Morio Agata
{{Short description|Japanese singer, songwriter, and actor (born 1948)}}
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Agata Morio ({{langx|ja|あがた森魚}}, born 12 September 1948) is a Japanese folk rock singer-songwriter and actor. He also directed three films.
Biography
Agata was born in Rumoi, Hokkaido.
His 1972 debut single Sekishoku Erejī (literary translated as Red Elegy) sold more than a half million copies and still remains his biggest hit. The title of the song was named after the manga series Red Colored Elegy by Seiichi Hayashi.{{cite web |url=http://www.drawnandquarterly.com/shopCatalogLong.php?item=a477d4683b76d3 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101114072725/http://www.drawnandquarterly.com/shopCatalogLong.php?item=a477d4683b76d3 |archive-date=14 November 2010 |title=drawn and quarterly}}
Discography
=Singles=
(Selected)
- Sekishoku Erejī (25 April 1972)
- Jurietta no Natsu (21 June 1987)
- Sairento Ibu (5 October 1993)
- Kitto Kitto !! Tōku Tōku !! (15 March 1995)
- Torikago no Machi (25 February 1996)
=Albums=
- Chikuonban (1970)
- Otome no Yume (1972)
- Aa Mujo (1974)
- Boku wa Tenshi ja Naiyo (1975, a soundtrack album, collaboration with Eiichi Otaki)
- Nippon Shōnen (Jipangu Boy) (1976)
- Kimi no koto Sukinanda (1977)
- Norimono Zukan (1980)
- Eien no Engoku (1985)
- Eien no Engoku no Uta (1986)
- Bando Neon no Jagā (1987)
- Bando Neon no Jagā to Aoneko (1987)
- Mikkīo no Densetsu (1988)
- Puranettsu Ābento (1990, live)
- Imitation Gold (5 November 1993)
- Pirosumania Umi e Iku (26 January 1994)
- Ōtobai Shōjo (1 August 1994, a soundtrack album)
- 24ji no Wakusei (26 July 1995)
- Dai-nana Tōei Awa (25 March 1996)
- Agata Morio no Rajio Shō (1996, live)
- Minato no Rokisī (22 October 1999, a soundtrack album)
- Nihon Shōnen 2000kei (12 January 1999)
- Satou Keiko Sensei wa Zankokuna Hito desukedo (21 November 2001)
- Gineoberude (Aoi Banana) (2004)
- Tarphology ( 20 September 2007 )
- Yuya Uchida I do not know is the sunset glow of the universe I know ( 14 February 2011 )
- Everyone loves Erika ( 21 September 2011 )
- Codomo album ( 30 November 2012 · Agata Morio and Yuko Yamasaki in name)
- Pavement with a woman and a man ( 9 May 2012 ) * Cover collection of movie music
- COBALT TARUPHONIC Music Bunches 1 – 3 ( 9 May 2012 )
- Chicken childhood ( 20 December 2012 )
- Supaka Tamagu (LP 24 December 2013, CD 10 March 2014)
- Urashima 64 ( 15 November 2014 LP, CD 3 December)
- Urashima 65 BC ( 20 July 2015 )
- Urashima 65 XX ( 30 November 2015 )
- Modern lock (18 November 2016)
- Daibuni ( 26 April 2017) * Agata Morio and Hachimitsu Pai Meigi
- Ideal Socks and Ships ( 26 December 2018 ){{Cite web|url=http://www.agatamorio.com/disco2010.html|title = あがた森魚Os}}
- Sightseeing Souvenirs, from the Third Planet ( 18 December 2019 ){{Cite web|url=http://www.agatamorio.com/disco2010.html|title = あがた森魚Os}}
Filmography
This is the complete list of the films that Agata directed.
- Boku wa Tenshi ja Naiyo (1975)
- Ōtobai Shōjo (1994)
- Minato no Rokisī (1999)
- Hakodate Coffee (2016)
He was part of the cast of Biri Gal (2015).{{cite web |url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=351029 |title=映画 ビリギャル(2015) |accessdate=8 May 2015 |work=allcinema |publisher=Stingray |language=Japanese}}
Notes
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0012886}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120419084346/http://www.vi-vo.jp/profile/male/agata/ Profile at Vi-vo]
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Category:Musicians from Hokkaido
Category:Japanese male singer-songwriters
Category:Japanese film directors
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