Fubuki Koshiji

Fubuki Koshiji (越路吹雪, 18 February 1924 – 7 November 1980), real name Mihoko Kouno (内藤 美保子)[1][2] was a Japanese singer and actress.

Koshiji in 1954
Stage name
Japanese name
Kanji越路 吹雪
Hiraganaこしじ ふぶき

She joined the Takarazuka Revue in 1939.[3] Though she was recognized as a star at Takarazuka,[4][5] she left in 1951. When she chose to leave the troupe, Koshiji's friend, Tokiko Iwatani, also quit to manage Koshiji's budding career in film, made possible by the liberalization that took place during and after the occupation of Japan.[6][7] Throughout the 1950s, Koshiji appeared in productions that merged the arts of shinpa, shingeki, and kabuki.[8]

Koshiji was influenced by French singer Édith Piaf and released a Japanese-language cover of Piaf's "Hymne à l'amour" in 1951.[9] In addition, she recorded "Tombe la neige" by Salvatore Adamo and "C'est si bon," also in Japanese.[10][11]

Koshiji was married to composer Tsunemi Naitō.[12] She died in Tokyo of stomach cancer at the age of 56.[13] Koshiji's final words, addressed to her husband, were "Tsunemi-san, black coffee and milk."[14]

She is the subject of "Koshiji Fubuki Monogatari", a television production of TV Asahi in Japan with Takimoto Miori playing the role of Fubuki Koshiji.[15]

Selected filmography
  • A Night Without Stars (1951)[16]
  • Wedding March (1951)[17]
  • Ah, Tears of Youth (1952)[16]
  • The Woman Who Touched Legs (1952)[18]
  • Gozen Reiji (1953)[16]
  • The Lover (1953)[18]
  • Mr. Pu (1953)[16]
  • With All My Heart (1953)[16]
  • Jirocho's New Year (1954)[16]
  • Last of the Wild One (1954)[16]
  • Love Express (1954)[16]
  • A Man Among Men (1955)[16]
  • That Crazy Adventure (1965)[19]

References
  1. "瀧本美織が"シャンソンの女王"に！ 帯ドラ第3弾は越路吹雪の一代記をつづる". NewsWalker (in Japanese). Kadokawa. 21 November 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  2. "Intro". TV Asahi (in Japanese). Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  3. "Japanese star dies". Anniston Star. Associated Press. 7 November 1980. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  4. Leiter, Samuel L. (2009). Rising from the Flames: The Rebirth of Theater in Occupied Japan. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 345. ISBN 9780739128183.
  5. Leiter, Samuel L., ed. (2013). Kabuki at the Crossroads. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. p. 77. ISBN 9789004251144.
  6. "岩谷時子さん死去 「恋のバカンス」「君といつまでも」など作詞" (in Japanese). www.sponichi.co.jp. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  7. "Caught in the act". Vernon Daily Record. 7 November 1952. Archived from the original on 7 November 1952. Retrieved 16 April 2017 – via Warren Times Mirror.
  8. Leiter, Samuel L. (2013). Kabuki at the Crossroads. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. p. 243. ISBN 9789004251144.
  9. "From the Music Capitals of the World". Billboard. Vol. 83, no. 22. 29 May 1971. p. 56. ISSN 0006-2510.
  10. Mitsui, Toru (2014). Made in Japan: Studies in Popular Music. Routledge. p. 9. ISBN 9781135955342.
  11. "From tin roof to top ratings in the Land of the Rising Sun". Billboard. Vol. 85, no. 35. 1 September 1973. p. 18. ISSN 0006-2510.
  12. "From the Music Capitals of the World". Billboard. Vol. 64, no. 49. 2 December 1972. p. 60. ISSN 0006-2510.
  13. "Singer dies". Billboard. Vol. 92, no. 50. 13 December 1980. p. 67.
  14. 原書房 (1980). Vox populi, vox dei. 43. p. 103. ISBN 9784562011056.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  15. "越路吹雪物語". TV Asahi (in Japanese). Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  16. Galbraith IV, Stuart (2008). The Toho Studios Story. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9781461673743.
  17. Nogami, Teruyo (2006). Waiting on the Weather. Stone Bridge Press. p. 103. ISBN 9781933330099.
  18. Cinematheque Ontario (2001). Kon Ichikawa. Indiana University Press. p. 431. ISBN 9780968296936.
  19. Mitchell, Charles P. (2002). The Hitler Filmography. McFarland. p. 135. ISBN 9780786445851.
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