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The works of filmmaker Katsushika Shussin speak for what cannot be put into words in everyday life.

2024.3.14

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Outputting music and video as a single work of art

Takano: I heard that you brought your bass guitar today.

Katsushika: I brought it.

Celeina: Do you also play bass?

Kuzushika: I write songs, support the band at gigs, and do other things.

Celeina:Supporting a band means you are good at playing the bass guitar. By the way, is your name when you are on stage with your music, Mr. Katsushika Shussin?

Katsushika:Yes. I use the name Katsushika Shussin for all of my performances.

Celeina:You started video production before music, didn’t you? Do you find any similarities or influences between your music and filmmaking?

Katsushika: A lot of the background music for “Today’s Diary” is also played and created by myself.

Celeina: Did you make the music yourself?

Takano: I like the background music a lot. It is your strength to be able to be creative in a comprehensive way.

Katsushika: there are each fields in my creation, but in the end, I think I am outputting these works as a single entity.

Takano: Can we check your activities in the music field on SNS?

Katsushika: Yes, you should be able to. We also sell cassette tapes by mail order.

Takano: Let’s check out your SNS and enjoy watching and listening to your creativity, including music as well as videos.

Celeina: Now, here is a song. We asked Mr. Katsushika Shussin to choose a song that we would all like to listen to together on the radio at this time. Please tell us why you chose this song.

Katsushika: I was in charge of the animation section of the music video for this song, and that is my latest work. It is Keiichi Sokabe and it is “Metamorphose Love.”

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