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X Japan's 'We Are X' Documentary's Trailer Reveals Fall Release
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The official YouTube for film. The trailer reveals the film's fall release.
The film screened at the SXSW film festival in Austin, Texas on Friday, and will also screen on March 16 and 18. YOSHIKI will perform at the event after the March 18 screening. The film is a finalist in the festival's "Excellence in Title Design" category.
Stephen Kijak (Scott Walker: 30 Century Man, Stones In Exile) directed the film, and John Battsek (Searching For Sugarman, The Imposter) served as the producer. Mako Kamitsuna (The World Made Straight, Blackhat) and John Maringouin (Big River Man, Running Stumbled) edited the documentary.
The documentary chronicles the band's 35-year career, and it won Sundance Film Festival Awards' Special Jury Award for Best Editing.
The band announced last month that it is on a temporary hiatus after guitarist Pata was hospitalized in January. X Japan announced in a press release on Friday that its sixth as-yet untitled album, which was originally slated to ship this month, will now arrive in late 2016. The album will be the band's first album release in 20 years.
X Japan X - X2 double X original video anime.
YOSHIKI and Toshi formed X Japan in 1982 as X. Over the next 13 years, X Japan released five studio albums, six live albums, 10 best hit albums, and 20 DVD releases. The band disbanded in 1997 but Tokyo Dome 18 times.
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