September 29, 2019 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM / 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
Producers Club, The Grand theater (3rd Fl.)
358 W 44th St, New York, NY, 10036

Agata Morio, born in Hokkaido, Japan on Septebmer 12, 1948, is a Japanese folk singer-songwriter who debuted with a hit song, “Sekishoku Elegy (Red Elegy)” in 1972 and became a national star. Agata continues to create original songs such as “Hoshizaora Cycling,” the ending theme of “Urusei Yatsura” (1982), “Haru-no-Arashi-no-Magician” (1985), “Itoshi no DaiRokuWakusei” (1985), “El Jaguar del Bandoneon”（1987), “Sato Keiko Sensei wa Zankokuna na Hito Desukedo” (2001) and etc. Agata directed and starred in three films premiered at theaters. He is also an author. Since 2011, Agata has been releasing an original album every year for 10 years in the theme of “Rock in 2010’s.” He recorded in New York and Japan in 2019 and appeared at the events hosted by Blank Forms and Mmuseumm.

Jun Suenaga – Jun produced and starred in a short film “Master Yoshi’s Terrible Day that is currently in film festival circuit. Originally from Japan, he started acting in Tokyo before he move to NYC where many of actors he was fascinated to trained. He has been co-directing video interviews for the Oral History of Japanese Americans in NY since 2015. His other film credits including The Love Machine directed by Gordon Eriksen, Off Jackson Avenue directed by John-Luke Montias. He will be appearing next in Mr. Montias’ Mother’s Day in late October.

– Official Website: http://www.agatamorio.com
– Tickets: https://bit.ly/2m3bBmR