This is a music video to the Sakamoto Kyu former #1 hit Ue O Muite better know as the Sukiyaki song. Everything was shot in Japan mostly in the Tokyo area.
I fell in love with this song back when I was about 8 years old... it stuck with me all these years ... I'm 68 years old and It still warm my heart every time I hear it!!!
I'm 47 and owned a car years ago that only had an am radio in it. The only station I could pull 8n was a local station that played music from the 40s through the 60s. I can still remember where I was driving when I first heard this song. Awesome song and the english translation is good as well.
I shall be 73 years old tomorrow and I was thinking about this song that my Father used to play on his tape recorder. I also played this song many timers and it was my very favorite song. I used to sinh it very often for years! Just now I found it on my fourth tre. I truly love this song. -Peter age 72 (73 in 5-1/5 hours on March 23, 2023. Love to everyone!
This song reminds me of my father. It was playing on the radio as we drove home from Church in the last summer of 1965. He really liked this song, and I did to. Later that year he lost his life in Vietnam. When I hear this beautiful song I can remember a treasured shared memory between a father and his son. Thank-you for sharing
My great grand father was warrant officer of the Imperial Japanese Army. So he battled USA at WW2.But i think he didn't hate USA. So he was a diabetic because hi liked hamburger of McDonald's. Moreover, Now my father is warrant officer of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. And my father joined operation Gulf Dawn with U.S. Navy in Persian Gulf on1991. It is my father's good memory. I hope your father is in a better place now.
i am 74 and when i first heard this song, i fell in love with it - even to the point where i could actually sing the japanese words. i may not have pronounced them correctly, but i got pretty close singing song over and over. I heard that when the song was introduced in America, no one thought it would do anything but it went to number one.
My family grew up with a Japanese family 55+ yrs ago. 2 Moms, 8 kids. Going thru hardship together and together growing strong. We shared Dutch & Japanese customs. Although we’ve all grown up and away, we “kids” still consider us a group of 8 siblings.
You did well to hear the lyrics as a kid, AND sing it! As it happens I studied it very carefully (after some two years learning J) and took it to a karaoke session they put on at the training centre. I sang it to a ROOM full of J-people!! Only stuffed up one bit. It was well received (or they were terribly polite!!)
@@zeldasmith6154 Yes, they did! The Japanese people have a whole different take on anyone who tries. The expression 'gamba-ta!' means "do your best!" - and public admiration is for *that* fact, not for winning or for a perfect end-product.
Being from Southeast Kentucky, I do not understand a single work but absolutely adore this song. We love to go someday but probably will never happen. Does not hurt to dream though. Have a nice day everyone.
IMO there never has been or will ever be a song more beautiful. Whenever I hear this song I pause to reflect on life. His voice is so captivating. RIP Kyu Sakamoto.
The Japanese are so cool, I was in Tokyo recently and what a time I had, they were so polite, they would come out from behind the counter and bow as we were leaving a restaurant
Yep I always had nothing but love for Japanese culture and my son the same exact way and he soon an adult and talking about going to Tokyo cuz he going be a passport bro he says!
Beautiful scenery, it should be used by the tourist bureau in Japan! Also, I remember one of my aunts having this song on a 45 record as a kid and wondering why the song was named after a Japanese dish!
I look up when i walk so the tears won't fall remembering those happy spring days but tonight i'm all alone. I look up when i walk counting the stars with tearful eyes remembering those happy summer days but tonight i'm all alone Happiness lies beyond the clouds happiness lies above the sky I look up when i walk so the tears won't fall though my heart is filled with sorrow for tonight i'm all alone Remembering those happy autumn days but tonight i'm all alone "sniff" :'-/
One of the most beautiful songs ever written and performed. Brings back memories... and a tear to the eye of this Californian; a lover of Japan and of the Japanese. Wonderful video! Thanks so much for posting it.
Not Only Is This One Of My All Time Favorite Songs, but after spending time in Tokyo this video truly depicts it's people. They are fun-loving, courteous, and family oriented. And they embrace old and new couture. Love the video.
Its a stab in my heart every time i hear him sing this song and know how he died in that plane crash; the whole planeful of people KNEW they were going to crash very soon; so very sad...
I listen to this song quite often and everytime it brings tears to my eyes. I just think of the loved ones that passed on in my life. This year it was my grandmother and a child hood friend of mine. Rest their wonderful souls. This song brings me peace and wonderful memories. I am talking like an old man but I am only in my late 20's lol. Everyone should know this classic. I know that if I have kids I am sure I will introduce them to this song as my parents did me.
This beautiful song topped the US pop chart today 06/15 in 1963. Hard to believe it's been 58 years and how as an 11 year old I was mesmerized by the melody.
This artist,Kyu Sakamoto,died as a passenger on Japan Airlines Flight 123 in 1985. The pilots tried everything but a sudden loss of hydraulic pressure doomed the plane. An announcement was by the pilot and at that point many of the passengers began writing notes/letters to loved ones. They all knew they were going to die. Ten minutes later the plane went down. Out of 509 passengers,only 4 survived.
Im 37 I remember this song on a forty-five my Dad had when I was a kid. Recently I found this song in a music book and learned to play it on the keyboard. It i s such an beautiful song. God Bless Japan!
{[(^.^)]} @RolaworLD " (^.^) said @TakedaRina is this lagu_sukiyaki punya_arti yaitu helps_to_helps for colony_public_ras_people have 100%RoyalLoyalLoveColonyPublic for ~ghosts~arigato~ "
Joined the service the month and year this song debuted. It followed me to Japan and VN. Great song. It's been a part of me my whole life and at 74 I guess it's too late to ditch it now.
When I was a little boy this song was a big hit in my country. I have not heard it for decades but now I am preparing my first trip to Japan and stumbled over it here. So nice to hear it again, but sad to read that Sakamoto Kyu died so young. It is a beautiful song, thanks for uploading it. The pictures go very well together with it.
Nice Video. This song went to no.1 in Australia in 1963. Still played occasionally on classic hits FM radio. My mother even had a very rare 15" Japanese Geisha doll, that played this song via its windup base. Good Memories. RIP Sakamotosan.
But tonight Im all alone Happiness lies beyond the clouds Happiness lies above the sky I look up when I walk So the tears wont fall Though my heart is filled with sorrow For tonight Im all alone (whistling) Remembering those happy autumn days But tonight Im all alone Sadness hides in the shadow of the stars Sadness lurks in the shadow of the moon I look up when I walk So the tears wont fall Though my heart is filled with sorrow For tonight Im all alone
Beautiful song, gorgeous pictures. Love the Japanese version . Thanks for translating the lyrics in English because i was always curious of what the song was about. The music and words of this record is so innocent brings back the feelings of our youth, the happiest days and sad times.
There is an underlying context to the song- "Ue o Muite Arukō" (pronounced [ɯe o mɯite aɾɯkoꜜː]) was written by lyricist Rokusuke Ei and composer Hachidai Nakamura. The lyrics tell the story of a man who looks up and whistles while he is walking so that his tears will not fall, with the verses describing his memories and feelings. Ei wrote the lyrics while walking home from participating in the 1960 Anpo protests against the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty, expressing his frustration and dejection at the failed efforts to stop the treaty. However, the lyrics were purposefully generic so that they might refer to any lost love.
Way back in 1985 when Japan Airlines flight 123 is on headline news and confirmed Kyu Sakamoto was one of the passengers PERISHED… this song PLAYED all day long to honor him and the other passengers😭
Picked up a small music box in Japan with this song. My 2 1/2 year old granddaughter found the little music and I showed her this video and she danced to it. I think she will grow to like the song as much as grandma.
Esta canción la oí en los años 1962 pero no sabía que decía pero la oía 4 o 5 veces al día y me transportaba a otro mundo. Hoy con la traducción me gusta más y tengo 77 años y soy feliz cuando la escucho FELICIDADES
This is one of my very favorite videos on the internet . . . everybody so happy and full of life . . . and beautiful. GOD Bless the Japanese and us all.
Dear Jim McGee, the unfortunately named "Sukiyaki Song" is one of my favorite songs of all time. My little daughter (at the time) and I sang it at my Japanese mother's funeral. I have other video versions, but yours is really exceptional. It was fun and hip with your modern out-takes at the beginning, liked the American band out-takes; and by the end, you touched my kokoro (heart, mind, spirit) with your traditional film out-takes. Majestic Fujiyama and sakura trees. Your intricate timing and inter-lacing with key punch editing/transitions are beyond the pale. The kid sliding in the snow with his dad, the dancers throughout, etc. My favorite short film of all time is now your film. My favorite word in the Japanese language is "Yugen." It means a bittersweet longing for the past. You captured It in your work. Plus the Now. The Japanese language has no future tense. Domo arigato-gozaimashita. Annie OQT
Thank you so much for your beautiful message and I am so happy you like it. It truly is a wonderful song and Japan is such a wonderful and amazing place. Thank you again, that was very kind of you.
My favorite song when I was young. As an adult I was able to visit Japan several times courtesy of the U.S. Navy. A beautiful country, wonderful people and delicious food!!!
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS SONG. I always have even as a kid. It always makes me cry.I don't know why. Maybe it has a lot of minor chords in it. The simple Japanese version isstill the best version in my opinion.
thank you for sharing this forever song, the video is so beautiful like the song. it was my first year in junior high, 1961, i was 12 and listening to the Top40 Hits radio constantly . lots of romantic interests all around, and this song. i turned 75 this month. it still feels the same. xo
I found out about this song watching the plane crash simulation it was the background the music for the video and at first I thought it was inappropriate but after re watching three times I fell in love with it then I looked up the singer and realized he died in the crash it brought tears to my eyes and now this song makes me cry.
Love the song and seeing the rockers dancing reminds me of a fantastic holiday in Japan back in 2019. My son and I came across them by accident outside a park near Shibuya crossing inTokyo and loved their pure enthusiasm 😊
I Love This Song and video ! I was a young kid when this song was a big hit way back when. Still, I listen to the soothing melody and see the imagery that always makes me feel a little better even when I am down. This song will cheer up anyone. I learned that the words tell about a broken romance, but I prefer to simply apply my own thoughts to the sounds and sights that always delight. Peace on Earth to Everyone I Pray !
This international hit sold over 13 million copies worldwide. Released in 1961 in Japan, then 1963 in the USA. The lyrics tell the story of a man who looks up and whistles while he is walking so that his tears will not fall. The verses of the song describe his memories and feelings. The title "Sukiyaki," used in English-speaking countries, has nothing to do with the lyrics.
Beautiful, beautiful song. There is no one that can ever duplicate this beautiful memorable song.Beautiful song no one can ever sing like this beautiful man with a beautiful voice.LOVE HIM FOREVER❤️💕❤️❤️❤️🥮💕💕💕❤️💓💋
I'd love to visit Japan but I fear I'm too old and skint now, never mind I can at least watch videos like this, best memory I have of Japan is the theme tune of the 1964 Olympics,god how sad is that.
I remember this when I was a little kid and always loved it. Years later when I began to play piano very well I ordered the sheet music. I still have it and love it more today than I did 40 yrs ago. Thanks for posting.
A great video! Regarding the song, I bought a 45 of it in the spring of 1963. I played it a lot for a while, but life went on and I forgot about it. In 1994, I was driving up to Sacramento on Sunday mornings and had breakfast at a bar/restaurant then owned by its Nisei bartender. The bar was filled with incredible baseball memorabilia! The food was good and fairly priced. Many of the customers were Nisei, some of them complaining about the tacky ceiling paint (and it was tacky). But this record got played a lot on the jukebox, and I fell in love with it again. It's a great record!
I understand that when this wonderful song was released in the states that the title was changed to Sukiyaki from the true title which was hard to pronounce in English. (Ue O Muite) It is such a beautiful tune about a very sad topic. He was a wonderful man and singer. May God rest his soul.
wow, i love this song!! i remember singing it japanese class with every one, and running up to sing it with our exchange students!! such good time :D this is a awesome video to go with it!! you did a great job!
I fell in love with this song back when I was about 8 years old... it stuck with me all these years ... I'm 68 years old and It still warm my heart every time I hear it!!!
Me too, I'm also 68
I danced to this as a newlywed - always brings back wonderful memories. Thank you
Me too.
ME TOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
so did i, had not heard it for...hmmm30 years, when i did i think i play it every week
One of my favourite songs of all time. Never get tired of hearing it ....
This has been my favorite song since I was a little girl I'm 71 now. Beautiful.
ME TOO GREAT SONG 71 GROUP
I was 13
Me also: 66 Hes so dreamy!
I knew this song in my teenager time.... is one of my favorites. I'm 60 years old now. Lovely voice.
I'm 47 and owned a car years ago that only had an am radio in it. The only station I could pull 8n was a local station that played music from the 40s through the 60s. I can still remember where I was driving when I first heard this song. Awesome song and the english translation is good as well.
This song will never ever ever get old
It is a timeless song and his voice is so tender and sweet.
What life should be; loving, kind, sharing, and peaceful. Still sounds beautiful after all these years!
When I hear it, or see it here, it reinforces my good memories of Japan and the Japanese when I was deployed there in Okinawa and Yokosuka Japan!
Same year when my Dad Passed 1963, I was 15. Love the Song reminds me of my Dad..
I shall be 73 years old tomorrow and I was thinking about this song that my Father used to play on his tape recorder. I also played this song many timers and it was my very favorite song. I used to sinh it very often for years! Just now I found it on my fourth tre. I truly love this song. -Peter age 72 (73 in 5-1/5 hours on March 23, 2023. Love to everyone!
Thank you for your comment and I wish you a very happy 73rd birthday.
One of the sweetest melodies ever sung. Kyu is missed very much.
This song reminds me of my father. It was playing on the radio as we drove home from Church in the last summer of 1965. He really liked this song, and I did to. Later that year he lost his life in Vietnam. When I hear this beautiful song I can remember a treasured shared memory between a father and his son.
Thank-you for sharing
Bless you and your braveheart Papa
My great grand father was warrant officer of the Imperial Japanese Army. So he battled USA at WW2.But i think he didn't hate USA.
So he was a diabetic because hi liked hamburger of McDonald's.
Moreover,
Now my father is warrant officer of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. And my father joined operation Gulf Dawn with U.S. Navy in Persian Gulf on1991. It is my father's good memory.
I hope your father is in a better place now.
My cousin Bobby died in Vietnam he was 21...So I understand how you feel about your dad...it's not the same as a Father passing but it's still sad !
Not gonna lie but my dad heard this. Song on his uncles radio.
hey if you are still alive i wish you all the best 🥰
i am 74 and when i first heard this song, i fell in love with it - even to the point where i could actually sing the japanese words. i may not have pronounced them correctly, but i got pretty close singing song over and over. I heard that when the song was introduced in America, no one thought it would do anything but it went to number one.
My family grew up with a Japanese family 55+ yrs ago. 2 Moms, 8 kids. Going thru hardship together and together growing strong. We shared Dutch & Japanese customs. Although we’ve all grown up and away, we “kids” still consider us a group of 8 siblings.
I am also 74 when i was in the marines in okinawa on route to the nam i heard this song and this song calm me down i will never fonever forget it
You did well to hear the lyrics as a kid, AND sing it!
As it happens I studied it very carefully (after some two years learning J) and took it to a karaoke session they put on at the training centre. I sang it to a ROOM full of J-people!! Only stuffed up one bit. It was well received (or they were terribly polite!!)
@@GedMaybury23 You have courage and I'm sure they loved your performance.
@@zeldasmith6154 Yes, they did! The Japanese people have a whole different take on anyone who tries. The expression 'gamba-ta!' means "do your best!" - and public admiration is for *that* fact, not for winning or for a perfect end-product.
This song has much more meaning as you become a Senior with more life and relationship experience. The music is beautiful, still.
Being from Southeast Kentucky, I do not understand a single work but absolutely adore this song. We love to go someday but probably will never happen. Does not hurt to dream though. Have a nice day everyone.
I really hope you can go!! And basically this song is about staying positive through hard times. :)
~:~
wr
there is an english translation. a female japanese also sang this song
Honey, that is because it is in Japanese.
The most perfect song ever. Never get tired of hearing it.
IMO there never has been or will ever be a song more beautiful. Whenever I hear this song I pause to reflect on life. His voice is so captivating. RIP Kyu Sakamoto.
The Japanese are so cool, I was in Tokyo recently and what a time I had, they were so polite, they would come out from behind the counter and bow as we were leaving a restaurant
Yep I always had nothing but love for Japanese culture and my son the same exact way and he soon an adult and talking about going to Tokyo cuz he going be a passport bro he says!
Kyu had a beautiful voice.
Beautiful smile.
Beautiful song.
He is the only one who sings it from the heart RIP Kyu you are so missed.
Beautiful scenery, it should be used by the tourist bureau in Japan! Also, I remember one of my aunts having this song on a 45 record as a kid and wondering why the song was named after a Japanese dish!
I love Kyu Sakamoto's voice
@Toni Sumblin me too
He died young so tragically in a plane crash.😪
@@proudcynophile1901 JAL flight123.
Of course
Yes, it's shame he died so young.
I look up when i walk so the tears won't fall remembering those happy spring days
but tonight i'm all alone.
I look up when i walk counting the stars with tearful eyes remembering those happy summer days but tonight i'm all alone
Happiness lies beyond the clouds happiness lies above the sky
I look up when i walk so the tears won't fall though my heart is filled with sorrow
for tonight i'm all alone
Remembering those happy autumn days but tonight i'm all alone
"sniff" :'-/
Always play this when things seem dark. Lifts my spirit as high as Mt Fuji.
Hope you feel better now..
Nothing related to sukiyaki or hotdog.
Thank you for the words
I got over crying to this song and then I read the English lyrics
One of the most beautiful songs ever written and performed. Brings back memories... and a tear to the eye of this Californian; a lover of Japan and of the Japanese. Wonderful video! Thanks so much for posting it.
wr
In 1989 my family transferred to San Diego from Yokota Air Base, Fusa City Japan.
Am in Wyoming now, but I know exactly where your coming from!
If you are still alive i wish you all the best 🥰
Most definitely my fellow Californian 💯 I love my other heritage which is Japanese
Words I do not understand. But my Heart does..Immensely moving. Tears come out ..A....
, You just have to put the title of the song and Spanish on UA-cam
Not Only Is This One Of My All Time Favorite Songs, but after spending time in Tokyo this video truly depicts it's people. They are fun-loving, courteous, and family oriented. And they embrace old and new couture. Love the video.
I love Japan...as a musician ive been going there for 40 yrs....great people....like a 2nd home to me.!
This song is simply timeless and truly awesome. Fond memories are flooding back. Many many thanks for the post.
This video is a beautiful testament to humanity-- so full of LIFE!
I never get tired of this classic song that will live forever .
Hey if you are still alive i wish you all the best in life
Its a stab in my heart every time i hear him sing this song and know how he died in that plane crash; the whole planeful of people KNEW they were going to crash very soon; so very sad...
I listen to this song quite often and everytime it brings tears to my eyes. I just think of the loved ones that passed on in my life. This year it was my grandmother and a child hood friend of mine. Rest their wonderful souls. This song brings me peace and wonderful memories. I am talking like an old man but I am only in my late 20's lol. Everyone should know this classic. I know that if I have kids I am sure I will introduce them to this song as my parents did me.
I just introduced this song to my daughter today and she loves it now, too💞
Hey how are you are you still alive wish you all the best in your life ❣️
This beautiful song topped the US pop chart today 06/15 in 1963. Hard to believe it's been 58 years and how as an 11 year old I was mesmerized by the melody.
Beautiful people. Was fortunate to spend a month in Japan staying with 4 families of Japanese exchange students that livied with us in PA.
I was an exchange student in USA, and my host mother and her friend visited Japan. They stayed with my family, too.
This artist,Kyu Sakamoto,died as a passenger on Japan Airlines Flight 123 in 1985. The pilots tried everything but a sudden loss of hydraulic pressure doomed the plane. An announcement was by the pilot and at that point many of the passengers began writing notes/letters to loved ones. They all knew they were going to die. Ten minutes later the plane went down. Out of 509 passengers,only 4 survived.
JAP 123: So sad...
So sad and tragic
Heartbreaking
He actually wrote a note to his wife as the plane was going down
Incredibly sad
This song is so Beautiful! Just like the Japanese people!
lot of memories, and a beautiful song, summer 63
¡Hermosos!
Precioso, Japón. ¡Tremendo, el pueblo japonés...!
¡Grande, señor Kyu Sakamoto...!🌷
Esta canción, me hace llorar...😢
Im 37 I remember this song on a forty-five my Dad had when I was a kid. Recently I found this song in a music book and learned to play it on the keyboard. It i s such an beautiful song. God Bless Japan!
As I remember, this song hit the number one spot on charts in United States at June 15th 1963 and stayed there for 3 weeks performed by Kyu Sakamoto.
@Ruaauegin hey best of luck
In 1963, Kyu Sakamoto was the first musician who wasn't American or British to hit the Top 40 with "Sukiyaki".
After ten years, this is still the best Sukiyaki song video I have seen so far. Congrats! It makes me smile every single time! Thank you!
{[(^.^)]}
@RolaworLD " (^.^) said @TakedaRina is this lagu_sukiyaki punya_arti yaitu helps_to_helps for colony_public_ras_people have 100%RoyalLoyalLoveColonyPublic for ~ghosts~arigato~ "
Joined the service the month and year this song debuted. It followed me to Japan and VN. Great song. It's been a part of me my whole life and at 74 I guess it's too late to ditch it now.
When I was a little boy this song was a big hit in my country.
I have not heard it for decades but now I am preparing my first trip to Japan and stumbled over it here.
So nice to hear it again, but sad to read that Sakamoto Kyu died so young.
It is a beautiful song, thanks for uploading it. The pictures go very well together with it.
Jo R. Mmm no
He was 43.
How was your trip to japan? :)
@@davidroma268 Great! Been there for a second time last year and will go again.
wr
Nice Video. This song went to no.1 in Australia in 1963. Still played occasionally on classic hits FM radio. My mother even had a very rare 15" Japanese Geisha doll, that played this song via its windup base. Good Memories. RIP Sakamotosan.
its still played in the USA TOO.
Wow! Japan and the people look beautiful!
They are. It is. The food is great, too!
Because there is no emigration ! Christian, Germany.
But tonight Im all alone
Happiness lies beyond the clouds
Happiness lies above the sky
I look up when I walk
So the tears wont fall
Though my heart is filled with sorrow
For tonight Im all alone
(whistling)
Remembering those happy autumn days
But tonight Im all alone
Sadness hides in the shadow of the stars
Sadness lurks in the shadow of the moon
I look up when I walk
So the tears wont fall
Though my heart is filled with sorrow
For tonight Im all alone
👍🏻
Makes me want to visit Japan.
I love this Song. And I miss Japan.
Beautiful song, gorgeous pictures. Love the Japanese version . Thanks for translating the lyrics in English because i was always curious of what the song was about. The music and words of this record is so innocent brings back the feelings of our youth, the happiest days and sad times.
What translation. I would love to see/hear them.
@@melodieheisler368 wish you all the best
There is an underlying context to the song-
"Ue o Muite Arukō" (pronounced [ɯe o mɯite aɾɯkoꜜː]) was written by lyricist Rokusuke Ei and composer Hachidai Nakamura. The lyrics tell the story of a man who looks up and whistles while he is walking so that his tears will not fall, with the verses describing his memories and feelings. Ei wrote the lyrics while walking home from participating in the 1960 Anpo protests against the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty, expressing his frustration and dejection at the failed efforts to stop the treaty. However, the lyrics were purposefully generic so that they might refer to any lost love.
This brings back many good memories of living in Japan!
I believe this came out in the 60s when I was a teen. Don't understand a word but I understand the feeling. Loved it then, Love it now.
a haunting song,full of melody
Way back in 1985 when Japan Airlines flight 123 is on headline news and confirmed Kyu Sakamoto was one of the passengers PERISHED… this song PLAYED all day long to honor him and the other passengers😭
I watch this video whenever I' m in a bad mood...restores my faith in humanity a little bit every time
Picked up a small music box in Japan with this song. My 2 1/2 year old granddaughter found the little music and I showed her this video and she danced to it. I think she will grow to like the song as much as grandma.
Beautiful. When I was a kid that was a magical song. Still is .
Esta canción la oí en los años 1962 pero no sabía que decía pero la oía 4 o 5 veces al día y me transportaba a otro mundo. Hoy con la traducción me gusta más y tengo 77 años y soy feliz cuando la escucho FELICIDADES
Thanks so much for this video featuring the wonderful people of Japan and the greatest song ever made!
One of the most beautiful song and video i have ever seen.
This is one of my very favorite videos on the internet . . . everybody so happy and full of life . . . and beautiful.
GOD Bless the Japanese and us all.
Dear Jim McGee, the unfortunately named "Sukiyaki Song" is one of my favorite songs of all time. My little daughter (at the time) and I sang it at my Japanese mother's funeral. I have other video versions, but yours is really exceptional. It was fun and hip with your modern out-takes at the beginning, liked the American band out-takes; and by the end, you touched my kokoro (heart, mind, spirit) with your traditional film out-takes. Majestic Fujiyama and sakura trees. Your intricate timing and inter-lacing with key punch editing/transitions are beyond the pale. The kid sliding in the snow with his dad, the dancers throughout, etc. My favorite short film of all time is now your film. My favorite word in the Japanese language is "Yugen." It means a bittersweet longing for the past. You captured It in your work. Plus the Now. The Japanese language has no future tense. Domo arigato-gozaimashita. Annie OQT
Thank you so much for your beautiful message and I am so happy you like it. It truly is a wonderful song and Japan is such a wonderful and amazing place. Thank you again, that was very kind of you.
This makes me miss my time in Japan. Lived there for 3 years.
I lived there from 1975 to 1978.
I'm 68 now and still love this song very much... Regard to Ky7' s family from Indonesia. RIP kyu Sakamoto
My favorite song when I was young. As an adult I was able to visit Japan several times courtesy of the U.S. Navy. A beautiful country, wonderful people and delicious food!!!
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS SONG. I always have even as a kid. It always makes me cry.I don't know why. Maybe it has a lot of minor chords in it. The simple Japanese version isstill the best version in my opinion.
Auch die Orchesterbegleitung ist wunderschön.
One of my favorite songs growing up. A true classic! Thanks for posting!
Regards, Dave
thank you for sharing this forever song, the video is so beautiful like the song. it was my first year in junior high, 1961, i was 12 and listening to the Top40 Hits radio constantly . lots of romantic interests all around, and this song. i turned 75 this month. it still feels the same. xo
I found out about this song watching the plane crash simulation it was the background the music for the video and at first I thought it was inappropriate but after re watching three times I fell in love with it then I looked up the singer and realized he died in the crash it brought tears to my eyes and now this song makes me cry.
This is where life is the best. Nobody's mad, people always smile, unlike this miserable state.
The sjw, woke movement has destroyed society...and if people can't see it than we're doomed. Our society needs a reset.
Beautiful
Love the song and seeing the rockers dancing reminds me of a fantastic holiday in Japan back in 2019. My son and I came across them by accident outside a park near Shibuya crossing inTokyo and loved their pure enthusiasm 😊
My favourite Japanese song,I can listen over n over.❤❤❤
Love Japan ❤️🌸🍓🏮I visited Japan once a year since 1989.
what a lovely thing to see so many happy people and listning to one of the most beautiful songs ever written thank you for that❤❤❤❤
Japanese Angel!!! What a WONDERFUL VOICE!!!!!
I am 67 I fell in love with this song When I was a teenager, and to have loved it ever since
I Love This Song and video ! I was a young kid when this song was a big hit way back when. Still, I listen to the soothing melody and see the imagery that always makes me feel a little better even when I am down. This song will cheer up anyone. I learned that the words tell about a broken romance, but I prefer to simply apply my own thoughts to the sounds and sights that always delight. Peace on Earth to Everyone I Pray !
Thanks. Beautifully said.
same to u sir
Catchy tune and top notch video to go with it. Great stuff.
Good memories of my time in Japan (Iwakuni, Masawa, Tokyo). Many thanks!
Always loved this song, made me feel good listening on top 40 back in 63 with "round round get around I get around " oh wee ohh ohhh
Beautiful, so very beautiful.
Thank you.
Sou brasileiro entendo um pouquinho da língua japonesa, mas sou doente pelas músicas do Japão
This was a big hit when I was about 10yrs. I asked my mother to buy it for me and still have it. I didn't know that he had died very sad.
Very nice song ! The drummer did great ! I really like the drums in the back ground !
This international hit sold over 13 million copies worldwide. Released in 1961 in Japan, then 1963 in the USA.
The lyrics tell the story of a man who looks up and whistles while he is walking so that his tears will not fall. The verses of the song describe his memories and feelings.
The title "Sukiyaki," used in English-speaking countries, has nothing to do with the lyrics.
Beautiful, beautiful song. There is no one that can ever duplicate this beautiful memorable song.Beautiful song no one can ever sing like this beautiful man with a beautiful voice.LOVE HIM FOREVER❤️💕❤️❤️❤️🥮💕💕💕❤️💓💋
@@franhull6945 if you are still alive wish you all the best in life
I'd love to visit Japan but I fear I'm too old and skint now, never mind I can at least watch videos like this, best memory I have of Japan is the theme tune of the 1964 Olympics,god how sad is that.
I remember this when I was a little kid and always loved it. Years later when I began to play piano very well I ordered the sheet music. I still have it and love it more today than I did 40 yrs ago. Thanks for posting.
I love people of Japan!!
I love this song!!!
I was having a really bad day and I called up this song and video and everything got better. What a great job! And thanks for putting it together!!!!
I remember the first time I heard it back in 1962. I didn't know what to make of it but it grew on me and I liked it.
I visited Japan about 20 years ago, with my long lost beloved on a trip to her homeland. Both were unforgettably beautiful.
Want to be there in Cherry Blossom time . Love this song . Canada
i love the song/singer's voice. The video is wonderful.
All the above! I'm 72 years old, I want this song played at my funeral. I'm blessed to call this song, home.
A great video! Regarding the song, I bought a 45 of it in the spring of 1963. I played it a lot for a while, but life went on and I forgot about it. In 1994, I was driving up to Sacramento on Sunday mornings and had breakfast at a bar/restaurant then owned by its Nisei bartender. The bar was filled with incredible baseball memorabilia! The food was good and fairly priced. Many of the customers were Nisei, some of them complaining about the tacky ceiling paint (and it was tacky). But this record got played a lot on the jukebox, and I fell in love with it again. It's a great record!
I understand that when this wonderful song was released in the states that the title was changed to Sukiyaki from the true title which was hard to pronounce in English. (Ue O Muite)
It is such a beautiful tune about a very sad topic. He was a wonderful man and singer. May God rest his soul.
Love this song so beautiful
KYU SAKAMOTO💖🕺🌟🤩🌠
Great!🎼🎵🎸🎤📀🎧💯👍👏
From Hong Kong🙋♀️🌏💝🌺🥰
1963 best year of my life!
wow, i love this song!! i remember singing it japanese class with every one, and running up to sing it with our exchange students!! such good time :D
this is a awesome video to go with it!! you did a great job!
A sad note: Kyu Sakamoto died December 10, 1985 aboard JAL Fl123.
Enormous loss!😢
Hisashi Sakamoto born December 10, 1941 and died along with 519 other passengers on board of Japan Airlines Flight 123 on August 12, 1985 (Age 43).
@@proudcynophile1901 "Let's look up as we walk, so the the tears won't fall."
Thank you for getting it and ur lovely quick response.
My grandpa used to sing this to us and we loved it all this years.
Esse é um povo que conheceu a PAZ, através da guerra. É um povo admirável. Parabéns à todo povo Japonês.
Awesome.....beautiful music