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Saturday, June 28, 2025

FILMS -- Girl

 


Mr. Akagi? I guess you liked your SPARKS!

But all joking aside, I also have to inform readers that FILMS vocalist Chuuji Akagi（赤城忠治）passed away in July 2023 at the age of around 69 or 70 due to illness. Unfortunately, I hadn't checked up on his J-Wiki page for updates when I posted the most recent FILMS article just last month.

My first article on FILMS centered on the New Wave band's first single "T.V. Phone Age" but this time, I'm talking their second single from 1981, "Girl". It's another synth-thrummy and bouncy number but with a bit more rock added to the arrangement. Akagi was responsible for both words and music and although "Girl" hadn't been attached to any album during FILMS' heyday, it was included as a bonus track onto a 2009 CD re-release of their 1980 album "Misprint".
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  1. Brian MitchellJune 29, 2025 at 8:05 AM

    I love their 1980's New Wave-popish sound of 「Girl」! The video and the lead singer's mustache are interesting too.

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    1. J-CanuckJune 29, 2025 at 9:05 PM

      I figured that Akagi was emulating Ron Mael of the New Wave duo Sparks.

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