Special Live 2023 "Fujin no Shozo (Portrait of a Lady)" at Kamakura Geijutsukan [Regular Edition]

[Machine Translation] Last year, she released her first solo original album in 31 years, "Portrait of a Lady," which became a big hit in various media for its high quality and has been a long-running hit to date. With this album, she held a solo live concert on March 6 (Mon.) and 7 (Tue.) this year. More than 10 times the capacity of the venue was flooded with applications, and tickets were sold out on the same day. In response to the requests of many fans who were unable to attend the event, a live viewing event was held on the second day, attracting a great deal of attention even before the event began. The stage was set in the mysterious land of "Kamakura. The setting was Kamakura, a place with deep connections for Yuko Hara, who has delivered many songs related to Kamakura both as a solo musician and as a member of Southern All Stars. The venue was filled with the rich and fertile singing voice of Yuko Hara, a musician who has achieved great success in her 44 years of musical life, and the audience roared with thunderous cheers and applause. The audience was filled with a special kind of heat, as this was the first time since the Corona Disaster that Southern All Stars members were allowed to perform live while wearing masks. Everyone wanted to experience that excitement again, and although there were no plans to make a video production of the show, the overwhelming excitement and excitement seemed to have led to talk of making a film. In response to the requests of many fans who were unable to attend the performance, the decision was made to release the first live video of his solo career as a video that should be preserved in this time and age. This work is a complete recording of the special live performance. In addition to all the songs from the album "Portrait of a Lady," which is also the title of the live performance, the film includes not only her representative solo songs "Hanasaku Tabiji" and "Kyoto Story," but also songs from her early solo debut such as "Koi wa Gothasai Desu" and "Ajisai no Uta," popular numbers like "Heart Sadly" and "Jinjin," as well as the album's title song "Sadness. The film includes a number of popular songs from his early solo debut, such as "Koi wa tsukusan desu masu desu" and "Kyoto Monogatari" as well as "Koi wa tsukusan desu masu" and "Jingin", and lead vocal songs under the Southern All Stars name, such as "Kamakura Monogatari" and "I am a Piano". Keisuke Kuwata also made a surprise appearance at the end of the encore. They performed a duet of "Dokudemo Yume wo" ("Whenever You Dream"). The songs sung by the one and only Keisuke Kuwata, whose voice has not changed since his debut, are fresh, and the maturity that he has gained over his 44-year music career is a taste that only he can bring out now. The performance of Yuko Hara not only with keyboards but also with acoustic guitar and hand microphones is a fresh update of the existing image of Yuko Hara. This film is a must-have for all music fans, as it traces Yuko Hara's musical life up to the present day at her birthplace of "Kamakura.

鎌倉に響いた豊穣の歌声と歓喜の拍手― 昨年ソロとして31年ぶりのソロ・オリジナルアルバム『婦人の肖像 (Portrait of a Lady)』をリリースし、高い作品性が各メディアで大きな話題となり、現在に至るまでロングヒットを記録している。その渾身のアルバムを携えて、今年3月6日(月)と7日(火)にワンマンライブが2日間開催された。会場キャパシティの10倍以上の応募が殺到し、チケットは即日完売。会場で観ることが出来なかった多くのファンの要望に応える形で2日目は急遽ライブビューイングも行われるなど、開催前から大きく注目を集めていた。舞台は幽玄の地"鎌倉"。ソロミュージシャンとして、そしてサザンオールスターズとしても"鎌倉"にまつわる楽曲を数多く届けてきた原由子にとって、縁深くゆかりある場所。そんな特別な地で13年ぶりに行われたソロライブは、まさに"スペシャルライブ"と謳うにふさわしく、44年の音楽人生を経て実ったミュージシャン原由子の豊穣の歌声が会場を包み込み、割れんばかりの歓声と拍手が轟いた。 サザンオールスターズメンバーのライブとしてはコロナ禍以降初めて、マスク着用での声出しも可能となった記念すべきライブでもあり、会場には格別の熱が充満した。誰もがあの感動をもう一度味わいたいと思う中、事前に映像作品化の予定はなかったが、圧倒的な感動と興奮の渦に巻き込まれるかの如く作品化の話が進行。公演を観ることが出来なかった多くのファンの要望に応えつつ、今この時代に残すべき映像として、ソロキャリア初となるライブ映像作品のリリースが決定。本作はスペシャルライブの模様を完全収録! ライブタイトルにもなったアルバム『婦人の肖像 (Portrait of a Lady)』の全楽曲に加えて、ソロの代表曲である「花咲く旅路」、「京都物語」はもちろん、「恋は、ご多忙申し上げます」、「あじさいのうた」などソロデビュー初期の曲、「ハートせつなく」「じんじん」などの人気ナンバー、さらにはサザンオールスターズ名義のリードボーカル曲「鎌倉物語」「私はピアノ」など、数々の楽曲を披露した模様が収められている。さらにアンコールの最後にはサプライズで桑田佳祐も登場! 「いつでも夢を」をデュエットで披露している。デビュー当時から変わらない唯一無二の声質でうたわれる歌は瑞々しく、かつ44年の音楽キャリアを経て増した円熟味は、まさに今だからこそ出せる味わいだと言って間違いない。また、キーボードのみならず、アコースティックギター、ハンドマイクで演奏している模様は、既存の原由子像をアップデートする新鮮さに溢れている。これまでの原由子の音楽人生を、"鎌倉"という所縁の地で辿っていくような、全音楽ファン必携の映像作品。