Aa Kurenai no Chi wa Moyuru | |
Cover: | ああ紅の血は燃ゆる.jpg |
Type: | song |
Artist: | Hiromu Sakai and Aiko Anzai |
Language: | Japanese |
English Title: | Oh, crimson blood is burning |
Label: | Nippon Columbia |
Composer: | Kyōsei Akemoto |
Lyricist: | Toshio Nomura |
is a Japanese gunka released by Nippon Columbia in September 1944 during the Pacific War. In the song, the chorus repeats the phrase after every verse.[1]
The lyrics for the song were written by, and the melody was composed by with arrangements by Teikichi Okuyama. It was sung by and .[2] The song was subtitled .[3]
In March 1944, the student labour mobilisation order was issued, and the former four month labour period was conducted throughout the year; this song was written for that purpose.[4] For work orders directed at women, a song named was written.[5]
The national chorus aired this song through the broadcast choir on 26 June 1944.[6]