is a Japanese musician, composer, and actor. His group, the , was one of the most prominent 1970s Japanese rock bands. He also composed many of Momoe Yamaguchi's songs with Yoko Aki.
Uzaki has also worked as a film composer, providing the scores to such productions as The Miracle of Joe Petrel, Umi e, See You and Shaso. In addition, Uzaki has frequently worked as an actor, and he also directed the 1982 film Saraba aibo, aka So Long, My Partner: Rock Is Sex.
He is married to lyricist and actress Yoko Aki.
Discography
Down Town Boogie-Woogie Band
TitleDateNotesMinato No Yoko, Yokohama, YokosukaNamida No Secret LoveMi Mo Kokoro Mo
Composer Artist Title Date NotesMomoe Yamaguchi"Yokosuka Story"1977"Rock'n'roll Widow"1979"Imitation Gold""Manjushaka"MIE"I MY MIE"August 21, 1981Cute"Edo no Temari Uta II"July 30, 2008Cute won a Gold Award and was nominated for the main Japan Records Award (Grand Prix) with the songHiroshi Itsuki"Edo no Temari Uta"October 22, 2008Jero"Umiyuki"2008Meiko Kaji"Aitsu no Sukiso na Burusu"2011
Acting roles Film
Title Role Date NotesTorakku Yarō: Go-iken muyō1975Double Suicide of SonezakiTokubei1978Co-starring with Meiko Kaji.G.I. Samurai1979Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity1979Yokohama BJ BluesJojo1981Tattoo AriAkio Takeda1982Won Best Actor at the 4th Yokohama Film Festival.Shanghai RhapsodyWataru Matsumoto, aka "Bakumatsu"1984Umi e, See YouKatsuragi1988Also co-composed the soundtrack with Shūichi Chino.The CrossingThe Homeless/Masked Man2000Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out AttackAdmiral Taizo Tachibana2001DevilmanKeisuke Makimura2004Pecoross' Mother and Her DaysConductor2013Hamon: Yakuza BoogieTakizawa2017Catch Me on the Shore2019Fancy2020The Voice of SinTatsuo2020Peaceful Death2021I Am Makimoto2022Bad LandsMandala2023A Light in the HarborTokio Kawamura2025Goodbye My CarMakoto Ozaki2026Last DanceRyoji Kurosaki2027
Television
Title Role Date NotesRanmanNakahama Manjirō2023AsadoraLike a Dragon: YakuzaJin Goda2024Last Samurai Standing2025
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