Yoko Maeno -- Yomigaeru Kinrou no Tehma（蘇る金狼のテーマ）

 

Considering that he died at such a young age (40 years old), I think that a lot of his fans can only wonder now what the late actor Yusaku Matsuda（松田優作）could have further achieved in Japan and perhaps even in Hollywood (beyond "Black Rain"). His characteristic role and appearance as the lone wolf avenger has passed even onto anime and manga characters such as Kenshiro from "Fist of the North Star" and Spike Spiegel from "Cowboy Be-Bop". 

I discovered that he was once in a 1979 crime film titled "Yomigaeru Kinrou"（蘇る金狼）with him playing a quiet accountant by day and a robber-assassin by night. As usual, he had that huge puff of locks while sporting a natty suit.

For such a lone wolf, the perfect theme song was created. "Yomigaeru Kinrou no Tehma" (The Theme of "The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf") was released as the late Yoko Maeno's（前野曜子）4th single in July 1979. A bluesy folk rock ballad, it was written by Hiroko Asano（浅野裕子）and composed by Casey Rankin of the band SHOGUN. The theme song seems to fit around Matsuda's Tetsuya Asakura just like a dirty trench coat. The thick sounds coming from the guitar work some wonders here.