Kan Mikami

Kan Mikami

75 (1950-03-20)
Kodomari, Aomori Prefecture, Japan

Kan Mikami is a Japanese folk singer-songwriter, 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. Mikami also acted in cinema and is notable for collaborations with Shūji Terayama and his avant-garde theater Tenjō Sajiki

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Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence 1983 (7.3)

Island of Java, 1942, during World War II. British Major Jack Celliers arrives at a Japanese prison camp, run by the strict Captain Yonoi. Colonel John Lawrence, who has a profound knowledge of Japanese culture, and Sergeant Hara, brutal and simpleton, will witness the struggle of wills between two men from very different backgrounds who are tragically destined to clash.
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Tokyo Decadence 1992 (6)

A submissive hooker goes about her trade, suffering abuse at the hands of Japanese salarymen and Yakuza types. She's unhappy about her work, and is apparently trying to find some sort of appeasement for the fact that her lover has married.
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Pastoral: To Die in the Country 1974 (7.5)

A director faces creative block while working on his latest film – a reimagination of his adolescence growing up in a mountain village in rural Japan.