#99 - Mamoru Samuragochi (Part 2)

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We continue the most famous and baffling fraud case of modern Japan with the tale of Mamoru Samuragochi. This week we examine exactly how the supposed deaf composer was able to get away with presenting another person's compositions as his own for 18 years.

Today's guest is Hannah Lane! You can find her via her Instagram page, and she is also the co-host of our horror movie review podcast that we do together, Not Another Film podcast.

Check my new album, Ruined Numbers, for sale on Bandcamp! It's an album of acoustic arrangements of Final Fantasy music. You can also stream the album on Spotify or YouTube Music. Enjoy!

You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app.

Sources:

• The New Republic: Japan's Deaf Composer Wasn't What He Seemed

• Classic FM: The Composer Who Was Once Dubbed "Japan's Beethoven"

• Time Magazine: 2001 Interview with Samuragochi

• Wall Street Journal: Music Critic's Suspicions Led to Composer's Downfall

• Inverse: "Clowns farting": The wild story behind Resident Evil's worst soundtrack

• Independent: Japanese 'Beethoven' Mamoru Samuragochi admits faking deafness

• CNN: Uproar as ‘Japanese Beethoven’ Mamoru Samuragochi exposed as a fraud

• Suzi the Sphere Hunter: Onimusha Samurai Survival Horror

• Wikipedia: Mamoru Samuragochi