Credited on the record as 浦島みつ子.
ベトナム哀歌 (Vietnamese Lament)
1965 · Teichiku SN-259 · Nara, Japan
- Artist
- 浦島みつ子 [Mitsuko Urashima]
- Credited on the record as
- 浦島みつ子
- Title
- ベトナム哀歌 (Vietnamese Lament)
- Release
- ベトナム哀歌 / 悲恋街道
- Year
- 1965
- Label
- Teichiku # SN-259
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- Japanese
- Country
- Nara, Japan
- Genre
- Japanese Music · Enka
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation — Japanese Songs
Mitsuko Urashima, also known as Sugata Noriko, born 16 October 1946 in Tokyo, Japan, released her debut single "ベトナム哀歌" ("Vietnamese Lament") (Teichiku Records # SN-259), an anti-war / peace song, which noted the tragedy of Vietnam's decent into war: "the nostalgic Mekong, now it's a quagmire, a muddy jungle... only the shadows of war in the North and South".
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Born 16 October 1946 in Tokyo, Japan
Themes
In collections
Japanese Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]