Credited on the record as 斉藤佳代.
ハノイの恋人 [Lover of Hanoi]
1976 · Toshiba-EMI OCP-7603 · Osaka, Japan
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- Artist
- 斉藤佳代 [Kayo Saito]
- Credited on the record as
- 斉藤佳代
- Title
- ハノイの恋人 [Lover of Hanoi]
- Release
- ハノイの恋人 / 紙飛行機 [Lover of Hanoi / Paper Airplane]
- Year
- 1976
- Label
- Toshiba-EMI # OCP-7603
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- Japanese
- Country
- Osaka, Japan
- Songwriter
- 坪井雄一 (words), 中村治 (music)
- Genre
- Japanese Music · Folk Pop
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation — Japanese Songs
Another version of the song "ハノイの恋人" ("Lover of Hanoi") (EMI Music Japan # OCP-7603) written and composed by Yuichi Tsuboi Osamu and Nakamura, as immediately above. The song was a love story involving a disabled veteran of the war: "I can't stand in front of you, with both my legs ripped off by a bomb".
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
A. A Hanoi woman whose legs were blown off by a bomb writes to release her lover: "even if true peace comes to the sky over Hanoi…"