dear Antenna,
Chosei Funahara is a musician, composer, film producer, actor and much
more. He was born as Osao Chosei Funahara.
IMDB write : "Born in the Hyogo prefecture of Japan, Chosei Funahara
was educated in both America and Japan. He received his Bachelor of
Fine Arts at the prestigious Nihon University College of Art's Film
Department in Tokyo. While pursuing NYU's Graduate school of Cinema
Studies, he performed as a founding member of the cult punk rock group
THE PLASMATICS. In addition to these feature film credits, Chosei
Funahara has produced or directed a total of more than fifty short
films, documentaries and numerous TV commercials in Japan, the United
States and Europe. They include : WAR,(1999), WIDGET(1999), directed
by Funahara and produced by Hal Hartley. CACOPHONY, LONESOME HITMEN
FROM MONTANA for German TV ZDF (1988), COCKROACH ALARM IN SPANISH
HARLEM(1987), NEW YORK CITY MARATHON (1986), written by Ryu Murakami.
THE HOUSEGUEST ( 1986), featuring John Cale and Zoe Tamerlaine. Music
Video, I AM SIAM (1984) directed by Funahara, winner of the American
Video Award. Also Mr. Funahara was the Musical Supervisor for the
original motion picture sound truck THE WEDDING BANQUET" . (SOURCE:
IMDB, Biography for Chosei Funahara,
<http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0298567/bio>). Later, the site adds the
Funahara was the editor of the Japanese version of Playboy. Indeed, a
true renessaince man.
See more about films he participated in at :
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0298567/
The VH1 site establishes itself as a pertty good music encyclopedia,
and here you have a bit about the Plasmatics:
<http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/plasmatics/bio.jhtml>
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