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Towards a Greater Tomorrow ~Revival! Takuro Yoshida~ (March 21, 2009 NHK BS broadcast, NHK 101st Live) Contents: This is a 2009 NHK documentary program that follows Takuro Yoshida, who was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2003, undergoes surgery and rest, and continues to forge ahead on his own path while consulting with his health, which has fluctuated. Program flow and arrangement meeting (January 27th) ・Rehearsal (March 1st NHK 511st) (March 2nd NHK 511st) (March 5th NHK 505st) (March 7th NHK 101st) ・Live performance (March 8th NHK 101st) Track list 00:12 1. HAVE A NICE DAY (1972) 00:41 2. After the Festival (1972) 06:41 3. Wimbledon Dream (2009) 12:57 4. KAHARA (1983) 18:24 5. Kagurazaka (1973) 22:25 6. Thank You for the Night Fog Tonight (1967) 27:13 7. Tango on the Street Corner (2007) 30:46 8. Midnight Taxi (2009) Footage from rehearsal 39:23 9. Biting My Lip (1982) 44:33 10. It's Okay to Not Try Hard (2009) 50:07 11. Let's Walk (2009) Activities before and after his battle with illness ・"Takuro Yoshida Deluxe" (NHK 101st Live) (broadcast on December 9, 2002) ・National tour was postponed due to lung cancer surgery, but in the fall he showed his healthy self to the whole country at his comeback concert. A big band concert tour was held every year from this year until 2006. (April 2003) ・Takuro Yoshida & Kaguyahime Concert in Tsumagoi 2006 (September 23, 2006) Capacity: 35,000 people ・National tour was canceled due to poor health. Since then, he has been resting and recuperating. (October 2007) ・"Towards a Greater Tomorrow - Revival! Yoshida Takuro" (NHK 101st Live, BS broadcast) This was his first live performance in about a year and a half, and was the prelude to his new tour, after he had been resting and recuperating. (Broadcast on March 21, 2009) ・In February 2009, he moved to Avex Trax. On June 21, he began his final national tour of his life, "Have A Nice Day LIVE 2009" (10 performances in 10 locations), but 45 minutes before the start of the Osaka performance on July 8, it was decided to cancel the performance due to poor health. As a result of the examination, it was decided that he would recuperate at home for about two weeks due to a worsening of his chronic bronchitis, and the three performances in Fukuoka, Hiroshima, and Kobe were cancelled. (August 2009) Quoted from "Wikipedia: Yoshida Takuro"