#Morio Agata

[cinemadiary]

僕は天使ぢゃないよ (1977)

[musicanthology]

Japanese New Wave - Post Punk - Gothic: 1st Selection

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1. 0:00 Aunt Sally - Aunt Sally

2. 6:33 Morio Agata - Submarine

3. 11:50 Kokushoku Elegy - 太陽眼

4. 15:26 D-Day - Memory

5. 19:23 Auto-Mod - Deathtopia

6. 24:40 Pale Cocoon - Brain To Vain

7. 30:09 Phew - Signal

8. 34:41 G-Schmitt - K No Souretsu

9. 41:23 Allergy - Joker

10. 46:35 Zelda - 真暗闇 －ある日の光景－

11. 52:42 Phaidia - Dark Side

12. 57:43 Dendö Marionette - Frozen ・Edge

13. 1:01:02 Mizutama Shobodan - Goblin's Eye

14. 1:03:47 Madame Edwarda - Lorelei

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[watchingalotofmovies]

Flying Colors

Flying Colors    [trailer]

Tale of a slacker high-school girl, years behind in her studies, who decides to start working hard and pass the entrance exams to a prestigious university in Japan.

The endpoint of the story is not very surprising, but the path it takes to get there is not entirely straightforward. There's a good chance it will get you emotional and misty eyed.

It gets quite melodramatic in the second half. Which is not entirely surprising since the conflicts are set-up that way, but still.

It's also an indictment of the education system, and how difficult it is to raise a kid. The sacrifices the family has to make, and the time and effort Sayaka has to spend to reach her goal, giving up everything else.

The teacher is great. But in reality it's sadly, obviously impossible to have a teacher like that.

[jpnnewmusicdaily]

大寒町 (Osamu Machi) by Morio Agata / あがた森魚

Album: Les Misérables Year: 1974 Label: Bellwood Records Lyrics & Music: Hirobumi Suzuki / 鈴木博文

[boanerges20]

Outobai Shoujo [オートバイ少女] // Motorcycle Girl

[ammonitetestpatterns]

ready made records, 1983. the screwy vocal processing on this song draws the associative likeness of tanoshii ongaku, or at least morio agata's psychopomp tone thereon. his voice taps me over the vessel with an ashplant stir of metal lethe.

[enfantsterriblestokyo]

「First Love 初恋」(Netflix) 2022年11月24日〜

Official Site

Official Trailer

Teaser Trailer

[Cast]

Hikari Mitsushima / Takeru Satoh

Rikako Yagi / Taisei Kido

Kaho

Minami / Akiyoshi Nakao

Towa Araki / Aoi Yamada

Itsuki Nagasawa / Jiei Wakabayashi

Makiko Watanabe / Takashi Okabe

Morio Agata

Ren Sudo

Kanji Furutachi

Daisuke Kuroda / Shingo Mizusawa

Osamu Mukai

Gaku Hamada

Kyoko Koizumi

[Staff]

Written & Directed by : Yuri Kanchiku

Cinematographers : Kazuma Shinde / Junichi Nakamura

Lighting : Jin Kobayashi

Sound Recordists : Masahito Yano / Yoshifumi Kureishi

Art Department Coordinator : Nori Fukuda

Production Designer : Yoko Sagae

Set Decorator : Tetsuya Nomura

Costume Designer : Babymix

Hair & Make-up Artists : Takeharu Kobayashi / Aina Hanada

Make-up Artist : Yuko Shimada

First Assistant Directors : Shinya Masuda / Kimiyoshi Adachi

Production Manager : Kota Suemitsu / Taisuke Oku

Post Production Supervisor : Tetsuo Ohya

VFX Supervisor : Koji Nozaki

Editorsr : Emi Onodera / Naoki Watanabe

Re-Recording Mixer : Hiroyuki Ishizaka

Sound Effects : Hiroki Matsuura

Music by : Taisei Iwasaki

Line Producer : Mikiya Sato

Executive Producer : Kaata Sakamoto

Producer :  Kasumi Yao

Production : C&I entertainment

Inspired by the songs “First Love” and “Hatsukoi” written by Hikaru Utada

[superhotsongs]

Unknown artist - Untitled

Released on, Mountain Fuji Record and recorded at Oto No Meruhenya in shibuya city (Which has sadly bin closed now)

There really isn’t much information about this record at all other than the label and the recording studio. We don't know the artist, we don't know the track titles. But we can speculate.

The album is speculated to be released between 1972 & 1975 when Mountain Fuji Record was active.

The album seems to be a collection of demos. recorded by who? You may ask, well no one knows. His voice reminds me of another Japanese folk artist though he’s much more popular. He goes by the name of Morio Agata. I think this one track from his album Chikuon Ban really shows this the most.

Obviously I don’t think they're the same person who made this record. I just think they have a very similar voice. I think the unknown artist's vocal register is a bit higher if it was somehow a Morio Agata demo acetate that would unironically be a historical discovery for folk because of how influential Morio is for the folk scene. But no i don’t think there is the same person there just isn’t enough evidence other than there similar vocals. Not only that I don't speak japanese so i would be the last person to figure that out.

This record is a must have if you want to get into Japanese private folk. It's warm but also cold with emotional raw vocals. The low quality demo feel that the record has makes it so much more personal almost like you are right in front of him while he sings his heart out. There are moments in the album where he has to cough to clear his throat which always made me feel cold while listening to it. My favourite thing about this record is how much I just don’t understand. The lyrics seem so personal yet I can't understand a single word. I tried to get people to help me understand the lyrics but it was no use. Maybe it was for the better though because my imagination goes wild whenever I listen to this record. All the songs in Japanese, except for B1 which is a cover of "El Cóndor Pasa (If I Could)" (Robles/Simon). A song about valuing movement. Not being stuck. Not wanting to be tied to one place and to not have the freedom to move around and make changes. I wonder if the other tracks in the album have meanings like that.

My personal favourite tracks are:

A2

B3

A3

I would really like to thank the person who archived this record “banana” (banana420) . He has a youtube video with the full album and not only that, an almost uncompressed download to the full album in Flac. Which is absolutely amazing. I'm so glad there are people who are willing to go all out spending money on rare records and not only do that but make it public is just beautiful!

I would really like to thank the person who archived this record “banana” (banana420). He has a youtube video with the full album and not only that, an almost uncompressed download to the full album in Flac. Which is absolutely amazing. I'm so glad there are people who are willing to go all out spending money on rare records and not only do that but make it public is just beautiful! I think it just shows how obscure this record is that the person who owns the album doesn't even know much about it too.

This is one of my favourite Japanese folk album's and i enjoyed writing everything i know about it.

[netego]

やぎ – Il Neige

[jacobwren]

Morio Agata / あがた森魚 - Submarine / サブマリン

[cinemadiary]

僕は天使ぢゃないよ (1977)

[postpunkindustrial]

Morio Agata - Airplane (1980)

[radiophd]

morio agata -- submarine

[jpnnewmusicdaily]

いい娘だね (Ii Ko da ne) by Morio Agata / あがた森魚

Album: 君のことすきなんだ Year: 1977 Label: Philips → Japan Record Lyrics & Music: Yoshio Hayakawa / 早川義夫

[virtuacore]

Pizzicato Five 空飛ぶ理科教室 (Flying science class)

from the live jazz-oriented Readymade Recordings ep, the fourth in the “Five by Pizzicato Five” series leading up to the legendary This Year’s Girl. this song, written by keitaro takanami (P5′s underrated but very important co-founder, in the band until 1994) and arty folk hero morio agata and sung by the former, is a wonderful wispy number anchored by keitaro’s airy vocals. along with the lyrics it floats gracefully and evokes a lot of wonder and beauty. i love it.