(Vientiane Special Author: Nanshan South)
May 29, 1937: The Greatest Singer Who Soothes Japan's Defeated Soul
【A girl who carries her mother's dreams】
Miku Skylark (美空葵; pinyin: Miku Ekō, 29 May 1937, formerly known as Kato Kazue, was born into a fishing family in Yokohama.
Her mother has always had a dream of being an artist, but because of family reasons, she has not been able to realize it, so she has placed this dream on her daughter. In 1945, her mother formed the "American Air Orchestra" for her 9-year-old daughter and began to perform on the small stage of her hometown.
In 1947 (at the age of 11), during a performance, she was greatly praised by the famous singer Masao Koga at that time. Encouraged, her mother renamed her Miku Skylark, hoping that her daughter would become a lark flying in the sky.
(Mikon Skylark on stage)
【Song to soothe the heart of the defeated war】
In 1949 (at the age of 12), Miku Skylark began recording records and has maintained a strong creative enthusiasm. In 1955 (at the age of 18), a song "Sorrow Wave Stops" won her the Japan Record Award. Since then, the song has accompanied her through youth, youth, middle age, and old age. "Soft", "Life All the Way", "Love Cancan", "Random Hair" are all popular songs and are widely sung.
The Skylark is particularly good at blending joy and sorrow, and brings people's emotional resonance in singing. After the end of World War II, her singing soothed the hearts of the Japanese people and became the eternal song in the hearts of the Japanese people.
【Big Star in the Shadow of Mother】
Skylark has also starred in more than one hundred and sixty films. In 1953, Miku Skylark starred in the movie "Big Miss President", and has since won the title of "Big Miss". The mother called the Miku Skylark in this way: Big Miss, you have to keep acting and singing.
In 1962 (at the age of 25), Miku Skylark fell in love with the entertainer Kobayashi Andashi and married. However, Miku Skylark and Kobayashi, who have only been married for two years, divorced under the repeated obstruction of their mother. The Meikong Skylark was greatly hit, but the mother cheered and rejoiced, and since then, the Meikong Skylark has not remarried.
(Miku Skylark and Kobayashi Asahi)
【Entangled Skylark Scandal】
It is rumored that she has the support of the underworld forces to have such a status. This "Skylark scandal" incident has become a stain on her acting career.
In 1973 (at the age of 36), the younger brother of The Skylark was also arrested on suspicion of gun trading with the underworld. This makes the previous "Skylark Scandal" incident even more unclear.
This greatly diminished her popularity. It was not until 1981 (at the age of 44) that he returned to the stage again in the thirtieth anniversary of the Red and White Song Battle (similar to the Spring Festival Gala in our country).
【The Undead Bird Who Borrowed Wine to Pour Sorrow】
Soon, the death of her mother and two younger brothers plunged Mikon into great sorrow and began to drink heavily. Heavy drinking led to several hospital admissions, including chronic hepatitis and lung disease.
In 1988, at the Tokyo Dome, the Miku Skylark held a return performance of "Immortal Bird - Flying Towards a New Sky", and collapsed on the stage after wearing a crimson feather dress and singing "All the Way to Life".
On June 24, 1989, Meikong Skylark died of illness at the age of 52. On July 4, the Japanese government awarded her the National Honor Award, the first Japanese woman to receive the award.
(Miku Lark in Red Dress)
(This article is the 36th work of the Vientiane History and Biography Writing Camp, and the 6th work of the camper "Nanshan South")