Ryûdô Uzaki
Birthday:
February 23, 1946 in Kyoto, Japan
Birth Name:
Shuji Kimura
Born in 1946, Ryudo Uzaki began his popular music career in 1973, when he set up the rock & roll band, the Downtown Boogie-Woogie Band (which had their first album of the same name), one of Japan's most popular rock bands at the time. Uzaki later moved on to a popular solo career, and then did movie & TV soundtracks, including Jackie C...
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Born in 1946, Ryudo Uzaki began his popular music career in 1973, when he set up the rock & roll band, the Downtown Boogie-Woogie Band (which had their first album of the same name), one of Japan's most popular rock bands at the time. Uzaki later moved on to a popular solo career, and then did movie & TV soundtracks, including Jackie Chan's La Danse du Lion (1980), and anime films such as L'Épée de Kamui (1985). Uzaki also did the theme songs (and most other songs) in Toei superhero shows such as _"Kamen Raidaa Burakku" (1987)_, and Jûkô Bî-Faitâ (1995). He also wrote the score for the 1992 video effort, _Shin Kamen Raidaa (1992)_. He is also an actor, making his debut in Double suicide à Sonezaki (1978)(also one of the first movies for which he composed). Aside from roles in movies such as Boku no ojisan (2000), one of his most notable roles is that of General Tachibana, the hero of _Gojira, Mosura, Kingu Gidora: Daikaijû soukougeki (2001)_. Show less «
