Biography

Kan Mikami is a Japanese folk singer-songwriter, his music, heavily influenced by American blues, was popular in Japan in the 1970s. He re-wrote the lyric of the song "Yume wa Yoru Hiraku" for his cover version in 1972. Mikami also acted in cinema and is notable for collaborations with Shūji Terayama and his avant-garde theater Tenjō Sajiki

Most Famous Work

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
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7

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

(1983) Lieutenant Itō
Tokyo Decadence
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6

Tokyo Decadence

(1992) Topazu
Meikenchiku de Chushoku wo
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7

Meikenchiku de Chushoku wo

(2020) Coffee Shop Master
Pastoral: To Die in the Country
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8
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss
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7

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss

(1975) Akira Kobayashi/Shigeru Sasaki
Four Days of Snow and Blood
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7

Four Days of Snow and Blood

(1989) Kiichi Dogome
Woman's Trail: Wet Path
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6
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss
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6

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2022 Mokichi
2021 N/A
N/A
2020 Coffee Shop Master
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2018 N/A
2016 Goro Yamashita
2011 Hige no keisatsukan
2010 Elementary school teacher
2008 Gonza
2003 N/A
1995 N/A
1993 N/A
1992 Topazu
1989 Kiichi Dogome
1987 N/A
1983 Lieutenant Itō
1982 Chizuko's new man
1981 N/A
1980 Man
1979 N/A
Iwakichi Iwata
1978 N/A
1976 N/A
Singer
Tah-boh
Mikami
N/A
1975 Akira Kobayashi/Shigeru Sasaki
Kôichi Mikami
1974 Ushi
Year Character Movie/Tv

Sound

Year Role Movie/Tv
1976 Original Music Composer
Year Role Movie/Tv

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