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Yoko Kanno's March 11 Quake Anniversary Music VIdeo Previewed
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NHK's Great Eastern Japan Earthquake Project, which s the reconstruction efforts in the areas hardest hit.
Acclaimed film director Shunji Iwai (Love Letter, All About Lily Chou-Chou, Hana & Alice) not only wrote the song's lyrics, but he also directed the music video. The CD for the song will go on sale on May 23, and a limited edition will include the full music video on DVD. Part of the proceeds will go to the quake-affected areas.
34 singers, celebrities, and sports figures who hail from Miyagi, Iwate and Fukushima Prefectures — the prefectures hardest hit by the disasters — contributed to the vocals:
Iwate Prefecture: Yamakawa
Mimori Yusa, Yoshinori
Kanno, as well as Iwai, are from Miyagi Prefecture, and their hometowns were affected by the disaster.
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