Ryudo Uzaki
Japanese musician, composer, and actor (born 1946)
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Ryudo Uzaki (宇崎 竜童, Uzaki Ryūdō; born February 23, 1946) is a Japanese musician, composer, and actor.[1] His group, the Down Town Boogie-Woogie Band, was one of the most prominent 1970s Japanese rock bands. He also composed many of Momoe Yamaguchi's songs with Yoko Aki.[2]
Uzaki has also worked as a film composer, providing the scores to such productions as The Miracle of Joe Petrel, Umi e, See You and Shaso. In addition, Uzaki has frequently worked as an actor, and he also directed the 1982 film Saraba aibo, aka So Long, My Partner: Rock Is Sex.
Discography
Down Town Boogie-Woogie Band
| Title | Date | Notes |
| Minato No Yoko, Yokohama, Yokosuka | ||
| Namida No Secret Love | ||
| Mi Mo Kokoro Mo |
Composer
| Artist | Title | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Momoe Yamaguchi | "Yokosuka Story" | 1977 | |
| "Rock'n'roll Widow" | 1979 | ||
| "Imitation Gold" | |||
| "Manjushaka" | |||
| MIE | "I MY MIE"[3] | August 21, 1981 | |
| Cute | "Edo no Temari Uta II"[4][5] | July 30, 2008 | Cute won a Gold Award and was nominated for the main Japan Records Award (Grand Prix) with the song[6][7][8] |
| Hiroshi Itsuki | "Edo no Temari Uta" | October 22, 2008 | |
| Jero | "Umiyuki" | 2008 | |
| Meiko Kaji | "Aitsu no Sukiso na Burusu" | 2011 |
Acting roles
Film
| Title | Role | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Torakku Yarō: go-iken muyō | 1975 | ||
| Double Suicide of Sonezaki | Tokubei | 1978 | Co-starring with Meiko Kaji. |
| G.I. Samurai | 1979 | ||
| Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity | 1979 | ||
| Yokohama BJ Blues | Jojo | 1981 | |
| Tattoo Ari | Akio Takeda | 1982 | Won Best Actor at the 4th Yokohama Film Festival. |
| Shanghai Rhapsody | Wataru Matsumoto, aka "Bakumatsu" | 1984 | |
| Umi e, See You | Katsuragi | 1988 | Also co-composed the soundtrack with Shūichi Chino. |
| The Crossing | The Homeless/Masked Man | 2000 | |
| Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack | Admiral Taizo Tachibana | 2001 | |
| Devilman | Keisuke Makimura | 2004 | |
| Pecoross' Mother and Her Days | Conductor | 2013 | |
| Hamon: Yakuza Boogie | Takizawa | 2017 | |
| Catch me on the shore | 2019 | ||
| Fancy | 2020 | ||
| The Voice of Sin | Tatsuo | 2020 | |
| Peaceful Death | 2021 | ||
| I Am Makimoto | 2022 | [9] | |
| Bad Lands | Mandala | 2023 | [10] |
| A Light in the Harbor | Tokio Kawamura | 2025 | [11] |
| Goodbye My Car | Makoto Ozaki | 2026 | [12] |
Television
| Title | Role | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ranman | Nakahama Manjirō | 2023 | Asadora[13] |
| Like a Dragon: Yakuza | Jin Goda | 2024 | [14] |
| Last Samurai Standing | 2025 | [15] | |