Japan X We Are X (Blu-ray) R
The music never had to be explained.
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 1 hours, 35 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: April 25, 2017
- Originally Released: 2016
- Label: Magnolia Home Ent
Performers, Cast and Crew:
| Starring | Japan X | |
| Directed by | Stephen Kijak |
Entertainment Reviews:
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This fascinating and assured documentary, directed by Stephen Kijak, tells the story of the group X Japan, a cultural institution in its native country, framed around the group’s 2014 reunion concert at Madison Square Garden.
New York Times
Rating: 3/5 --
Splits, suicides, a brainwashing cult and industrial quantities of hairspray and make-up all play their part in the story, with the fragile Yoshiki fulfilling the role of tortured artist to perfection.
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Radio Times
This high-intensity group - resplendent in the plumage of a Sunset Strip hair band, and playing a kind of prog-metal - delivers the goods. In any language.
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New York Times
Rating: 4/5 --
Although incredibly successful underdogs, We Are X undeniably grabs its audience and has them rooting for X Japan's final breakthrough.
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One Room With A View
[T]here is something inspiring about their belief in music -- and showmanship -- and their determination to meet their rock and roll goals...
RogerEbert.com
Rating: 3/5 --
Good anecdotes - but the film's willingness to indulge the band's rampant self-mythologising can get tiresome.
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Time Out
3 stars out of 5 -- There’s quite a lot of adolescent-angst talk of death and blood, but some real pathos under the surface shimmer: particularly with drummer Yoshiki, the film’s main focus...
The Guardian
Product Description:
Exploring the history of the hugely popular Japanese glam-metal band X Japan, which first formed in Chiba in 1982. This documentary profiles the group's members, looks at their attempts to find success in America, and spotlights their 2014 reunion concert at Madison Square Garden. Directed by Stephen Kijak.
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- Sales Rank: 65,528
- UPC: 876964011563
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