:Ryudo Uzaki
{{short description|Japanese musician, composer, and actor (born 1946)}}
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| native_name = 宇崎 竜童
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| birth_date = 1946
| birth_place = Kyoto, Japan
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| spouse = Yoko Aki
| occupation = Musician, composer, actor
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| genre = Rock
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| associated_acts = Down Town Boogie-Woogie Band
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{{Nihongo|Ryudo Uzaki|宇崎 竜童|Uzaki Ryūdō|born 1946 in Kyoto}} is a Japanese musician, composer, and actor.{{cite web|script-title=ja:宇崎竜童さん インタビュー|trans-title=Ryudo Uzaki Interview|url=http://doraku.asahi.com/hito/interview/html/061106.html|work=Dōraku|publisher=The Asahi Shimbun Company|location=Japan|language=ja|access-date=9 February 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206184650/http://doraku.asahi.com/hito/interview/html/061106.html|archive-date=6 February 2012}}
His group, the Down Town Boogie-Woogie Band, was one of the most prominent 1970s Japanese rock bands. He also composed many of Momoe Yamaguchi's songs with Yoko Aki. Uzaki has also worked as a film composer, providing the scores to such productions as The Miracle of Joe Petrel and Umi e, See You.
He is married to lyricist and actress Yoko Aki.{{citation|url=http://www.yokoaki.jp/profile/index.html|title=Profile Aki Yoko}}
Discography
=Down Town Boogie-Woogie Band=
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| Title | Date | Notes |
| Minato No Yoko, Yokohama, Yokosuka
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| Namida No Secret Love
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| Mi Mo Kokoro Mo
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Acting roles
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! Title ! Role ! Date ! Notes |
| Torakku Yarō: go-iken muyō
| | 1975 | |
| Double Suicide of Sonezaki
| Tokubei | 1978 | Co-starring with Meiko Kaji. |
| G.I. Samurai
| | 1979 | |
| Tattoo Ari
| Akio Takeda | 1982 | Won Best Actor at the 4th Yokohama Film Festival. | |
| Umi e, See You
| Katsuragi | 1988 | Also co-composed the soundtrack with Shûichi Chino. | |
| Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
| Admiral Taizo Tachibana | 2001 | |
| Devilman
| Keisuke Makimura | 2004 | |
| Pecoross' Mother and Her Days
| Conductor | 2013 | |
| Hamon: Yakuza Boogie
| Takizawa | 2017 | |
| Catch me on the shore
| | 2019 | |
| Fancy
| | 2020 | |
| The Voice of Sin
| Tatsuo | 2020 | |
| Peaceful Death
| | 2021 | |
| I Am Makimoto
| | 2022 |
| Ranman
| 2023 | Asadora{{cite web |url= https://natalie.mu/music/news/515561|title= 朝ドラ「らんまん」にディーン・フジオカ、宮野真守、宇崎竜童が出演|access-date= March 7, 2023|work= Natalie}} |
| Bad Lands
| Mandala | 2023 |
| Like a Dragon: Yakuza
|Jin Goda |2024 |
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://ryudo.jp}} {{in lang|ja}}
{{Yokohama Film Festival Best Actor}}
{{Mainichi Film Award for Best Music}}
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Category:Japanese rock musicians
Category:Musicians from Kyoto Prefecture
Category:Actors from Kyoto Prefecture
Category:Japanese film score composers
Category:Japanese male film score composers