SHIRLEY YAMAGUCHI( TOSHIKO YAMAGUCHI )　／
When We Could Meet Again ( Heri jin zailai )

Lyrics / Ann Joe
Music / Kai Lyne

李香蘭( 山口淑子 )　蘇州夜曲 ( Columbia )

Heri jin zailai ( When We Could Meet Again )

I can't forget what your face and figure
The light which shakes in this fog
We walk together with hand and hand
Our whisper also the smile
That day which passed to dissolve pleasantly
Ah! dearly, when you could be back
When we could meet again

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Work lyrics of this tune, as for the composer there are
not certain, but the name which is stated in this record
was used. Toshiko Yamaguchi(1920 to be born) who sings this
song here (Chinese name Li Xianglan) Manchuria (present
Chinese northeast) in Bujun, she was born Fumio Yamaguchi
Japanese who taught Chinese at the south Manchurian railroad
corporation between his wife Ai. from policy of the father
who loves China especially, she studied Chinese from young
time, the city Hoten(present Shenyang) they immigrates
and she attending the primaly school while, the president
of the Shenyang bank who is the friend of the father name
Li Tsuichun became justice father, got Chinese name "Li
Xianglan" with were designated, with introduction of her
friend Russian girl Ryuba with the Hoten, the Italian opera
singer were attached to madam Podoresof, learned singing.
From the fact that Japanese and Chinese are skillful the
singer of the new Manchurian song of the Hoten broadcasting
station she is selected in, she debuts "Li Xianglan" Chinese
movie actress with going to war to following 1938 of the
Japanese-Chinese opening of the hostilities then she given
the name from Manchurian movie association of the national
policy movie company. singing also the subject song of the
movie, large it made hit, Japan and Manchuria with she became
large popularity as a singer as the actress. she was thought
as the Chinese star as though from standard Pekingese and the
exotic appearance, with Japan and it is proper with the
Manchurian. Originally, Li Xianglan Manchuria and was the
popularity star in Japan, but is, movie and subject song
got large hit with she will become the popularity actress,
before the termination of war planned next Chinease movie
"Kouhi" tries will be, probably to enter into starting work,
performance in her Shanghai cinema was restricted to only
one after all, ended Li Xianglan's in China participating.
That the spy of Japan she can apply suspicion after the
collapsing of the Manchurian of the after the termination
of war, in Shanghai military tribunal of the Chinese people
can apply in, she is to be before the execution spy crime,
but the close friend of Hoten age with tact of Ryuba what
is deliver the family register attested copy from the origin
of the Beijing parents, being proven, who is the Japanese
nationality, she became innocence and became overseas exile.
When she pulls up from China, Li Xianglan was penetrated from
woman emigration and immigration management official, being
reset accompanied for the second time by the internment camp,
after the placing under house arrest at the internment camp of
nine months, could return home to Japan. after the returning
home 1946, she returned to the Toshiko Yamaguchi of autonym
in next year, return to the screen and from now on, the Japanese
cinema world participated on the center. In 1951 sculptor Isamu
Noguchi he knew each other in New York and got married, but
she divorced into 1958. She remarried with Hiroshi Ootaka of
diplomat in the same year and became the Toshiko Ootaka,
movie actress retired, in 1969 served the chairman of the
Fuji Television wide show with name of the Toshiko Yamaguchi.
in 1974 runs as a candidate to Councilor from the Liberal-
Democratic Party and is elected and in 1980, 1986 is re-elected,
various has filled various posts the position to 1992.


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