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Masanori Takahashi (高橋正則, Takahashi Masanori?), better known as Kitarō (喜多郎?), (4 February 1953) is an award-winning Japanese musician, composer, and multi-instrumentalist who is regarded as a pioneer of New Age music.
After graduating, Kitaro moved to Tokyo to experience and become a part of the music scene, and it was there that he discovered the synthesizer. His first synthesizer was analog, and recalls having “just loved the analog sound that it made compared to today's digital sound”.
His parents were first opposed to the idea of their son having a musical career. In an effort to maneuver him towards their vision, they made arrangements for him to take a job at a local company. In return, he left home without telling them. He supported himself by taking on several part time jobs such as cooking and civil service work, while composing songs at night.
In the early 1970s, he changed completely to keyboards. He joined the Japanese music group Far East Family Band which was formed in 1965, and toured with them around the world. While in Europe, he met the German electronic music and former Tangerine Dream member Klaus Schulze. Schulze produced two albums for the band and gave Kitaro some tips for the use of synthesizers. In 1976, Kitaro left "Far East Family Band" and travelled through Asia (China, Laos, Thailand, India).
Actors: William Winckler (director), G. Larry Butler (actor), Kyle Rea (actor), Kyle Rea (actor), Kyle Rea (actor), William Winckler (actor), Anne Lockhart (actress), Kôzô Morishita (producer), William Winckler (producer), William Winckler (writer), Mel Lewis (composer), Donald F. Glut (actor), Kyle Rea (actor), Alison Lees-Taylor (actress), J.F. Oya (producer),
Genres: Animation,Actors: Stephen Warbeck (composer), Liz Roe (editor), Toshiko Onizawa (actress), Julie Jei (actress), Seiko Higuma (actress), Sharon Gee (actress), Sulinh Lafontaine (actress), Sulinh Lafontaine (actress), Tet Wada (actor), Jet Harp (actor), Sherry Hwang (actress), Ai Kiyono (actress), Tienne Vu (actress), Emi Ikehata (actress), Seiko Suzuki Shih (actress),
Plot: The Winter Butterfly is a story about passion and love, depicting Matsunaga a samurai, as a corrupt oppressor rather than a hero. With the emergence of a new system during the Meiji period, many things changed in Japan for the sake of progress. The story told in four parts is related to the seasons of the year, which can be scorching, amenable, cold or unpredictable. All evoked by Stephen Warbeck's beautiful and sensitive score.
Keywords: butterfly, samurai, winterActors: William Winckler (director), G. Larry Butler (actor), Kyle Rea (actor), Kyle Rea (actor), Kyle Rea (actor), Kyle Rea (actor), William Winckler (actor), Anne Lockhart (actress), Kôzô Morishita (producer), William Winckler (producer), William Winckler (writer), Donald F. Glut (actor), Alison Lees-Taylor (actress), J.F. Oya (producer), David Gerrold (actor),
Genres: Animation,Actors: Yoriko Dôguchi (actress), Hiroshi Shimizu (writer), Ryô Kase (actor), Tsuyoshi Kusanagi (actor), Chihiro Kameyama (producer), Tomokazu Miura (actor), Hirofumi Arai (actor), Yôji Tanaka (actor), Kanji Tsuda (actor), Shin'ichi Tsutsumi (actor), Eri Watanabe (actress), Yoneko Matsukane (actress), Ryû Morioka (actor), Mei Kurokawa (actress), Kazutoshi Wadakura (producer),
Genres: Comedy, Drama,Actors: Kitarô (actor), Naoto Takenaka (actor), Gô Rijû (actor), Shigeru Muroi (actress), Shingo Yanagisawa (actor), Chihiro Kameyama (producer), Shinobu Tsuruta (actor), Naomasa Musaka (actor), Kei Tani (actor), Toshiyuki Nishida (actor), Shidô Nakamura (actor), Rena Tanaka (actress), Yô Ôizumi (actor), Moto Fuyuki (actor), Kanpei Hazama (actor),
Genres: Fantasy,Actors: Minami Takayama (actress), Isamu Tanonaka (actor), Hiromi Konno (actress),
Genres: Animation, Fantasy,Actors: Bin Shimada (actor), Hisao Egawa (actor), Toshio Furukawa (actor), Tôru Furuya (actor), Daisuke Gôri (actor), Kôzô Shioya (actor), Jôji Yanami (actor), Naoki Tatsuta (actor), Shigeru Chiba (actor), Masaharu Satô (actor), Keiko Yamamoto (actress), Isamu Tanonaka (actor), Tan Takaiwa (producer), Chinami Nishimura (actress), Kaoru Wada (composer),
Genres: Animation,Actors: Osamu Takizawa (actor), Satsuo Yamamoto (director), Hajime Hana (actor), Tokue Hanazawa (actor), Mikijirô Hira (actor), Shinobu Ôtake (actress), Takeshi Katô (actor), Fudeko Tanaka (actress), Ruriko Asaoka (actress), Mizuho Suzuki (actor), Etsushi Takahashi (actor), Jun Nabeshima (editor), Atomu Shimojô (actor), Yoshiko Kayama (actress), Hiroko Machida (actress),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Shin'ichi Himori (actor), Hiroshi Shimizu (director), Takeshi Sakamoto (actor), Hiroshi Shimizu (writer), Akio Isono (actor), Shin Saburi (actor), Mieko Takamine (actress), Shin Tokudaiji (actor), Senji Itô (composer), Mitsuko Miura (actress), Toshiaki Konoe (actor), Jun Yokoyama (actor), Hidesaburô Fujioka (miscellaneous crew), Fusako Maki (actress), Takeo Tajiri (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Two blind masseurs Toku and Fuku walk to a mountain retreat to work for the season. The film follows Toku and his interactions with his blind colleagues and various guests from the inns. Toku is attracted to a mysterious single woman, whom he can tell is from Tokyo by her scent. She is intrigued by him, but also makes friends with another visitor from Tokyo who is traveling with his young nephew. The bored nephew, looking for amusement, meets with the woman from Tokyo, as well as with Toku. A rash of thefts at the inns soon after they arrive causes Toku suspect one of these guests.
Genres: Drama,Watching the world
>From our window of life
Can we see all there is
That is real
That is right
To the distance so far
>From our true understanding
Making us want more
Making us see less
The fire
Making me clean
Making me fly
Spinning me 'round
Spinning me 'round
The fire within your eyes
This mystic time
I've known before
Once before
The flame within my heart
Agreements made
Are now realized
Like before
Agreements of Trust
Agreements of Faith
Agreements of Truth
Agreements of Liberty
Speaking of worlds
Driven far far apart
How the (industry) innocence
Crushes the nature of things
To the point that we lose
All we're trying to gain
Making us want more
Making us see less
The fire
Making us clean
Making us fly
Spinning us 'round
Spinning us 'round
The fire within your eyes
This mystic time
I've known before
Once before
The flame within my heart
Agreements made
Are now realized
Like before
Agreements of Trust
Agreements of Faith
Agreements of Truth
Agreements of Liberty
The fire
Making us clean
Making us fly
Spinning us 'round
Spinning us 'round
The (fire) flame
Making us clean (dream)
Making me fly
Spinning me 'round
Spinning me 'round
Agreements of Trust
Agreements of Faith
Agreements of Truth
Agreements of Love
Agreements of Liberty