"Ue o Muite Arukō"(上を向いて歩こう) 是1961年發行的一首日本流行曲。演唱者為坂本九，發行公司為Toshiba-EMI。單曲發行以後，在東西方國家大受歡迎，很多歌手和樂隊紛紛翻唱和重新演繹歌曲。因為日本名字比較繞口的原因，西方國家把曲子改名為 "Sukiyaki", 根據一道日本菜式為名。此名字一直被用至今。前幾天我給大家介紹了英國五六十年代復古爵士運動發起人之一 Kenny Ball，他和樂隊重新演繹的 Sukiyaki 使他在1963年英國音樂流行榜裡留下了前十名的足跡。Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen 是僅少的樂隊以全旋律的歌曲在流行榜裡排上名次。2011年，由東寶株式會社發行，宮崎吾朗導演的電影《來自花紅坂》也採用了日本原版的歌曲作為原聲之一。電影今天在英國首映。巧合的是，Kenny Ball 爺爺在今年3月病逝，享年83歲。
今天的任務是要為一英國雜誌寫篇電影的評論，所以我想分享這首歌。希望歌曲能幫助我回憶電影情節的同時，也悼念英國爵士老將Mr Kenny Ball。
"Ue o Muite Arukō" was a Japanese popular song released in 1961. The singer was Kyu Sakamoto, and the song was released by Toshiba-EMI. Since the release of the song, it received good receptions from other countires, both the East and the West. Many singers and bands even re-record their own covers of the song. Because of the difficulties of pronouncing the original Japanese name, record company from the West changed its name to "Sukiyaki", which was named after a popular Japanese dish, and the name is still in use nowadays. Few days agao, I have introduced you all about Kenny Ball, who was involbed in the British Trad Jazz revolution during the 1950s and 1960s. His version of Sukiyaki was rated No.10 in the UK Pop Chart in 1963. Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen is one of not many bands that managed to make an instrumental song into the pop chart. In 2011, Studio Ghibli released a film - From Up On Poppy Hill, direted by Gorō Miyazaki. The Japanese original version of this song was selected as part of the soundtrack. The film has its theatrical release today in the UK, and sadly, Mr Kenny Ball passed away early this year in March at the age of 83.
My mission today is to write a film review for a magazine, and that's why I would like to share this song. I hope the music will help me to recall some film sequences; at the same time, I shall also salute to Mr Kenny Ball.