本多勝一 [Katsuichi Honda] & 宇野重吉 [Jūkichi Uno]

Credited on the record as 本多勝一, 宇野重吉.

廃墟の老婆 (An Old Woman in the Ruins)

1968 · Victor World SJET-8095 · Tokyo, Japan

廃墟の老婆 (An Old Woman in the Ruins) – 本多勝一 [Katsuichi Honda] & 宇野重吉 [Jūkichi Uno] (Sleeve (front))

Artist: 本多勝一 [Katsuichi Honda] & 宇野重吉 [Jūkichi Uno]
Credited on the record as: 本多勝一, 宇野重吉
Title: 廃墟の老婆 (An Old Woman in the Ruins)
Release: 戦場の村 [Battlefield Village] (本多勝一 / 宇野重吉)
Year: 1968
Label: Victor World # SJET-8095
Format: LP · Album
Language: Japanese
Country: Tokyo, Japan
Genre: Spoken Word · Spoken Word
Primary theme: Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective

Notes

Victor World Group SJET-8095 (M), mono, 33⅓ RPM, made in Japan, manufactured by Victor Company of Japan, Ltd.; label matrix numbers SVIR-7010-A and SVIR-7010-B. The green labels credit Katsuichi Honda and "宇野重吉 (Jyukichi Uno, narrator)", titling side 1 "A Voice from the Village" and side 2 "The National Liberation Front" (both 本多勝一「戦場の村」), with Japanese and English track titles. The front cover shows a grainy photograph of Vietnamese women and a child huddled together under the brush-lettered title 戦場の村, with "本多勝一 / 朗読宇野重吉"; the obi reads "謙虚な精神の記録、日本が生んだルポルタージュの傑作" (a record of a humble spirit, a masterpiece of Japanese reportage), lists highlights including 解放戦線の歌, and is priced ¥1,750; the back sleeve is a photograph of Uno reading at a microphone, "発売元・日本ビクター株式会社". The six-page insert opens with Honda's "レコードをきく前に" (Before listening to the record), explaining that the reading is…

About the artist

Katsuichi Honda: Japanese journalist and writer, born 28 January 1932, a former Asahi Shimbun staff writer known for his reporting from the Vietnam War. Jūkichi Uno: Japanese actor, stage director and film director, born Nobuo Terao on 27 September 1914, died 9 January 1988. [Source: Wikipedia (Japanese)]

Themes

Vietnamese Perspective

From the release 戦場の村 [Battlefield Village] (本多勝一 / 宇野重吉)

In collections

Japanese Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]