Ryûdô Uzaki
- Composer
- Actor
- Music Department
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's The Young Master (1980), and
anime films such as The Dagger of Kamui (1985). 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). 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)(also one of the first movies for
which he composed). Aside from roles in movies such as Boku no ojisan (2000), one of
his most notable roles is that of General Tachibana, the hero of
_Gojira, Mosura, Kingu Gidora: Daikaijû soukougeki (2001)_.
