Tatsuro Yamashita

Birth : 1953-02-04, Ikebukuro, Toshima, Tokyo, Japan

History

Tatsuro Yamashita (1953-), occasionally credited as Tatsu Yamashita or Tats Yamashita, is a Japanese singer-songwriter and record producer who helped pioneer the style of Japanese adult-oriented rock/soft rock dubbed "city pop". Yamashita produced the majority of his city pop music during the 1970s–1980s, and is sometimes considered the "king" of the genre. He has also collaborated with his wife Mariya Takeuchi, another city pop singer.

Movies

Mirai
Theme Song Performance
Unhappy after his new baby sister displaces him, four-year-old Kun begins meeting people and pets from his family's history in their unique house in order to help him become the big brother he was meant to be.
The Miracles of the Namiya General Store
Music
In 2012, Atsuya and his 2 childhood friends do something bad and run into an old general store. They decide to stay there until the morning. Late into the night, Atsuya sees a letter in the mailbox. The letter is addressed to the Namiya General Store and the letter was written by someone to consult about worries. Incredibly, the letter was written 32 years ago. The mailbox is somehow connected to the year 1980. Atsuya and his friends decide to write a reply and place their letter in the mailbox.
Summer Wars
Theme Song Performance
A student tries to fix a problem he accidentally caused in OZ, a digital world, while pretending to be the fiancé of his friend at her grandmother's 90th birthday.
Juvenile
Theme Song Performance
11-year-old Yusuke and his classmates camp in the woods and see a strange light. They discover a small metallic object like a robot which talks, calls himself Tetra and knows Yusuke's name. Tetra can create wonderful gadgets but actually has to save the world with Yusuke's help from extraterrestrials with bad intentions.
The Exam
Music
Togashi, an enthusiastic marathon runner and his wife are occupied with their daughter Mayumi's grade school entrance examinations, but he becomes jobless when his company folds. To regain his confidence Togashi decides to join the marathon that is taking place on the very day of his daughter's examination and the all important interview.
The Exam
Compositor
Togashi, an enthusiastic marathon runner and his wife are occupied with their daughter Mayumi's grade school entrance examinations, but he becomes jobless when his company folds. To regain his confidence Togashi decides to join the marathon that is taking place on the very day of his daughter's examination and the all important interview.
Christmas in New York
Music
A very rare 33:41 minutes long movie MV of Tats Yamashita's Christmas In New York. https://youtu.be/9AQPpt0gxqo
Christmas in New York
Music Arranger
A very rare 33:41 minutes long movie MV of Tats Yamashita's Christmas In New York. https://youtu.be/9AQPpt0gxqo
Christmas in New York
Music Producer
A very rare 33:41 minutes long movie MV of Tats Yamashita's Christmas In New York. https://youtu.be/9AQPpt0gxqo
Ibu wa hatsukoi no yō ni
Music
An office lady (Yasuko Tomita) who has a bitter memory of Christmas Eve breaks up with her affair partner (Shoji Sadaoka) and finds a new love.
Big Wave
Music
Big Wave is a documentary directed by Walt Mulconery and published on May 25, 1984 that presents the types of outdoor and risky sports present on the west coast of the United States such as paragliding, surfing, skydiving, bmx or the BASE jumping together with others, going from Hawaii to Texas through California to present them.
Big Wave
Compositor
Big Wave is a documentary directed by Walt Mulconery and published on May 25, 1984 that presents the types of outdoor and risky sports present on the west coast of the United States such as paragliding, surfing, skydiving, bmx or the BASE jumping together with others, going from Hawaii to Texas through California to present them.
Mariya Takeuchi 40th Anniversary: Music & Life
Self (Archive)
A feature length documentary covering the musical career of Japanese pop star Mariya Takeuchi.