Kan Mikami
Japanese actor · Japan · On the map · Actors · Born 1950 · age 76
Kan Mikami is a Japanese folk singer-songwriter and actor. His music, heavily influenced by American blues, was popular in Japan in the 1970s. He re-wrote the lyric of the song "Yume wa Yoru Hiraku" for his cover version in 1972, which was banned for its negative portrayal of modern Japanese culture.
Kan Mikami is read about 115 times a day, in 8 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 20 June 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?A life in dates
The Way of the SirenFilm2021
Aoi-chan Won't Let Me Do ItFilm2020
Lunch at a Famous BuildingSeries, Master2012
VirginFilm2010
Box: The Hakamada CaseFilm, Elementary school teacher2006
Waiting in the DarkFilm2003
Iden & TityFilm1994Legends of Mahjong Masters: The Moon Sleeping on the Ocean FloorFilm1989
Four Days of Snow and BloodFilm, Kiichi Dogome1987
This Story of LoveFilm1983
Merry Christmas, Mr. LawrenceFilm, Lieutenant Itō1981
This Is NorikoFilm1979
Hurricane RapeFilm, Iwakichi Iwata1976
A Savage Beast Goes MadFilm, Singer1974
Pastoral: To Die in the CountryFilm, Ushi1950Born20 March 1950People around Kan
Close ties
Tsunehiko Watase Also in New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss (1975)
Takuzo Kawatani Also in New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss (1975)
Ryuichi Sakamoto Wrote Tokyo Decadence (1992)
Ryū Murakami Directed Tokyo Decadence (1993)
Nagisa Ōshima Directed Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)
Kinji Fukasaku Directed New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss (1975)
Kaoru Yachigusa Also in Pastoral: To Die in the Country (1974)- Bunta Sugawara Also in New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss (1975)
Jeremy Thomas Produced Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)
Seizō Fukumoto Also in New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss (1975)
Hiroyuki Nagato Also in This Is Noriko (1981)
Sanae Nakahara Also in New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss (1975)
Shōta Shunpūtei Also in Eclair and The Setting Sun
Mikio Narita Also in New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss (1975)
Hideo Murota Also in New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss (1975)
Junkichi Orimoto Also in New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss (1975)
Ryūji Katagiri Also in A Savage Beast Goes Mad (1976)
Known for
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Pastoral: To Die in the Country 1974
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence 1983
Tokyo Decadence 1992
Filmography 40
44 credits on file
Television 1
About this person
Mikami also acted in cinema and is notable for collaborations with Shūji Terayama and his avant-garde theater Tenjō Sajiki. His autobiography, A Life in Folk, was translated into English and published in 2017 by Public Bath Press of Nara, Japan.
In the same film or series as Kan
Miyako YamaguchiAlso in Woman's Trail: Wet Path (1980)
Elaiza IkedaAlso in Lunch at a Famous Building: Special (2021)
Masahiko ShimadaAlso in Tokyo Decadence (1992)
Noriko EguchiAlso in The Most Beautiful Night In The World (2008)
Akio KanedaAlso in Room of Shame (1982)
Hisako MandaAlso in The Setting Sun (2022)