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Actor

Kaoru Abe

Sound

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Acting credits

2

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0.2

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Movies: 2Series: 0Crew credits: 1

TMDB ID: 2181672

IMDb ID: nm2856311

Known for: Sound

Born: May 5, 1949

Died: September 9, 1978

Age: 29

Place of birth: Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1978 - 1981

Years active: 4

Wikidata: Q364271

Also known as

阿部 薫

Other jobs

Original Music Composer (1)

Biography

Kaoru Abe (阿部 薫, Abe Kaoru) was an influential Japanese avant-garde alto saxophonist. Self-taught at a young age, Abe performed with notables such as Motoharu Yoshizawa, Takehisa Kosugi, Yosuke Yamashita, Derek Bailey, and Milford Graves,[1] although he generally performed solo. He was married to the author Izumi Suzuki, and a cousin to singer Kyu Sakamoto. He was portrayed in Kōji Wakamatsu's film Endless Waltz by punk rock singer Kō Machida. He is not to be confused with the Japanese actor Kaoru Abe. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia