Agata Morio is a Japanese folk rock

Folk rock

Folk rock is a musical genre combining elements of folk music and rock music. In its earliest and narrowest sense, the term referred to a genre that arose in the United States and the UK around the mid-1960s...

 singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

 and actor. He also directed three films. He was born on 12 September 1948 in Rumoi, Hokkaido

Rumoi, Hokkaido

is a city located in Rumoi, Hokkaidō, Japan. It is the capital of Rumoi Subprefecture.As of 2008, the city has an estimated population of 26,017 and the density of 87.5 persons per km². The total area is 297.44 km².The city was founded on October 1, 1947....

.

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 a manga

Manga

Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...

 by Seiichi Hayashi.

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)

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)

External links

• The Agata Morio Observer - The official website
• IMDB profile