'Se'-back

Overview

Gōzō Yoshimasu is one of Japan’s leading poets, still prolific into his ninth decade. This film documents his 2019 performance of Se (‘back’), a live poetry reading set against accompaniment from avant-garde rock group Kukan Gendai. Blindfolded and wearing a facemask, Yoshimasu plays audio recordings, growls and rasps his way through a rendition of a poem, and channels every ounce of his energy into drawing, using a pane of glass as his canvas. Kukan Gendai sculpt shapes of sound in response: an entire universe thrown into sharp relief by an uncompromising contest between voice and music.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

October 6, 2022

Original language

Japanese

Cast

Gozo Yoshimasu

Director

Kei Shichiri

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt22768582