Uta Ga Machi Wo Terashita Jidai

[Machine Translation] Time's Up," "Terauchi Kantaro and Family," "Moo Family" - Mitsuhiko Kuze has directed many innovative works representative of the Showa period, including the introduction of song songs into his plays. Mitsuhiko Kuze directed many of the most innovative works of the Showa period, including the introduction of songs into his plays. He told his friend Aku Yu, "I can't help it because I love songs. The memories of the times are always with songs, and life is impossible without them. He was also a famous essayist who sought out songs he wanted to listen to in his final days. Here is a collection of his essays on "songs.

「時間ですよ」「寺内貫太郎一家」「ムー一族」―。歌謡曲を劇中に導入するなど昭和を代表する斬新な作品を多数演出した久世光彦。「歌好きだからどうにもならない」とは盟友・阿久悠に明かした言葉。時代の記憶はいつも歌とともにあり、歌抜きの人生はあり得ないのだ。末期に聴きたい一曲を探求する名エッセイストでもあった。その久世が残した“歌”にまつわる珠玉の随想群をここに集成。