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Japanese people

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 psychedelic folk singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

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Background

She was 20 years old when a friend's death inspired her first album.
She ended her career as musician in 1983, after giving a final concert in Tokyo

Tokyo

, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

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In the 1993 TV drama Kou Kou Kyoushi (a.k.a. High School Teacher) as well as in the 2003 TV drama Kou Kou Kyoushi 2003 (a.k.a. High School Teacher 2003), the song Bokutachi no Shippai from the second album Mother Sky was used as theme song.
As a result, the greatest hits album Bokutachi No Shippai was released.

Discography

• Good Bye グットバイ (1975)
• Mother Sky (1976)
• A Boy (1977)
• Live in St. Mary's Cathedral, Tokyo (1978)
• The Last Waltz (1980)
• Nocturne (1982)
• Wolf Boy (1983)

Other

• Bokutachi No Shippai - Morita Doji Best Collection (1993)
• Bokutachi No Shippai - Morita Doji Best Collection (2003)

External links

• http://www.gogorocket.jp/doji/h/
• A review of "Mother Sky": http://www.jrawk.com/Content/D/dojimorita/reviews/mothersky.html