Morio Agata

Agata Morio (Japanese: あがた森魚, born 12 September 1948) is a Japanese folk rock singer-songwriter and actor. He also directed three films.

Agata was born in Rumoi, Hokkaido.

His 1972 debut single Sekishoku Erejī (literary translated as Red Elegy) sold more than a half million copies and still remains his biggest hit. The title of the song was named after a manga by Seiichi Hayashi.

Singles

(Selected)

• Sekishoku Erejī (25 April 1972)
• Jurietta no Natsu (21 June 1987)
• Sairento Ibu (5 October 1993)
• Kitto Kitto !! Tōku Tōku !! (15 March 1995)
• Torikago no Machi (25 February 1996)

Albums

• Chikuonban (1970)
• Otome no Yume (1972)
• Aa Mujo (1974)
• Boku wa Tenshi ja Naiyo (1975, a soundtrack album, collaboration with Eiichi Otaki)
• Nippon Shōnen (Jipangu Boy) (1976)
• Kimi no koto Sukinanda (1977)
• Norimono Zukan (1980)
• Eien no Engoku (1985)
• Eien no Engoku no Uta (1986)
• Bando Neon no Jagā (1987)
• Bando Neon no Jagā to Aoneko (1987)
• Mikkīo no Densetsu (1988)
• Puranettsu Ābento (1990, live)
• Imitation Gold (5 November 1993)
• Pirosumania Umi e Iku (26 January 1994)
• Ōtobai Shōjo (1 August 1994, a soundtrack album)
• 24ji no Wakusei (26 July 1995)
• Dai-nana Tōei Awa (25 March 1996)
• Agata Morio no Rajio Shō (1996, live)
• Minato no Rokisī (22 October 1999, a soundtrack album)
• Nihon Shōnen 2000kei (12 January 1999)
• Satou Keiko Sensei wa Zankokuna Hito desukedo (21 November 2001)
• Gineoberude (Aoi Banana) (2004)

This is the complete list of the films that Agata directed.

• Boku wa Tenshi ja Naiyo (1975)
• Ōtobai Shōjo (1994)
• Minato no Rokisī (1999)
• Hakodate Coffee (2016)

He was part of the cast of Biri Gal (2015).