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Hisao Shinagawa

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A touching documentary about the singular career of Hisao Shinagawa, a Japanese street musician who has refused to give up on his elusive dream of success and stardom, regardless of personal cost and the solitary reality of his life. For over 40 years, he has cast himself as the Japanese Bob Dylan. Moving from Tokyo to America in 1974, following in the footsteps of his hero Woody Guthrie, he befriended Johnny Cash and Townes Van Zandt after hitchhiking to Nashville. Now at 60, he plays his music on the streets of Los Angeles while living in near poverty, still hoping to find an audience in a manner that is admirable, bittersweet, and, ultimately, heartbreaking.
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I Want to Destroy America (2006)
Hisao Shinagawa is known for Tales of the Valley of the Wind (2009), Hisao Shinagawa: Happy Weirdo (1983) and Hisao Shinagawa: More Money, More War (1984).
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    • Known for

    Tales of the Valley of the Wind (2009)
    Tales of the Valley of the Wind
    4.4
    • Lord Sakai
    • 2009
    Hisao Shinagawa: Happy Weirdo
    Music Video
    • Hisao Shinagawa
    • 1983
    Hisao Shinagawa: More Money, More War
    Music Video
    • Hisao Shinagawa
    • 1984
    Pike and Bird (2013)
    Pike and Bird
    Short
    • Mr. Hide
    • 2013

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    Actor

    • Pike and Bird (2013)
      Pike and Bird
      Short
      • Mr. Hide
      • 2013
    • Tales of the Valley of the Wind (2009)
      Tales of the Valley of the Wind
      4.4
      • Lord Sakai
      • 2009
    • Hisao Shinagawa: More Money, More War
      Music Video
      • Hisao Shinagawa
      • 1984
    • Hisao Shinagawa: Happy Weirdo
      Music Video
      • Hisao Shinagawa
      • 1983

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    I Want To Destroy America
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