Ryûdô Uzaki

Born in 1946, Ryudo Uzaki began his popular music career in 1973, when he set up the rock & roll band, the Downtown Boogie-Woogie Band (which had their first album of the same name), one of Japan's most popular rock bands at the time. Uzaki later moved on to a popular solo career, and then did movie & TV soundtracks, including 'Jackie Chan' (qv)'s _The Young Master (1980)_ (qv), and anime films such as _The Dagger of Kamui (1985)_ (qv). Uzaki also did the theme songs (and most other songs) in Toei superhero shows such as _"Kamen Raidaa Burakku" (1987)_, and _Juukou B-Fighter (1995)_ (qv). He also wrote the score for the 1992 video effort, _Shin Kamen Raidaa (1992)_. He is also an actor, making his debut in _Double Suicide of Sonezaki (1978)_ (qv)(also one of the first movies for which he composed). Aside from roles in movies such as _The Crossing (2000)_ (qv), one of his most notable roles is that of General Tachibana, the hero of _Gojira, Mosura, Kingu Gidora: Daikaijû soukougeki (2001)_.::John Cassidy <jonryusei@aol.com>