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1/2 Man

Name: 1/2 Man
Genre: Music, Documentary
Released: 1986-07-06
Duration: 58 min
Cast: Mark Chung, N.U. Unruh, Alexander Hacke, FM Einheit, Isamu Ōsuka

1986Movie58 min

Documentary Music

GoodGoodWatch score

7.7

GoodGoodWatch score

7.7

Summary

A visual documentary of Einstürzende Neubauten, the German underground band, by Japanese cult director Sogo Ishii, made during their 1985 tour of Japan. The band makes an elaborate and remarkably choreographed appearance in the ruins of an old ironworks which was scheduled for demolition; footage of same was incorporated into the movie and a brief appearance on stage.

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IMDb7.7
Running time
58 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 music movies, −48 min on the typical 106
typical 10658
Half of all music movies run 94–120 min.
Released
1986
July 6, 1986
40 years ago
Genres
MusicDocumentary
Language
German
Original language
Also spoken
Japanese
Made in
Japan
6 people
Directing · 2
Gakuryu Ishii Director, Screenplay
Nobuhiro Suwa Assistant Director
Writing · 2
Gorô Nakajima Screenplay
Fumiaki Nagashima Screenplay
Production · 4
Joe Idogawa Executive Producer
Masaharu Higashi Producer
Hideki Kato Producer
Tetsuya Nakamura Production Manager
Camera · 1
Akihiro Itō Director of Photography
Editing · 1
Kan Suzuki Editor
Art · 1
Yohei Taneda Production Design