- Kō Machida
nihongo|Kō Machida|町田 康|Machida Kō|born Machida Yasushi on
January 15 ,1962 inSakai, Osaka is aJapanese author ,punk rock singer,poet andactor .Career
Inspired by the
Sex Pistols , then-high school student Machida formed a punk rock band called Inu (meaning a dog in Japanese) in 1978. His stage name was Machida Machizō (町田町蔵). Inu released their first album "Meshi Kuuna!" (literary "Don't eat food!") in 1981. The band split shortly after the album release. He went on to form a number of bands and released several albums. His albums earned reasonable critical acclaims but the commercial success was limited.His first literary work published was "Kūge" in 1992 that included a selection of his poems. His first novel was "Gussun Daikoku" in 1996 that earned him the Bunkamura Deux Magots Literary Award. His unique style of story-telling marked by non-sense, irrelevance and slapsticks is influenced by Kamigata (
Kansai )Rakugo andJidaigeki (samurai dramas). Some critics link him to self-destructiveI Novel writers before the World War II such as Kamura Isota and Chikamatsu Shūkō.Oda Sakunosuke is also cited as his influencer.He won the 123rd
Akutagawa Prize with "Kiregire" ("Shreds") in 2000 and theTanizaki Prize with "Kokuhaku" ("Confession") in 2005.Discography
Albums
* "Meshi Kuuna!" by Inu (1981)
* "Ushiwakamaru Nametottara Dotsuitaru Zo" by Inu (Published in 1984, recorded in 1979)
* "Doterai Yatsura" by Machida Machizo from Shifuku Dan (1986)
* "Hona, Donaisee Iune" by Machida Machizo (1987)
* "Harafuri" by Machida Machizo + Kitazawa Gumi (1992)
* "Chūshajō no Yohane" by Machida Machizo + Kitazawa Gumi (1994)
* "Dōnikanaru" by Machida Ko + The Glory (1995)
* "Nōnai Shuffle Kakumei" by Machida Ko (1997)
* "Miracle Young" by Miracle Young (2003)
* "Machida Kō Group Live 2004 Oct 6th" by Machida Ko Group (2004)Singles
* "Kokoro no Unitto" by Machi Tai (2002)Filmography (Selected)
He played major roles in the following films.
* "The Burst City" directed bySogo Ishii (1982)
* "Endless Waltz " directed byKoji Wakamatsu (1995)
* "H Story" directed byNobuhiro Suwa (2004)Selected literary works
* Kūge (供花) - His debut poem selection 1992
* Gussun Daikoku (ぐっすん大黒) - Bunkamura Deux Magots Literary Award 1996
* Ore, Nanshin Shite (俺、南進して) 1999 co-authored withNobuyoshi Araki
* Shreds ("Kiregire", きれぎれ) -Akutagawa Prize 2000
* Gonge no Odoriko (権現の踊り子) -Kawabata Yasunari Literary Award 2003
* Confession ("Kokuhaku", 告白) -Tanizaki Prize 2005References
*imdb name|id=0991884|name=Kou Machida
External links
* [http://www.machidakou.com/ Official Machida Kou WebSite] (Japanese language)
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