Kaoru Abe
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
Known For & Full Filmography2 Titles
Movie - 1978, 2h 15m • as Musician
A chubby, bicycle-riding rapist/killer dispatches 13 people in a cold, bloody, detached rampage.
Movie - 1981, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A struggling jazz saxophonist and a dancer at a rundown strip club are a couple. Though they love each other, they are unable to give up on their glamorous dreams and live their days at rock bottom. One day, the man cheats on her with a woman he picks up, and the next morning, she steals his precious saxophone. Wanting to buy the exhausted man a new saxophone, the dancer decides to sell her body to her devoted fan...