NHK Taiga Drama “Hanamoyu” Original Soundtrack Vol.1

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NHK Taiga Drama “Hanamoyu” Original Soundtrack Vol.1 Music: Kenji Kawai Released on Wednesday, February 4, 2015 VPCD-81825(POS:4) / List price ¥3,000+tax

●Shoin Yoshida had a great ideological influence during the turbulent period at the end of the Edo period. The story revolves around his younger sister, Fumi, and the strong family ties that overcame hardships. A work that depicts on a dynamic scale the youth of young people who carried on Shoin's aspirations. ●Music by Kenji Kawai. The main theme is sure to touch the hearts of many viewers.

[Music] Kenji Kawai [profile] Born in Tokyo on April 23, 1957. After working as a guitarist, he made his film debut in Mamoru Oshii's ``Red Glasses'' in 1986. In addition to works directed by Mamoru Oshii such as ``GHOST IN THE SHELL'', ``AVALON'', ``Innocence'', and ``The Sky Crawlers'', Directed by Hideo Nakata: "Ring", "Ring 2", "Glass Brain", "Chaos", "From the Bottom of Dark Water", "Ghost Story", "L change the World" “Insitemir”, “Kuroyuri Danchi”, “MONSTERZ”, “Prophecy” and “Orochi” directed by Norio Tsuruta, “Rinne” directed by Takashi Shimizu, "DEATH NOTE" and "DEATH NOTE~the Last name" directed by Shusuke Kaneko, "Rainfall/Rain Fang" directed by Max Mannix, ``Wandering Blade'' directed by Shoichi Mashiko, ``Mobile Suit Gundam 00 the Movie -A wakening of the Trailblazer-'' directed by Seiji Mizushima, He has participated in films such as Shinsuke Sato's ``Shura Yukihime'' and ``GANTZ,'' Tsutomu Eiji's ``Sadako 3D,'' and Osamu Yamasaki's ``Hakuouki.'' TV series include "Maison Ikkoku," "Ranma 1/2," "Mobile Police Patlabor," "Fate/stay night," and "Guardian of the Spirit." In addition to animations such as ``Eden of the East,'' ``Ultraman Nexus,'' ``Nanase Futatabi,'' ``Kasouken no Onna,'' ``Iron Bone,'' ``Ume-chan Sensei,'' and ``Tsukahara Bokuden.'' He has also been in charge of TV dramas such as ``The Story of Fire-On: Hero of the North Aterui'' and ``Nezumi Runs Through Edo.'' Among overseas works, the French films "SAMOURAIS" and "BLOODY MALLORY", In addition to the French documentary program “Resurrection of World War II ~Colorized black and white film~”, the Korean films “Antarctic Diary” and “Beautiful Beast”, Hong Kong movies "Seven Swords", "Kachikomi! Dragon Tiger Gate", "Ip Man", "Yang Jiajang ~Legend of the Seven Martyr Brothers~", He was in charge of the joint films ``Bokusou'' and ``Genome Hazard: 5 Days of a Genius Scientist.''

NHK Taiga Drama “Hanamoyu” [Appearance] Mao Inoue/Takao Osawa Yusuke Iseya / Kengo Kora / Masahiro Higashide / Taizo Harada / Yuka / Koji Seto / Hitori Gekidan / Jun Kaname / Haruka Igawa / Mayumi Wakamura / Ryuta Sato / Kanji Ishimaru / Tsuyoshi Naito/Fumi Dan/Eiji Okuda/Kyozo Nagatsuka/Hideki Takahashi/Kinya Kitaoji and others 【staff】 Written by: Satomi Oshima, Yuko Miyamura Music: Kenji Kawai Title: Tomomi Kunishige Narrated by: Shuichi Ikeda

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The first original soundtrack for the 2015 NHK Taiga drama "Hanamoyu". Shoin Yoshida had a great ideological influence during the turbulent period at the end of the Edo period. Contains the main theme and other themes that color the work, which depicts the strong bonds of a family that overcame difficulties and the youth of young people on a dynamic scale, centering on his younger sister, Fumi. Kenji Kawai is in charge of the music. (C)RS