Genre: Documentary, JRock
Duration: 01:35:19
Released: 25 April 2017
“Constantly asking, ‘Why am I here?’ What am I doing in this world? ”, I seem to be looking for a reason to die. That’s why I drum like there’s no tomorrow,” Yoshiki Hayashi, co-founder of one of Japan’s top rock bands, X Japan, says at the beginning of the film.
X Japan, as the name suggests, is a very Japanese band – the film tells about honor, dignity, attempts to enter the Western market and the fact that at any moment in life you must be ready to fulfill the will of the emperor. The band is all praised by critics, brief appearances by Stan Lee, Gene Simmons and Marilyn Manson bow their heads in reverence, fans go crazy for them,