Well, here we are blinded by the color and the sleeve art from the third single from V-Cinema superstar Riki Takeuchi's RIKI project. And boy, are we a long way from his appearances in Miike movies like Dead or Alive and several hundred straight to video gangster flicks. Entitled "MA-TSU-RI", the song makes the perfect musical accompaniment to shotgunning Sapporo tallboys and scarfing greasy yakisoba at your local neighborhood festival. RIKI even goes one better by banging on the taiko drums, wrestling a bear Mas Oyama style, anything to entertain you for the frankly amazing music video below. Summer means fun, especially when, as the Amazon.jp copy puts it, "Riki has started a rampage through the city!" And don't all the tekiya love him for it?
This man is now officially my hero....
Posted by: surfPenguin | September 02, 2008 at 05:50 PM
PM - next time you're in Riki's clothing store, can you pick me up a new pair of sunglasses, a large RT belt buckle and any leather puffy jacket with zoot suit shoulder pads. thanks.
those are some extravagant colors for a cover. not as cool as 80's death metal album covers, but RT is still a cool mofo, shitty music and all. is he casting spells on that cover?
is he still doing Vcinema or is he just concentrating on his singing?
Posted by: SPM | September 04, 2008 at 05:14 AM
Elvis has entered the building. Who knew he'd reincarnate as a Japanese actor?
Posted by: Ms. Geek | September 04, 2008 at 06:27 PM
If only his songs were as good as Clambake.
Posted by: Patrick Macias | September 04, 2008 at 06:55 PM