Takeo Ishi honoured the traditions of Southern Germany and gained the respect of many millions of us Germans for his skills. He brought giant honour to the Japanese Empire.
IT IS A BIG FREAK ! ! ! They are not real Germans !!! BAYERN is a German state, but they have their own rules and laws. Your German dialect sounds like that of grunting animals! ! !
Such a baby Takeo! I don't even speak Japanese I'm not Bavarian either but I'm super curious about Takeo. It's such a fantastic story. I wish I could understand the documentary though. I like the premise of this program about Japanese people abroad, too.
I had written this under a comment that asked about a translation. There you go: This program is from circa 1993. It starts with a research on "famous Japanese people abroad", first in US, (where Bruce Lee and Mao Zedong were also thought to be Japanese as per the research results) then in Germany. In Germany, they found that a Japanese person unknown in Japan is famous in Germany (who is Takeo Ischi himself), and it took their attention. They found him afterwards. He was born right after WW2, and at school he was a really shy kid and by the time he started high school, he entered the school choir to brush up his social skills. This was where he met yodeling and fascinated by it. He had a hard time practicing, his family would be angry at him for "wailing", so he would cover up his yodeling practice with a vacuum cleaner. At the end of the school, where the school chorus had this end of the school year show, he shined with his yodeling. After high school, he started university but dropped out, working in his father's factory, but he was determined to dedicate his life to yodeling, so he went to Germany, telling his father he'll be studying engineering (or something like that). He first had a hard time making himself heard, he even changed to a diet of sausages and beer, thinking maybe he'd be sounding more German. At this restaurant he was working at, he had a chance for a short gig, first met with cold stares from the German audience, but after hearing his yodeling, they appreciate his efforts and so it begins. He has a career there, marries an Austrian woman, has 2 kids. He also plays Alpine horn, but even if he's completely absorbed the German lifestyle, he does remember his roots, starts his live shows with the song known abroad by the name "Sukiyaki", (originally "Ue o muite arukou"- Let's walk facing up, a 1963 Kyu Sakamoto piece that was the first Japanese song to be on Billboard charts.) After that he is called into the studio and he explains technicalities of yodeling to Sanma Akashiya (the guy with the too big suit, a famous comedian in Japan), and Takeshi Kitano (the guy with the weird clothes and the plastic mallet. He's actually THAT Takeshi Kitano, he was originally a comedian before taking up directing serious movies)
This program is from circa 1993. It starts with a research on "famous Japanese people abroad", first in US, (where Bruce Lee and Mao Zedong were also thought to be Japanese as per the research results) then in Germany. In Germany, they found that a Japanese person unknown in Japan is famous in Germany (who is Takeo Ischi himself), and it took their attention. They found him afterwards. He was born right after WW2, and at school he was a really shy kid and by the time he started high school, he entered the school choir to brush up his social skills. This was where he met yodeling and fascinated by it. He had a hard time practicing, his family would be angry at him for "wailing", so he would cover up his yodeling practice with a vacuum cleaner. At the end of the school, where the school chorus had this end of the school year show, he shined with his yodeling. After high school, he started university but dropped out, working in his father's factory, but he was determined to dedicate his life to yodeling, so he went to Germany, telling his father he'll be studying engineering (or something like that). He first had a hard time making himself heard, he even changed to a diet of sausages and beer, thinking maybe he'd be sounding more German. At this restaurant he was working at, he had a chance for a short gig, first met with cold stares from the German audience, but after hearing his yodeling, they appreciate his efforts and so it begins. He has a career there, marries an Austrian woman, has 2 kids. He also plays Alpine horn, but even if he's completely absorbed the German lifestyle, he does remember his roots, starts his live shows with the song known abroad by the name "Sukiyaki", (originally "Ue o muite arukou"- Let's wlk facing up, a 1963 Kyu Sakamoto piece that was the first Japanese song to be on Billboard charts.) After that he is called into the studio and he explains technicalities of yodeling to Sanma Akashiya (the guy with the too big suit, a famous comedian in Japan), and Takeshi Kitano (the guy with the weird clothes and the plastic mallet. He's actually THAT Takeshi Kitano, he was originally a comedian before taking up directing serious movies)
