[Memoir of Japanese Assassination] Released in 1969 Chiba-chan … I don’t think there are any stars in my generation that surpass this person. The TV drama “Key Hunter” that I watched with my family almost every week when I couldn’t help myself. Then there were popular programs such as “Taiyo ni Hoero” and “Angel full of scratches”, but many were aired, but “Key Hunter” was cool. Sonny Chiba, also known as Chiba-chan, who starred in Key Hunter, died in Corona the other day. Next to Key Hunter, Jubei Yagyu from “The Conspiracy of the Yagyu Clan” and “Battle Without Honor and Death in Hiroshima” will be remembered as the rugged Yakuza Otomo, but this time it is said that he was eager to appear even after taking a break from Key Hunter. Introducing “Memoir of Japanese Assassination”. Beginning with the assassination of Japan, the change outside Sakuradamon, the assassination of Toshimichi Okubo, the 2.26 incident, etc. are depicted in omnibus, but the “League of Blood” starring Shinichi Chiba is the main. Tadashi Onuma (Sonny Chiba) graduated from elementary school for six years as chief, but after giving up going to high school due to his father’s death and changing jobs, he worked for Ochiai Castella at the Tokyo headquarters. Beloved by her husband (Asao Koike), she spends a good time in love with her maid Takako (Sumiko Fuji), but the number of stores increases and the store goes bankrupt. He works for the store until the end, but his family breaks up and he gets sick. Minko (Yukie Kagawa) from her hometown who died first because of her poverty, and Onuma who became desperate and thought of the unreasonableness of the world. After that, he got acquainted with the monk Inoue (Chiezo Kataoka) and became passionate about creating a new nation. Toei’s all-cast, which is unthinkable now (although it is a waste of money,) Later, the role of Yamanaka (Kinya Kitaoji), who played the leading role in (Battle Without Honor and Death in Hiroshima), was scheduled to be played by Shinichi Chiba, who played the role of Onuma.

“Tokyo Story” released in 1953

It’s been about a year and a half since the pandemic started, and many people have gradually become accustomed to it while being aware of minimizing contact with people. It’s boring that I can’t go all the way outside, but I’m completely used to being an indoor sect. (I think the family is stuffy, but …). Still, there is one thing I’m not used to. It means that you cannot freely go to see your parents who live apart. In this emergency, I feel a strong sense of family ties and feel lonely. Therefore, this time we would like to introduce a masterpiece known by Yasujiro Ozu, a master craftsman with the theme of family ties. Shukichi (Chishu Ryu) and Tomi (Chieko Higashiyama), an old couple living in Onomichi, come to see their eldest son Koichi (Satoshi Yamamura) and their eldest daughter Shige (Haruko Sugimura) who have lived in Tokyo for the first time in a while. Koichi, a practitioner, can’t take a day off even though he plans to visit Tokyo, and the aspiring house that has moved to be driven away is also busy running a hairdressing shop, and her parents spend a lonely time alone. Only Noriko (Setsuko Hara), the widow of her second son who died in the war, bothered She takes a break from work and takes them for sightseeing and treats them in her small apartment. In the post-war period toward the high-growth period, the delicate production depicts parents who feel lonely for their children who are full of their own lives. I watched this movie for the first time in ten years since I had children and my parents were still alive. What is the true bond and does the child really respect their parents? I will ask various questions. Nowadays, I often think of parents who live far away while resenting the government that is waving the flag of the Tokyo Olympics First.

【Hinomaru Soul】 released in 2021

The 1994 Lillehammer Olympics, the group ski jump that had a 99.9% gold medal in hand, and the last big stall jump of Harada ended up in a silver medal.

If you are in your mid-40s or older, you may remember the malicious interview with Harada, the personal attack that is impossible in sports now.

This movie is centered around Jinya Nishikata (Kei Tanaka), one of the players who won the silver medal at the Lillehammer Olympics.

Nishikata encouraged Harada (Takayuki Hamatsu) who had stalled and vowed to win the gold medal at the Nagano Olympics four years later. I will end up.

Nishikata, who won the final race before the selection and was convinced that he would be selected as the representative, is overwhelmed by anger and regret.

At one point, Nishi was trying to quit skiing, but at the request of the Ski Association, he decided to participate in the Nagano Olympics as a test jumper.

The number of test jumpers gathered was 25, except for Nishikata and Minamikawa (Gordon Maeda), who had fallen as representatives. Even so, each of them is a young man who volunteered for the Nagano Olympics with a dream, and he trains every day. On the other hand, only Nishikata and Minamikawa (Gordon Maeda), who have fallen out of the national team, will enter the Olympics without being able to dispel the humiliation of going behind the scenes.

And Nishikata, who watches over the competition, wishes Harada’s first jump to “fall!” In his heart.

And once again, Harada’s big stall jump puts him in 4th place, and the gold medal is far away.

Before the second jump, a blizzard occurred and the competition was interrupted. Whether to resume the second competition or to decide the ranking based on the results of only the first competition, the judge who made the referee said, “If all the test jumpers can fly safely, the competition will resume.”

It will be left to the gold medal of the reversal or 25 test jumpers in the 4th place or the 2nd run.

Since it is a movie of the most famous story in the history of the Olympics, I wrote about the story, but with the support of so many test jumpers, I was surprised that Harada’s “Funaki” scene was born. Becomes hot.

I’m still dissatisfied with the script, which was greedy to spot all the characters, but it’s a movie that makes me cry. Please prepare two handkerchiefs.

Last but not least, I don’t think I’ll be watching the Tokyo Olympics anymore.

『BUTCH CASSIDY and the SUNDANCEKID』released in 1969

It was my first encounter with a movie called American New Cinema, and it was also a movie of my encounter with music Burt Bacharach.

Certainly, when I was in the first year of junior high school, I was addicted to macaroni western, and I watched it at the movie theater hoping that it would be a similar movie (not in real time, lol), but it was a completely different movie. It’s been ten years since I bought the soundtrack LP for the first time, and it’s still on the shelves of my parents’ house.

If you ask me to give you my favorite movie, I can make some candidates, but I would like to give this movie that has the best matching of images with music. I think there are many people like that.

The other day, Billy Joe Thomas, who sang the theme song “Raindrops Keep Fallin”, passed away.

The idyllic scene of Paul Newman and Catherine Ross riding two bicycles in the movie, “Even if it gets wet in the rain” (two bicycles in the soundtrack), is too famous.

I was still a kid, but I remember watching the stylish images, the stylish adult lines, and the nice background music.

This time it was a memorial BJ Thomas.

The movie is about 1890, a real outlaw, Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid.

Butch Cassidy (Paul Newman), who leads a well-known robbery group, is a bright and good-spoken man. Butch’s companion was Sundance Kid (Robert Redford), who made a name for himself as a gunman with a quiet and quick shot without any amiability in contrast to Butch.

The brilliant chase and sheriff hired by Union, which was damaged by the robbery of the round-trip train, will be relentlessly chased.

Butch, who thought he couldn’t escape from the chase, could speak Spanish, and Bolivia invited Sundance to fly high because of the good economy of the old gold rush, and he also rides Sundance.

Sundance lover Etta (Catherine Ross) accompanied them on the condition that they did not see only the place where they died, and they arrived safely in Bolivia on a luxury steamer, but …

The sleek lines, the coolness of Paul Newman and Robert Redford, and the beauty of Catherine Ross are still my dreams.

Thank you Robert Redford, Catherine Ross and Burt Bacharach for still alive.

Every time Burt Bacharach comes to Japan, I go to see it, but I would like to expect him to come back to Japan when Corona is over.

I like the song “Abandoned House” that plays when Etta leaves the two in the second half of the movie. Ask me to raise it in the music column next time.

Would you like to listen to a song with a moist mood in autumn?

Today is a cover album by Trio Esperança, a group of three sisters from Brazil. Michel Berger’s 1980 work, which has provided songs to many singers, including Francoise Hardy and his wife, France Gall, under the title “Some Words of Love”. The beautiful harmony that is different from the original makes you feel calm.
By the way, I am also three sisters.

Ah. I want to go drinking.
I also love drinking at home. Do you drink at home these days?
Take out the food at the restaurant, and occasionally buy rich ingredients. The table with all the things you want to eat is the best! ︎ We also have a variety of cheeses and desserts today.
And the best thing about drinking at home is … you don’t have to go home! All you can listen to your favorite music! Hooray! ︎

But … I still want to go to a real shop. Professional dishes, nice dishes and arrangements, charcoal-grilled and awesome firepower cooking, something that is impossible at home. Thank you for cleaning up after meals.

It’s been a long time, but this time it’s the ending song of my favorite TV show. It’s a rerun because I can’t be on location right now, but it’s fun to watch people drink and eat, and at the same time I cry. I hope you can live a life where you can drink quickly and with peace of mind.
By the way, the red wine I recommend is the yakitori liver (sauce)!

I’m coming, I’m coming! Autumn is coming! ︎
It’s still hot, but the wind changes, the sunset gets faster, and you can hear insect concerts at night.
Even if there are no events, the natural world will inform you of the changing seasons. Thank you for nature. And goodbye summer.
I’m really looking forward to the taste of autumn while regretting the summer when I feel sad about the enthusiastic singing voice of the cicadas!

The Japanese title of this song is “Goodbye to Two Summers”. You may want to listen to Bridget’s Bardot this time ⁉︎ Please see this column last year ♪

And I’m a sect, I don’t have the end of summer vacation.
The semester was actually the first semester of the new semester, and I was excited.

A dubious intro from the tone of Guiro … A timbre that is refreshing to hear. It’s a song. The end of summer is coming.

It’s July! Now in the middle of the rainy season. I want the rainy season to end soon. When I walk in the rain, the hydrangeas that are in full bloom in the neighborhood encourage me to do my best like a cheerleader’s pompom. Delusions are important.
This year, I’ve shortened my hair so much that I’m free from the problem of twirl due to the humidity, and I want to liven up myself and survive the rainy season! Contrary to the mood, please listen to this song that is moist and melancholy today. Bossa Nova Guitar Master Luis Astrud Gilberto sings a song from the movie of the same title by her Bonfa.

There was a time when I was listening to Latin music in the dark clouds, longing for people who seemed to have fun. Bright, cheerful and passionate. I also went to various events because I wanted to be a friend, but I couldn’t keep up with the serious glue and couldn’t make friends at all.
I’m sure I like to get excited by myself, eh, I’ll dance by myself! I still do it occasionally so that no one can see it.
“Sin Ti” means “without you” in Spanish, so it’s perfect for me as a lonely person. Good songs are fun, but I like mellow songs!