Presenting Michiko

Presenting MichikoIf Julie London, for instance, suddenly showed up nude in a photo magazine, the resulting fuss might be somewhat parallel to that surrounding Japan's moody, miniature Michiko Hamamura, a chanteuse short on voice, long on sexsu-appealu. Craftily cadging only the most volatile of American hit numbers (Banana Boat, Calypso Joe, Mama Look a Boo Boo -- most of them from the repertoire of Harry Belafonte), Michiko then invests these with her own peculiar yet universal trademarks: bum...