Kyu Sakamoto 坂本 九 The Steve Allen Show-August 13, 1963

[@paulwhite2787]

RIP Kyu. Gone but never forgotten!

[@kettyc538]

Never, indeed 😥

[@adrienneszatkowski2471]

He wrote His own sings and had his own style! I wish He could have stayed with us on earth, longer! 😥

[@Jason1920]

Never forgotten. I've got his records. He's still with me, and will always be.

[@mrs.g.9816]

It's a shame that in the U.S. Kyu's song was named after a food! It would have been nicer to have it called "I look up when I walk". My mom loved this song.

[@ethelmertz1477]

My God his smile is the best I have ever seen on anyone! Contagious smile🌹I miss him

[@andiakbar3578]

He is so charming.. Congrats for #1 on Billboard 100..

[@michaelbetzer1966]

He was one of 3 reasons I studied Japanese in college. The other 2 were Godzilla and Pearl Harbor.

[@musicaenostalgia4253]

Parabéns 🤝 Sou Brasileira, tenho 60 anos estudo música e toco SUKIYAKI no meu Ukulele

[@adrienneszatkowski2471]

I worked with a Lady who was a Japanese sewing expert: She is gone now, but we all called her "Marie" because it was easier for our clientele who had Marie 'Fit Them' as she taught us in our sewing room how to fit people's clothing most professionally! I miss her so - she was my employer and my how to sew better. Eternal Rest, Yasuko: I miss you so....

[@adrienneszatkowski2471]

I also followed Kyu when I discovered Him here on the internet- What a talented Man! I wish he could have lived longer and heard more of him and his music! God Bless His wife. and may Her sorrow turn to the joy of Kyu being loved by millions of loving fans throughout the world and solace for His Wife to know they will meet again in Heaven one day soon. I Miss you!!!

[@jamesduncan6415]

So you majored your studies in music/film and History 😂😂

[@StephenLuke]

RIP Kyu Sakamoto (1941-1985) A victim onboard Japan Air Lines Flight 123 which crashed on Mount Takamagahara, Ueno, Gunma Prefecture, Japan due to an in-flight structural failure.

[@robertkolesnik3982]

Sukiyaki is one of my favorite songs. So beautiful.

[@joecaroselli5858]

So charming. He sang it as well LIVE as in the studio. Wonderful!

[@くろニャン-u4y]

九ちゃん可愛い。しかも堂々としてる。58年前に全米1位！しかもラジオでたった一回流れたのを聞いた人々が「何や？このナウイ曲は！！！」って広まっていき1位とったらしいですね。人の心を打つ楽曲であればゴリ押しも過度な宣伝もいらないし、英語に変えなくても売れるということです。当時を知る母に聞いたら、意外に日本ではあまり全米一位のことは知られてなかったそうでへぇ～って感じだったそうです。

[@kanarin2399]

去年BTSがビルボードで全米1位に輝き、アジア勢では坂本九さん以来57年ぶりとの報道がありましたが、いまだに日本人で全米1位を獲得したのは坂本九さんだけていうのは本当に偉大な功績ですね！

[@gunnaja2383]

True

[@chakataux]

坂本氏は日本で最も尊敬する芸術家の御1人です。

[@chubbieminami3274]

The woman watching the video is Sakamoto's widow. Sakamoto was only 21 years old in the video and she has not even met him yet and the first time she's seen the video. She says Sakamoto says in his diary about the trip to America being pretty shocking by learning new things and he said he had to study way more. The joke Sakamoto says is a famous one in Japan and most everyone knows. The subtitle is not totally correct either. ”Somebody made a "kakine" fence over there??" (fence, "something strange" in the subtitles is incorret. 垣根 kakine is the Japanese) "Hee. (Hei also means "Oh" or fence/wall") So it has 2 meanings. I did not know Sakamoto did the whistle. Great melody and lyrics, plus unique vocal.

[@badmac999]

I discovered his music after reading about the tragedy of japan airlines flight 123, i am so glad i discovered his music and you can see how great a personality he had in this interview

[@matteobrunetti7142]

This song is used in the soundtrack of Goro Miyazaki's film "From Up On Poppy Hill". In a scene from this very beautiful anime Sakamoto Kyu appears on television singing this song!

[@maxrandom569]

I got to know it from there!

[@青伊一朗]

「 坂本九」さんの「上を向いて歩こう」は私が子供頃街の商店街でスピカーで流れていました。懐かしいです。この曲は日本が 唯一 全米ヒットチャートNo1になった曲で「 坂本九」さんはアメリカのテレビ番組で歌っています。日本が世界に誇る曲で世界中の言語で歌われています。コロナ感染や 世界各地で領土問題がある現在この曲を歌いながら平和な世の中になって欲しいです。

[@apotter8888]

I looked up the translation of the lyrics and it is "I look to the sky as I walk". He has a broken heart and his tears are falling and he looks up so they will not look like tears, but they will mingle with the rain.

[@wpghi5]

He was so charming there! No doubt coupled wit that great smile of his! I know I've said this many times abt him but I miss that!

[@sherrybirchall8677]

He was on the Steve Allen show on my 10th birthday! I love that!

[@richardbenitez1282]

I had forgotten that WW2 was not that far in the past when this song came out. It was a healing affect for all Japanese in usa

[@ashleeadia]

He was so cute!

[@thomascefalo938]

Sad when you think of all the later popular song hits he could have had. Gone too soon.

[@kellygreen5556]

A wonderful singer- so handsome and well dressed

[@tuberobotto]

I didn't realise till now that his first name "Kyu" in Kanji (Japanese characters) actually corresponds to the English number "9". I get really perplexed and confused that in both Japanese and Chinese cultures people are given numbers for names. His song was a huge iconic song back in the days in Manila where I'm from and I remember growing up with this tune that even friends and family would hum along to or play on the piano. Thanks for the wonderful memory Sakamoto-San.

[@nuggetz9380]

Man my dream is to go to japan

[@jacquelineandroy5175]

I remember many, many years ago in the black and white days The Chinese detective keeps calling his son "Number One Son". I thought that was just him being funny. He never did call his son by a Chinese name. The movie is hilarious. I remember now, it is the cute Peter Ustinov. The handsome young man that plays his son really is Chinese. I don't know his name ♥️ 🥰🇯🇲🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🕊️🔥✝️

[@TheJTMcDaniel]

The Romans were notorious for this. Quintus, Sextus, Septimus, Octavius, etc were all numbers--fifth through eighth in this case. Just to further confuse the issue, September, October, November, and December translate as seventh through tenth months, since Julius and Augustus Caesar stuck their new months in the middle of the year instead of at the end of the numbered ones.

[@TheJTMcDaniel]

@@jacquelineandroy5175 Charlie Chan mysteries. Very loosely based on an actual Honolulu PD detective.

[@tuberobotto]

@@sigiloXXX They were that many? I mean I thought the Japanese "believed" in a small size family back then. I thought even rural folks would settle for just two kids. But thanks for that info, it does shed a light on that name's significance. Thank you.

[@a.f.k.8998]

"SUKIYKI" was released in 1961 Japan at that time was in the midst of high economic growth. Around this time, many young people in rural areas were brought to a collective job in the big city for example Tokyo. Of such young people living away from their parents in the city. It is a song that shows the feelings for the hometown and the situation facing severe labor. In the original lyrics, "spring day", "summer day" and "autumn day" are remembered in the scenery of the four seasons of a distant hometown. They remember their hometown in the lonely night in urban.

[@nuggetz9380]

A. F.K. Beautiful

[@mr.tanglinman5710]

Oh, yes you know so well about japan at the time And there's another story that no one in the USA would know . The lyrics of this song were written by a broken-hearted lyricist , Mr. Rokusuke Ei, so famous person in japan whose love was not taken by an actress, Meiko Nakamura. If you study about the two persons, Japan around those times would be more interesting. 👍️

[@nathalieconnor5803]

He’s so cute!

[@JessieBastet]

Love him, miss him.❤

[@robertmurray0302]

REST IN HEAVENLY PEACE🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@anthonyrichards9512]

I know Steve Allen was just trying to be funny, unfortunately he came across as being rude. Especially when he asked Mr. Sakamoto to tell him a joke in Japanese. That even made me feel uncomfortable and I'm a seventy year old American. I heard "Sukiyaki - Ue o Muite Aruko" song on the radio when I was eleven and still love it to this day.💖💚💙💛✌

[@E.MarieBrown]

@Anthony Richards…I was 6 when I first heard this song on the radio. Of course I had no idea what the words were, but even as a youngster, I knew it was a special song. The melody touched my heart, and I never forgot it. Fast forward, 60yrs later, I discovered the video, with the lyrics on it, and I finally found out the words that I remember hearing, when I was 6. Not only that, I learned how to sing the complete song, in Japanese. A dream come true. ❤ RIP Mr.Sakamoto, I know that you are singing, and you taught the Angels how to sing your song… …thanks… …for the memories. 💫🌷💞💫

[@Swaggletail]

He was adorable. Should've been a teen idol.

[@muhamadibrahim5167]

It was a very popular song, in Indonesia, in 1969

[@htan-alpha]

Happiness is beyond the clouds

[@ronsbeerreviewstools4361]

Thanks for posting , A great Steve Allen show, and a very good song.

[@MooJoo5555]

omg adorable

[@victordunson719]

He is so cute.

[@mrCunteyes666]

What a voice

[@marjoryrodger4244]

Fantastic voice, beautiful smile and still my favourite song. ❤

[@Dc8566]

I remember watching this!

[@robertmurray0302]

I heard, this one in '63, and still one of my favorite, I'm 69 now👍👍

[@hapizunoor]

So cute and charming....

[@rogerwoodland6387]

so beautiful

[@robfriedrich2822]

The fun is, he told the joke and it was funny before translation.

[@mariannebowman6114]

Love this. Thanks!

[@curryboogie]

いいなあ九ちゃん

[@ruthannkizakavich3325]

BEAUTIFUL!!

[@janepang484]

KYU SAKAMOTO💖🕺🌟🤩✨ Great!🎼🎵🎸🎤📀🎧💯👍👏 From Hong Kong🙋‍♀️🌏💝🌺🥰

[@chiefvilla3167]

I remember that day Steve Ellison. I was pretty young. I lived alone Northern California. The grandfather. I could tell it was a sad song. And I could feel it feel his feelings. I was 12 years old when.😔🙁😢🙋🏽‍♂️✌🏽😎😎.

[@Ronin4614]

Rest In God’s Own Peace, Kyu; and Thank You.

[@JMoroccoMisterBoy]

Oops, this is good. The version I heard was a mix of English and Japanese. I saw it listed.

[@toscanini9]

Thank you.

[@maryhabbart8847]

Love this song. Very pretty.❤❤❤😊😊😊

[@sar983]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@sowhat7321]

They look peaceful

[@THX-kw2jh]

OMG! So many people have died in Plane Crashes. So Many.

[@genaroflores835]

OG Footage!!

[@Nonduality]

Steve Allen invented the talk show. It's hard to imagine, but before Steven Allen there was no such thing as a talk show. Watching people being interviewed on a TV show with comedy, music, and other entertainment didn't exist before Steve Allen, so he has to be respected as a kind of genius.

[@brianmouland209]

RIP

[@rubendariovaldiviatrasvina3366]

unos meses antes habia llegado aln.1 de las listas del billboard un 15 d ejuno de de ese ano y permanecios 3semanas enel n.1

[@vika0194]

3:00 She never should have translated it. They were already laughing

[@jannegoman3689]

What is the connection between "hee" and the bear? =')

[@tomkatsuo]

いきなり日本のジョークって言われても困るね。「塀〜」とか？と思ったらやっぱり。(^o^)

[@hiroshimaair5666]

1:05

[@zenhippie2011]

おい、誰か！誰か居はしないのかい？ 誰かチョイとこの噺をイングリッシとやらに訳してやっておくれよ。

[@urgdaddy]

Awkward,...I remember this period in history. Just a young boy with a whole family of WWII veterans.

[@daisysoup158]

That would make you a boomer

[@kenjidanta9961]

Is this the original song?

[@hiroshimaair5666]

1:14

[@lunamystkilebeltane5496]

so they go back to 63 to get jokes hey one isn't there anyone original out there any more like Sakamoto

[@darrenchin_]

for those who understand japanese or whats going on: why was the woman watching the recording?who is she?what's her significance to the song or singer?

[@toscanini9]

She was Kyu Sakamoto's wife.

[@darrenchin_]

i see. thank you! :)

[@eribertonunez1165]

darren that is his wife

[@Paixpeacehippy]

eriberto nunez that’s his mom he got married in the late 60s early 70s

[@jacquelineandroy5175]

That's what I want to know. Some say that she is his wife and some his Mom ♥️🥰🇯🇲🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🕊️🔥✝️

[@budderkupp1282]

Many people think that this song is simply about lost love. Not so! It is about a WWII Japanese Kamikaze pilot on his last night before he crashes his plane into the ground. A rather poignant & ironic song..considering how Kyu Sakamoto later dies himself..in a plane crash..years later. Hauntingly Beautiful & Sad Song..........

[@HigesoriHanzo]

Budder Kupp Not it’s not. It was written by a frustrated student protestor who was upset their protests against US military presence in Japan weren’t working.

[@a.f.k.8998]

"SUKIYKI" was released in 1961 Japan at that time was in the midst of high economic growth. Around this time, many young people in rural areas were brought to a collective job in the big city for example Tokyo. Of such young people living away from their parents in the city. It is a song that shows the feelings for the hometown and the situation facing severe labor. In the original lyrics, "spring day", "summer day" and "autumn day" are remembered in the scenery of the four seasons of a distant hometown. They remember their hometown in the lonely night in urban.

[@Dtt4]

You better back that up with some proof or else you PULLED that straight out of you ass!

[@doreybain]

@@HigesoriHanzo It was a song about a frustrated American taxpayer who has to pay for other countries' defense.

[@HigesoriHanzo]

doreybain Japan actually pays for most of the cost of hosting the US military and pays a much higher percentage than any other country who does host it. Also it was the US that wrote Japan’s constitution which bans them from having a military and it’s the US that insists on maintaining an empire and getting into everyone else’s business. Obviously not enough Americans are crying about it because we’ve never elected a President who seriously intends to change the status quo.

[@kiknit818]

WOW!!! Steve Allen was a real tool. The condescending voice trying to be funny on the singer is straight ignorance of his own self glory

[@Galantski]

Hee, that's pretty funny.

[@toscanini9]

Thank you.

[@hiroshimaair5666]

Jepang

[@profchaos7289]

Hee xD

[@perrylynn8742]

I, Decades Ago , skipper, Edward Lynn Fineman. At, 🛼🛼 Skating Outdoors, Rink . Listening, This Beautiful ❤️ SONG

[@Stoddy2k]

What a bellend Steve Allen was.

[@anthonyrichards9512]

this is a terrible episode. Steve Allen didn't do the singer any favors. They should remove this!!!

[@izanabdullah4001]

surely such a super nice song appeals to non Japs. The Sony Walkman also make it to the West as a culture product. Remarkable

[@davem9572]

Such a nice attractive young man,,so sad he is gone

[@ChrisG1122]

He was so cute!

[@hiroshimaair5666]

1:13

[@hiroshimaair5666]

1:05

[@hiroshimaair5666]

1:15