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Kan Mikami

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Kan Mikami

Born March 20, 1950 in Kodomari, Aomori, Japan41 films

Kan Mikami is a Japanese folk singer-songwriter, his music, heavily influenced by American blues, was popular in Japan in the 1970s. He re-wrote the lyric of the song "Yume wa Yoru Hiraku" for his cover version in 1972. Mikami also acted in cinema and is notable for collaborations with Shūji Terayama and his avant-garde theater Tenjō Sajiki

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Pastoral: To Die in the Country posterFirst watchPastoral: To Die in the Country19747.5as UshiA director faces creative block while working on his latest film – a reimagination of his adolescence growing up in a mountain village in rural Japan.View film

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Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence poster7.3Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence1983Tokyo Decadence poster6.0Tokyo Decadence1992

Filmography

41 films as actor
  1. 2025The Way of the Siren
  2. 2022The Setting SunMokichi
  3. 2021Aoi-chan Won't Let Me Do It
  4. 2021Lunch at a Famous Building: SpecialMaster
  5. 2018The German
  6. 2016Hana-Dama: PhantomGoro Yamashita
  7. 2012Virgin
  8. 2011EclairHige no keisatsukan
  9. 2010Box: The Hakamada CaseElementary school teacher
  10. 2008The Truth of Nanking, Part I: The Seven “Death-Row Prisoners”
  11. 2008The Most Beautiful Night In The WorldGonza
  12. 2006Waiting in the Dark
  13. 2005Two Wives: The Lewd Scent of the BedroomKen'ichi
  14. 2003Iden & Tity
  15. 1995Seduction Artist ★ KEN
  16. 1994Legends of Mahjong Masters: The Moon Sleeping on the Ocean Floor
  17. 1993Bokyo
  18. 1992The Pregnant WomanBoss Ichikawa
  19. 1992Tokyo DecadenceTopazu
  20. 1992Sentimental Mask
  21. 1989Four Days of Snow and BloodKiichi Dogome
  22. 1988Embracing and Getting Wet
  23. 1987This Story of Love
  24. 1986Baby Elephant Story: The angel who descended to earthKikuo Yokoyama (Akimoto's sidecar driver/Army Sergeant)
  25. 1983Merry Christmas, Mr. LawrenceLieutenant Itō
  26. 1982Room of ShameChizuko's new man
  27. 1981This Is Noriko
  28. 1980Woman's Trail: Wet PathMan
  29. 1979The Desire of Angels
  30. 1979Hurricane RapeIwakichi Iwata
  31. 1978New - No Longer Human
  32. 1976The Great Okinawa Yakuza War
  33. 1976A Savage Beast Goes MadSinger
  34. 1976New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the BossTah-boh
  35. 1976Competition: Married Couples Secret TechniqueMikami
  36. 1976Operation Plazma in Osaka
  37. 1975Iku iku maito gai - Seishun no mon Mon
  38. 1975New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the BossAkira Kobayashi/Shigeru Sasaki
  39. 1975Housewife's Experience: Tenement Apartment 2Kôichi Mikami
  40. 1975Hometown Woman Exploration: Pink ValleyBunzo, peasant
  41. 1974Pastoral: To Die in the CountryUshi