Hisao Shinagawa
Hisao Shinagawa (born 1946) is a Japanese-born songwriter and performer who lives in Los Angeles, California.[1] He is probably best known in his adopted home country for the satirical song "More Money, More War", which became an underground hit after the video aired on "Weird Al" Yankovic's Al TV on MTV in 1984.[2]
Director 's 1997 short film documented Shinagawa's daily life.[3] The short was nominated for several awards, including a Student Academy Award and .[4]
In 2008, will officially release I Want to Destroy America, Peter I. Chang's full-length documentary about Shinagawa's life.[5] The film was previously known as [6] and was shown at several film festivals, including the .[7]
Footnotes[]
- ^ Japanese bio Archived 2008-10-09 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "More Money, More War" video on YouTube
- ^ "Greg Pak's Favs". Archived from the original on 2008-08-28. Retrieved 2008-01-28.
- ^ Future Fellinis, Variety
- ^ "Mitch Cullin's bio with doc. reference". Archived from the original on 2008-02-02. Retrieved 2008-01-28.
- ^ Audience Without A Box Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 2006 AUFF
External links[]
- Hisao at myspace
- I Want to Destroy America, AKA Life in G-Chord[permanent dead link]
- Masahiro Sugano's HISAO
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