Shiretoko Love Song [SEP] performer
Shiretoko Love Song
Shiretoko Love Song (=Shiretoko Ryojō) is a love song whose words and music were made by Hisaya Morishige, related to the Shiretoko Peninsula of Hokkaido, Japan.
In General.
To shoot a movie, Hisaya Morishige (1913-2009), a Japanese actor and comedian, stayed in Rausu Town in the Shiretoko Peninsula and made this song in 1960. It was first sung by Morishige himself before the town people of Rausu on his last day there.
The words of the song
were later changed with its new title, "Okhotsk Boat Song". It was for the fishermen who could not return to Kunashiri Island because the Soviet Union moved and occupied this and other Kuril Islands in the Okhotsk Sea, two weeks after Japan's surrender of August 15, 1945. It was sung by Morishige himself and Chieko Baisho.
The lyrics of the song were further changed with its newer title, "Shiretoko Love Song". This version sung by Tokiko Kato became extremely popular, and single record was a