひろこ - 女のなみだ

    Hiroko Tomo – It’a Woman’s Name

    31. 朋ひろこ - 涙かれて

    Hiroko Tomo – Tears

    32. 城卓矢 – なぐりとばして別れようか

    Takuya Jo - Let's skip it and say goodbye

    33. 鮎川いずみ - 冬の花

    Izumi Ayukawa – Winter Flowers

    34. 安全地帯 - Yのテンション 

    Safety Zone – Y Tension

    35. 梅沢富美男 - 夢芝居

    Tomio Umezawa – Yume Shibai

    36. 森昌子 - 夢芝居

    Masako mori – Yume Shibai

    37. 岸洋子 - 二人の星

    Yoko Kishi – Two Stars (Rare Live version)

    2h 13m - Sep 4, 2022
  • Sake & Tears #7

    Episode 7 sees a firm return to the glorious realms of Showa Kayo with nearly 2 hours of back-to-back gold from the Tokyo bargain bins. We have stand-out singles from gravelly voiced enka hardman Koji Tsuda, a ghostly prairie ballad by Tokiko Kato, a gorgeously gloomy 90’s love song by Mariya Takeuchi and a dramatic miniature masterpiece by Chiemi Eri, one of the best to every do it. Comparison tunes are back in the fold and you’ll be able to pick you favourite version of ‘Hibotan Bakuto’ sung by both chambara film star Junko Fuji and show regular Mina Aoe as well and two interpretations of ‘Ginza Blues’, with the original sung by Frank Nagai & Kazuko Matsuo. We also have some laconic lounge tunes by the delicately voiced Keiko Saijo, fist clenching enka by Yakuza film bit part actor Takuzo Kawatani and a run of taste testing 80’s audaciousness from Kenji Niinuma, Down Town Boogie Woogie Band and Tatsuhiko Yamamoto, closing the show with two very special low-key songs from Japan’s fertile experimental music scene. Full Tracklist below:

     

    1. 水原 弘 – 男なら

    Hiroshi Mizuhara – If You’re A Man

    2. 伊東きよ子 - 花のマドンナ

    Kiyoko Itoh - Flower Madonna

    3. 松尾和子 & フランク永井 - 銀座ブルース

    Kazuko Matsuo & Frank Nagai – Ginza Blues

    4. 黒木憲 - オンザロック・ロック

    Ken Kuroki – On The Rocks Rock

    5. 北玲子 - 女の手形

    Reiko Kita – Woman’s Handprint

    6. 小川知子 - 銀色の雨

    Tomoko Ogawa – Silver Rain

    7. 加藤登紀子 - 帰りたい帰れない

    Tokiko Kato – I Want To Go Home, But Can’t

    8. 千賀かほる – チャリソヨ・ソウル

    Kaoru Chiga - Charisoyo Soul

    9. 藤圭子 ‎– さいはての女

    Keiko Fuji – Sai Hate No On’na

    10. 杉良太郎 – 男のうた

    Ryotaro Sugi – Man’s Song

    11. 江利チエミ - さのさ

    Chiemi Eri - Sanosa

    12. 西田佐知子 - 銀座ブルース

    Sachiko Nishida – Ginza Blues

    13. 西城慶子 -人の気も知らないで

    Keiko Saijo – Don’t Even Know People

    14. 西城慶子 - 湖畔の宿

    Keiko Saijo – Lakeside Inn

    15. フランク永井 – 東京午前三時

    Frank Nagai – Tokyo 3am

    16. 藤純子 - 緋牡丹博徒

    Junko Fuji – Hibotan Bakuto

    17. 青江三奈 - 緋牡丹博徒

    Mina Aoe – Hibotan Bakuto

    18. 志賀勝 - 残俠ふたり旅

    Masaru Shiga – The Two Remaining Travellers

    19. 津田耕次 - 東海遊侠伝

    Koji Tsuda – Tokai Yukuden

    20. 川谷拓三 - 殺られ節

    Takuzo Kawatani – Killer Bushi

    21. 川谷拓三 - 必殺からくり人・負犬の唄

    Takuzo Kawatani – Song of the Deadly Man / Black Dog

    22. 杉良太郎 - 流れ者小唄

    Ryotaro Sugi – Floating Song

    23. ダウンタウン・ブギウギ・バンド - 白昼の死角

    Downtown Boogie Woogie Band – Blind Spot In The Daytime Theme

    24. 新沼謙治 - 津軽恋女

    Kenji Niinuma – Tsugaru Koijo

    25. かしぶち 哲郎 - 眩暈

    Tetsuro Kashibuchi – Dazzling

    26. 山本達彦 – May Storm

    Tatsuhiko Yamamoto - May Storm

    27. 松田聖子 - 花の中の民子

    Seiko Matsuda - The Tomb of Wild Chrysanthemum Theme

    28. 竹内まりや ‎– シングル・アゲイン

    Mariya Takeuchi – Single Again

    29. Ghost - Way To Shelkar

    30. Hontatedori – Iron Fence

     

    2h 2m - Mar 28, 2022
  • Sake & Tears #6 - Soundtrack Special

    With over 70 tracks and a suitably immersive run time of well over three hours, episode 6 of Sake & Tears is another special, this time focusing on the fertile ground of Japanese film and TV soundtracks. Featuring carefully selected audio from long running weekly Samurai action shows, coming of age dramas, art-house curiosities and a predictably heavy focus on all things crime, this edition runs from nocturnal jazz, gorgeous 90’s ambience, the odd 80's fist clencher and deep into gritty 70’s funk. We have killer cuts from the filmographies of legendary Japanese composers like Kenji Kawai, Joe Hisashi, Shigeru Umebeyashi and Masaaki Hirao with lesser-known work from Daisuke Kume, Chuji Kinoshita and jazz bassist Osamu Shiomura, finishing the show with startling and beautiful rare composition form the incomparable and peerless giant of Japanese film, Toru Takemitsu.

    1.-4. – Akihiko Takashima – The Beast Must Die (1980) - AX-7286-AX

    5.-10. - Toshiro Mayuzumi – The Beast Must Die (1959) - FJSP330

    11.-14. - Shigeru Umebayashi – Let Him Rest In Peace - C28A0412

    15.-16. – Daisuke Kume- Violent Cop - CINK-46

    17.-20. – Joe Hisaishi – Kid’s Return - PROS-7036

    21.-24 – Osamu Shiomura – Death’s In Tokimeki - 20MX 1162

    25.-28. - Masaaki Ohmura – “You Gotta Chance” - SM25-5413

    29.-32. – Kenji Kawai – Patlabor 2 - WRWTFWW048LTD

    33.-36. – Chuji Kinoshita – My Son! My Son! - MR-7053

    37.-40. - Hozan Yamamoto & Yu Imai – The Devil’s Flute - MRBLP234

    41.-48. - Masaaki Hirao – Deadly Worker Vol. 3 - K22G-7243

    49.-52. - Katsuhisa Hattori – Edo No Kaze - HRLP 216

    53.-57. - Masaaki Hirao – Mortal Punishment - K23G-7282

    58.-61. - Tatsuya Takahashi & Tokyo Union – Big City - MR 7042

    62. – Sounds Ace Band – Theme from ‘Oh Youth!’ - YLT132

    63. – Sounds Ace Band – Theme from ‘Endless Days’ - YLT132

    64. – Anzen Band – Theme from ‘Endless Days’ - BMA-4

    65.-67 - Inoue Takayuki Band – Howl At The Sun - AX-8033

    68. – Bunta Sugawara – Excerpt from Battles Without Honour and Humanity - CF-49

    69. – Unknown – Theme from ‘The Fang of Edo’ - DR-6371

    70. – Takeo Yamashita – Theme from ‘7 Detectives’ - DR 6209

    71. – Toru Takemitsu – Time Within Memory - KVX-1063

    3h 32m - Jan 17, 2022
  • Sake & Tears #5 - J-Jazz Special #1

    Marking the first Jazz Special, this month’s episode of Sake and Tears aims to explore the Japanese Jazz scene from the 60’s to the modern day, with a mixture of straight-ahead bangers, deep dark fusion workouts, avant-garde curiosities and solo piano beauty. Tracks have been carefully selected from lesser-known albums from back catalogue of titans like Yosuke Yamashita, Masabumi Kikuchi, Terumasa Hino and Masahiko Togashi as well as giving some well-deserved exposure to the likes of Satoko Fujii, Tomami Koyake, Akira Miyazawa, Shoji Aketagawa and Tokashi Kako. Full Tracklist below:


    1.    Hozan Yamamoto – Prologue

    2.    Hozan Yamamoto – Sawonose

    3.    Gary Peacock – Requiem

    4.    Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band – Memory

    5.    Toshiko Akiyoshi Quartet – Sumi

    6.    Satoko Fujii Orchestra – Jo

    7.    Akira Sakata – Saitaroh-Bushi

    8.    Jam Rice Sextet – Jam Rice Relaxin' Side B (Edit)

    9.    Masabumi Kikuchi Quintet - Admire, But Detest (Mr. Out)

    10. Tokashi Kako - L'Aube

    11. Tamami Koyake – Activity

    12. Yosuke Yamashit & Masahiko Togashi – May Green

    13. Kiyoshi Sugimoto Quartet – Rosetta Stone

    14. Akira Miyazawa – ‘Round Midnight

    15. Akira Miyazawa/Masahiko Sato/Masahiko Togashi/Yasuo Arakawa – Scarborough Fair

    16. Nobuyasu Furuya Quintet – Jap Agitator Caught Again

    17. Terumasa Hino – Wind Blows Your Skin

    18. Shoji Aketagawa – Khalifa

    19. Sabu Toyozumi - Malachi's Tune

    20. Yosuke Yamashita Trio + 1 – Picasso

    21. Yosuke Yamashita Trio & Guests - Anomachi Konomachi

    22. Honda Takehiro Trio – You Don’t Know What Love Is

    2h 24m - Nov 21, 2021
  • Sake & Tears #4

    Making up for the delays between shows, this month's edition is another bumper episode, featuring multiple tracks from screen legends Tetsuya Watari and Yujiro Ishihara, Avant-pop duo Ippu-Do, doomed ballader Hako Yamasaki, Argentinian folk singer Graceila Susana and Showa Kayo starlet Aki Yashiro. We also have the long overdue appearance of the iconic Maki Asakawa, who reinvented what Showa Kayo could do with a series of delicate and introspective albums in the 70's, blending folk, jazz and American blues into bewitching nocturnal cocktail built around her trademark smoky vocals. This show premieres two songs from her recently reissued album 'American Night', which saw Maki move her signature sound into the realms of urban, late night funk. Also on the show we have singles from the Japanese James Dean, Keiichiro Akagi, Cop and Samurai film star Ryotaro Sugi, avant-garde renaissance man Toshinori Kondo, psych-blues songstress Lily and returning hits from Tamaki Sawa, Keiko Fuji, Sachiko Nishida and Midori Sasa. Full Track list below:


    1.   東京流れ者 - 渡哲也

    Tetsuya Watari – Tokyo Drifter

    2.   石原裕次郎 - ワン・レイニー・ナイト・イン・トーキョー

    Yujiro Ishihara – One Rainy Night In Tokyo

    3.   渡哲也 - 通りゃんせ仁義

    Tetsuya Watari – Toryanse Jingi

    4.    牧村三枝子 - 通りゃんせ仁義 –

    Mieko Makimura - Toryanse Jingi

    5.   石原裕次郎 - 男の嵐

    Yujiro Ishihara – Man’s Storm

    6.   近藤等則 & IMA – Yami

    Toshinori Kondo & IMA – Yami

    7.   一風堂 – ロンリー・シーライオン

    Ippu-Do - Lonely Sealion

    8.   一風堂 – ドリーム・オブ・ザ・ジプシーズ

    Ippu-Do – Dream of the Gypsies

    9.   中森明菜 - 燠火

    Akina Nakamori – Okibi

    10. 山本達彦 - ナイト・メモリーズ

    Tatsuhiko Yamamoto - Night Memories

    11. カルメン・マキ - 時には母のない子のように

    Carmen Maki – Sometimes Like A Motherless Child

    12. みなみらんぼう - 武蔵野

    Ranbo Minami – Musashino

    13. 沢 たまき - グッド・バイ・マイ・ラブ

    Tamaki Sawa – Goodbye, My Love

    14. リリィ- うらがえしの愛

    Lily – Turn It Over Love

    15. 山崎ハコ - きまぐれ

    Hako Yamazaki – Whimsical

    16. 山崎ハコ - さいなら

    Hako Yamazaki – Goodbye

    17. 日吉ミミ - 男と女のお話

    Mimi Hiyoshi – Story of a Man and a Woman

    18. 赤木圭一郎 - 今日かぎりの恋

    Keiichiro Akagi – Today’s Only Love

    19. 西田佐知子 - 信じていたい

    Sachiko Nishida – I Want To Believe

    20. 藤 圭子 - 東京流れもの

    Keiko Fuji – Tokyo Drifter

    21. 杉良太郎 - 君は人のために死ねる

    Ryotaro Sugi – Will You Die For Others?

    22. 石川さゆり - 津軽海峡冬景色

    Sayuri Ishikawa – Tsugaru Winter Scene

    23. 笹みどり - 母子舞い

    Midori Sasa – Mother & Child Dance

    24. 八代亜紀 - おんな港町

    Aki Yashiro – Woman Port Town

    25. 八代亜紀 - あなたのブルース

    Aki Yashiro – Your Blues 

    26. グラシェラ・スサーナ – ワン・レイニー・ナイト・イン・トーキョー

    Graciela Susana – One Rainy Night In Tokyo

    27. グラシェラ・スサーナ – 別離(わかれ) = Un Anno D'Amore

    Graciela Susana – Seperation (Wakare)

    28. 浅川マキ – 雪が降る

    Maki Asakawa – It’s Snowing

    29. 浅川マキ – 女

    Maki Asakawa - Woman

    30. 浅川マキ – アメリカの夜

    Maki Asakawa – American Night

    1h 58m - Sep 11, 2021
  • Sake & Tears #3

    May’s edition of Sake and Tears is a bumper episode, featuring a whopping 26 songs of bargain bin brilliance. Along with the usual cuts from cult crime and samurai films we have two sets of three song comparisons throughout the show, dotting different versions of ‘Yanagase Blues’ and ‘Dreams Open At Night’ amongst filmic curiosities from Tatsuya Fuji, Hiroki Matsukata and Shigeru Amachi, stone cold classics from show regulars Keiko Fuji, Mina Aoe, Hiroko Ogi and Shinichi Mori and even a cursory look at City Pop, a fusion of jazz, soft rock, funk and soul that became the soundtrack of Bubble Economy-era Japan. Full Track list is below:


    1.  美川憲一 - 柳ヶ瀬ブルース

    Kenich Mikawa - Yanagase Blues

    2.   奥村チヨ - 恋狂い

    Chiyo Okumura – Love Madness

    3.  黛ジュン 土曜の夜何かが起きる 黛ジュン

    Jun Mayuzumi – Something Happens On A Saturday Night

    4.  若山富三郎 - 極道ブルース

    Tomisaburo Wakayama – Gokudo Blues

    5. 森進一 - 誰よりも君を愛す

    Shinichi Mori – I’ll Love You More Than Anyone

    6. 李成愛 - 避けられない運命

    Lee Sung Ae – Unavoidable Fate

    7. 藤圭子 - 柳ヶ瀬ブルース

    Keiko Fuji – Yanagase Blues

    8. 沢たまき - カスバの女

    Tamaki Sawa – Kasbah Woman

    9. 天知 茂 - 非情のライセンス

    Shigeru Amachi – Ruthless Licence

    10. 渥美二郎 - 釜山港へ帰れ

    Hiroki Matsukata – Nemuri Shiro’s Theme

    11. 西田佐知子 - 一対一のブルース

    Sachiko Nishida – One On One Blues

    12. 三島由紀夫 - からっ風野郎

    Yukio Mishima – Afraid To Die

    13. 扇ひろ子 - 夜がわらってる

    Hiroko Ogi – The Night Is Falling

    14. 安藤 昇 - 黒犬

    Noboru Ando – Black Dog

    15. 鹿内孝 - 本牧メルヘン

    Takashi Shikauchi – Honmaki Fairy Tale

    16. 由紀さおり - 夜明けのスキャット

    Saori Yuki – Scat at Dawn

    17.寺尾聰 – Habana Express

    Akira Terao – Habana Express

    18. 河合奈保子 - 霧雨の埠頭

    Naoko Kawai – Fog Rain Pier

    19. 八神純子 – シークレット・ラブ

    Junko Yagami – Secret Love

    20.渡辺真知子 - フォグ・ランプ

    Machiko Watanabe – Fog Lamp

    21. 藤竜也 - 花一輪

    Tatsuya Fuji – Flower Round

    22. 藤竜也 - 夢は夜ひらく

    Tatsuya Fuji – Dreams Open At Night

    23. 三上寛 - 夢は夜ひらく

    Kan Mikami – Dreams Open At Night

    24. 藤圭子 - 圭子の夢は夜ひらく

    Keiko Fuji – Keiko’s Dreams Open At Night

    25. 青江三奈 - 柳ケ瀬ブルース

    Mina Aoe – Yanagase Blues

    26. 小林旭 - 修羅の伝説

    Akira Kobayashi – Legend of Turmoil Theme

    (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJPAsYnWDds&t=80s)

    1h 44m - May 23, 2021
  • Sake & Tears #2

    Episode 2 showcases the brilliance of famed singer Chiemi Eri, whose bustling mixture of jazz, mambo and Latin moods reinvented Japanese folk music in the 60’s. There will also be another back-to-back comparison of two versions of the moody enka anthem ‘Shinjuku Blues’, a rare and exclusively ripped b-side by Hatsumi Shibata and carefully selected singles from Showa Kayo starlets Tamaki Sawa, Midori Sasa, Yukari Ito and Rumiko Koyanagi. Along with the usual cuts from cult crime films, we have a heavy dose of atmospheric and blissed out jams from the 70’s, including hits from Grape, Hako Yamazaki and Meiko Kaji. Full track list is below:


    1.  矢吹 健 - 残り火

    Ken Yabuki – Embers

    2.  梶芽衣子 - 蛍の橋

    Meiko Kaji – Bridge of Fireflies

    3.  藤圭子 女のブルース

    Keiko Fuji – Woman’s Blues

    4. 森進一 - 波止場女のブルース

    Shinichi Mori – Wharf Woman’s Blues

    5. 笹みどり- 柴又初恋門前町

    Sasa Midori – Shibata Hatsukoimon Maemachi

    6. 扇ひろ子 ‎– 新宿ブルース

    Hiroko Ogi – Shinjuku Blues

    7. 青江三奈 - 新宿ブルース

    Mina Aoe – Shinjuku Blues

    8. 中条きよし - 忘れ草

    Kiyoshi Nakajo – Forgotten Grass

    9. 渡哲也 & いしだあゆみ - わかれ道

    Tetsuya Watari & Ayumi Ishida – Wakare Michi

    10. 渥美二郎 - 釜山港へ帰れ

    Jiro Atsumi – Return to Pusan Port

    11. しばたはつみ - ペーブメント(舗装)

    Hatsumi Shibata – Pavement

    12. 江利チエミ - 深川くずし

    Chiemi Eri – Hukagawa Kuzushi

    13. 江利チエミ - 黒田節

    Chiemi Eri – Kurodabushi

    14. 姿憲子 - 姿三四郎

     Sugata Noriko – Sanshiro

    15. 沢たまき - ベッドで煙草を吸わないで

    Tamaki Sawa – Don’t Smoke In Bed

    16. 伊東ゆかり - 朝のくちづけ

    Yukari Ito – Morning Kiss

    17. 小柳ルミ子 - 中国地方の子守唄

    Rumiko Koyanagi – Children’s Song (Traditional Chinese)

    18. 山崎ハコ - ヘルプミー

    Hako Yamasaki – Help Me

    19. グレープ - 風と空

    Grape – Wind and Sky

    20. 高倉健 - 時代おくれの酒場

    Ken Takakura – A Bar of the Times

    1h 21m - Mar 1, 2021
  • Sake & Tears #1

    This inaugural episode features 3 versions of the enka classic 'Abashiri Prison', carefully selected singles from Showa Kayo starlets Mina Aoe, Yukio Nagisa, Keiko Fuji and Yukiji Asaoka, a mountain of hits from popular cult crime and samurai cinema actors like Bunta Sugawara, Akira Kobayashi and Yujiro Ishihara and the odd 80's power ballad for good measure. Full track list is below:


    1.      渚ゆう子 - とげのないバラ

    Yukio Nagisa – Prickly Rose

    2.      黒沢明とロス・プリモス* ‎– ラブユー東京 

    Akira Kurosawa & His Los Primos – Naimda to Tomoni

    3.      高倉健 - 網走番外地

    Ken Takakura – Abashiri Prison

    4.      谷村新司 – Left Alone

    Shinji Tanimura – Left Alone

    5.     安藤 昇 ‎– 男が死んで行く時に

    Noboru Ando – When A Man Dies

    6.      安倍律子 ‎– 愛でくるんだ言訳

    Ritsuko Abe – Excuse For Wrapping In Love

    7.      いしだあゆみ ‎– ブルー・ライト・ヨコハマ

    Ayumi Ishida – Blue Light Yokohama

    8.      小林 旭 - 網走番外地

    Akira Kobayashi – Abashiri Prison

    9.      藤圭子 - 圭子の網走番外地

    Keiko Fuji – Keiko’s Abashiri Prison

    10.   朝丘雪路 - 雨がやんだら

    Yukiji Asaoka - Till The Rain Is Over

    11.   志賀勝 ‎– 道

    Masaru Shiga – Road

    12.   菅原文太- 親不孝ブルース(与太者のブルース)

    Bunta Sugawara – Unfaithful Blues

    13.   曽我了子 - ひでこ節

    Ryoko Bushi – Hideko Bushi

    14.   石原裕次郎 - 粋な別れ

    Yujiro Ishihara – A Stylish Farewell

    15.   青江三奈 - 好きだった

    Mina Aoe – I Liked It

    16.   川中美幸- 愛は別離

    Miyuki Kawanaka – Love Is Seperated

    17.   梅沢富美男- 恋曼荼羅

    Tomio Umezawa – Love Mandala

    18.   梅宮辰夫 - 番長シャロック

    Tatsuo Umemiya – Bancho Shalock

    19.   克美しげる - ああせつなき我が心

    Shigeru Katsumi – Oh My Heart

    20.   勝新太郎- 座頭市物語主題歌)

    Shintaro Katsu – Zatoichi’s Blues

     

    E1 - 1h 17m - Jan 29, 2021
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