Morita Douji

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Morita Douji

Post by BoggoSonyeo » May 15th, '15, 18:23

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She was 20 years old when a friend's death inspired her first album. All of her albums keep to tragic or morbid themes. She ended her career as musician in 1983, after giving a final concert in Tokyo. During her career as a musician she was exceptionally secretive, she wore a curly-haired wig and sunglasses in order to hide her face.

In the 1993 TV drama Kou Kou Kyoushi (a.k.a. High School Teacher) as well as in the 2003 TV drama Kou Kou Kyoushi 2003 (a.k.a. High School Teacher 2003), the song Bokutachi no Shippai from the second album Mother Sky was used as theme song. As a result, the greatest hits album Bokutachi No Shippai was released.


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Any fans of her music?

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Re: Morita Douji

Post by Keiko1981 » May 15th, '15, 18:29

Me. :) I also recently discovered Yamasaki Hako (山崎ハコ). Similar music style.

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Re: Morita Douji

Post by BoggoSonyeo » May 15th, '15, 18:38

Keiko1981 wrote:Me. :) I also recently discovered Yamasaki Hako (山崎ハコ). Similar music style.
I will try Yamasaki Hako because I really like Morita's music. I wonder how she is now? Maybe she found happiness?

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Re: Morita Douji

Post by Keiko1981 » May 15th, '15, 18:52

BoggoSonyeo wrote:
Keiko1981 wrote:Me. :) I also recently discovered Yamasaki Hako (山崎ハコ). Similar music style.
I will try Yamasaki Hako because I really like Morita's music. I wonder how she is now? Maybe she found happiness?
My favorite songs with Yamasaki Hako at the moment is
Boukyou (望郷)
If I remember right, this song was featured in Kita no Kuni kara.
Kimono

And with Morita Douji (in no specific order.)

Bokutachi no Shippai (ぼくたちの失敗)
Sabishii Kumo (淋しい雲)
Boku to Kankou Basu ni Notte Mimasen ka­? (ぼくと観光バスに乗ってみませんか
君と淋しい風になる)
Boku ga Kimi no Omoide ni natte Ageru you (ぼくが君の思い出になってあげよう)
G Senshou ni Hitori (G線上にひとり)
Minna Yume dearimashita (みんな夢でありました)
Tatoeba Boku ga Shindara (たとえばぼくが死んだら)
Last Waltz (ラスト・ワルツ)

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Re: Morita Douji

Post by BoggoSonyeo » May 15th, '15, 19:09

Keiko1981 wrote:
BoggoSonyeo wrote:
Keiko1981 wrote:Me. :) I also recently discovered Yamasaki Hako (山崎ハコ). Similar music style.
I will try Yamasaki Hako because I really like Morita's music. I wonder how she is now? Maybe she found happiness?
My favorite songs with Yamasaki Hako at the moment is
Boukyou (望郷)
If I remember right, this song was featured in Kita no Kuni kara.
Kimono
Yamasaki had TV appearences Morita had too or hadn't?

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Re: Morita Douji

Post by Keiko1981 » May 15th, '15, 19:45

BoggoSonyeo wrote:Yamasaki had TV appearances Morita had too or hadn't?
Not many of what I know of. Remember seeing some clips on YouTube a long time ago. Not exactly appearances on TV shows, more like a documentary. Haven't been able to find anything on YouTube now.

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Re: Morita Douji

Post by BoggoSonyeo » May 15th, '15, 20:35

Some pics of Morita Doji:
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Talking about the covers of Morita album's Keiko maybe you know if they have special meaning or not?
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By the way I found an interesting article about Morita http://www.ocada.jp/culture/doji.php

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Re: Morita Douji

Post by faarian » Feb 25th, '24, 09:52

I'm also a big fan of her, a fan of Yamasaki Hako too:)

Some fun fact: I was watching a pinku movie of late 80s and suddenly, the FL started listening to Doji's "Horizon" (or maybe another work). It took me a couple of minutes to believe that I'm hearing Doji-san in a pinku movie:)

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Re: Morita Douji

Post by Keiko1981 » Feb 25th, '24, 10:03

I'm sure that was a surprise. :lol

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