Recently, for reasons that everyone knows, many songs praying for peace and opposing war have once again attracted everyone's attention.
In the Japanese music scene, there is a classic anti-war work "A Pencil", which has also been mentioned again.
Of course, along with the original song Ofcomber, Miku Skylark, and the ups and downs of the song that has an unshakable position in Japan, I am also reminded of it.
Miku Skylark, formerly known as Kato Kaede, was born in May 1937 to an ordinary family in Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. My parents run a shop called Yuzeng, and their biggest hobby is listening to songs.
Influenced by their parents, the young Kato and Ede loved to sing from an early age, whether it was traditional ballads or popular songs.
In 1945, after the war, Japan fell into the Great Depression, in order to make a living, the mother took all her savings, set up the "Blue Sky Orchestra", performed in the nearby civic center and public baths, only 8 years old Kato Kazue, with the stage name "Miku Kazue", with a unique voice, captured many fans in the local area.
However, the Skylark did not start its own acting path smoothly, although it gained a certain popularity in the local area, but it failed to set off a bigger splash. In 1946, Miku Skylark participated in NHK's singing program, but the judges gave the ineligible on the grounds that "although the song is well sung, the song is not suitable for children".
The following year, the mother and daughter of the Meikong Skylark were in a car accident on the way to the tour, and the Meikong Skylark was injured in his left hand, and the head was hit almost to the death. Seeing that her daughter had luckily picked up a life, her terrified father ordered her to give up singing, while the stubborn Miku Skylark only replied to her father with a sentence of "If I don't sing, I will die."
Perhaps this persistence and persistence touched the heavens, in 1948, the 11-year-old Meikong Skylark met two Bole in her life, and since then the career has ushered in the spring.
In February 1948, she was invited to perform at the Shochiku Theater in Kobe, where she routinely visited Kazuo Taoka, the leader of the Yamaguchi group who mastered the lifeblood of the Kobe box office, and Taoka also treated this very talented girl differently.
In May of the same year, Miku Skylark met her future mentor Haruhisa Kawada, who praised her and promoted her to participate in a performance at the Yokohama International Theater, predicting that the future of Miku Skylark would be unlimited. For Miku Skylark, Kawada was also a teacher and father, and for many years afterwards he loved her as a daughter.
One is a well-known popular superstar in the art industry, and the other is a leader of the underworld in the jianghu; With the appreciation and blessing of the two big men, the already talented Meikong Skylark finally waited for the opportunity to open a new era of her own.
In 1949, Miku Skylark starred in her first film, "The Age of Throat Pride" produced by Toyoko Corporation, and in July of the same year, she officially debuted as a singer of The Columbia Records in Japan. The following year, the 12-year-old Miku Skylark starred in the movie "Sad Harmonica", released the same single, and set a historical record at the time with sales of 450,000 copies, opening up national popularity and becoming a hot child star at that time.
Immediately after playing iron while it was hot, he starred in the movie "Tokyo Boy" with his mentor Haruhisa Kawada and sang the theme song of the film, which also caused a warm response.
In July 1954, Mikon Skylark signed an exclusive film contract with Toei Company on the condition of 10 million yen for three films, and it is said that Kazuo Okada personally rushed to the signing site to sit down.
In the process of negotiating the contract, Shigeru Okada, the later president of Toei, saw the infinite possibilities for the future development of the girl in Miku Skylark, so while taking care of the young Skylark daily life, he appropriately adjusted and balanced the proportion of her singing and acting, and strived to make her develop towards multi-habitat. It was also in this year that the 17-year-old Skylark stood on the stage of the Red and White Song Festival for the first time.
At the age of 18, Miku Skylark starred in the movie "ジャンケン娘" together with Erichime and Mimura Izumi, and the songs of three young and beautiful girls spread throughout the streets and alleys of Japan, becoming a well-known "three-person bride" later. In Naha's performances were crowded, there were fans who traveled thousands of miles from all over Japan to help her, and the crowds on Naha Port were crowded. In the 10 years of Toei, Miku Skylark starred in 102 works, almost supporting the entire golden age of Toei, and when it comes to Japan's representative film actors after the war, Miku Skylark must have a name.
In 1958, Taoka Takashi of the Yamaguchi Group established the Kobe Art Nobori, and Miku Skylark, whose abilities were favored by the bigwigs, became an exclusive member of the society. At the age of 23, Miku Skylark won the singing award of the 2nd Japan Record Awards with "Sorrow Wave Stop", and was crowned the title of "Queen of the Ballad Industry", which belonged to the golden age of Miku Skylark, she was like a stage name given to her by her mother, just like a sky-breaking lark, soaring into the sky.
However, it may really be in response to the saying that "things will be reversed, and prosperity will decline." In 1962, The Skylark and the then popular Kobayashi Asahi became acquainted with the filming magazine, and soon the two announced their marriage, in order to better take care of the family, the then career of the United States Skylark decided to temporarily retire from the show business. Many fans once could not accept it, and the mother of The Skylark also expressed strong opposition. However, Miku Skylark seems to have been born to belong to the stage, and despite her efforts to be a good wife, this sensational marriage ended hastily two years later, and it was not until many years later that people learned in Kobayashi's book that miku Skylark had never really been naturalized into the Kobayashi family.
After the divorce, the career of the Miku Skylark, which came back again, failed to return to the past, because of the support of the Yamaguchi group boss, the rumors began to spread that the Miku Skylark was on the top of the underworld; Although the Skylark has always emphasized that it is the achievements it has achieved today by its ability, it has been shoveled with gold and destroyed bones. In addition, in 1973, the brother of the American Skylark was arrested on suspicion of gun trading, and the rumors of the relationship between the American Skylark and the underworld were once again noisy, and it was once praised by the big guys as the original sin of the American Skylark, she was boycotted by the major media, and her career plummeted.
The indisputable Miku Skylark simply dropped most of her work and concentrated on raising her brother's son, her later adopted son Kato Kazuya. But fate did not let her go, and in the 80s, Miku Skylark's father and mother and Kazuo Okada, who had always taken good care of her, passed away. Suddenly losing the elders who have always loved themselves, and the Miku Skylark, who has not yet come out of their sadness, once again faces the sudden departure of her best friend Jiang Lizhi Emi and her two younger brothers. The successive blows made Miku Skylark stagnant and began to smoke and drink, and it was from that time that her physical condition took a sharp turn for the worse.
Her adopted son Kato kazuya became her only spiritual pillar, and she poured too much effort into this son. No matter how busy he is, he will prepare a bento for his son to bring to school the next day. The activities of my son's school never fell behind, and they sang at Kazuya Kato's graduation ceremony. In The heart of the Skylark, I only hope that Kato can be a kind person, be gentle with everything in the world, and learn to love others and love yourself more.
In 1988, the Miku Skylark held the "Undead Bird Concert" at the Tokyo Dome, and the emergency doctors on the spot were on standby. The following year, in 1989, she was almost unable to stand on her legs despite her physical collapse, and despite the opposition of the crowd, she held a national tour of Japan, and when asked why she insisted on holding a concert, Miku Skylark said that she wanted to set an example for her son, so that he could grow into a real man.
This was the last time in the life of The Skylark, and in the early morning of June 24 of the same year, due to interstitial pneumonia caused by insufficiency, the legend of the music world closed his eyes at the Tokyo Metropolitan Paradise Hospital at the age of fifty-two.
Tens of thousands of people attended the funeral of the American Skylark, and the stars sang "Endless Stream" to send her off. A month later, the Japanese government awarded her the National Honor Award, and Miku Skylark became the first woman to receive the award.
However, what is unexpected is that 30 years after the departure of the Miku Skylark, the adopted son Kato Kato failed to do as she expected, and Kato was revealed to have lost the inheritance left by his adoptive mother because of poor management, owed a huge debt, and even once rumored that he hung the memorial home of the Miku Skylark to the online auction in order to pay off the debt. Although this matter did not come true in the end, Kato was criticized by netizens.
If you have always regarded your adopted son as a biological child, in order to set an example for your son to support the sick body, you also have to stand on the stage of the Beautiful Skylark Spring, I don't know how I will feel...
Life is like a dream, and wealth is uncertain. The Miku Skylark has experienced ups and downs in her life, and finally the Skylark returns to the sky, but in the hearts of fans, she will always be the brightest undead bird of the Showa era...
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