God Speed You! Black Emperor

God Speed You! Black Emperor
God Speed You! Black Emperor
	DVD cover
Directed by	Mitsuo Yanagimachi
Produced by	Mitsuo Yanagimachi
Cinematography	Taro Akashi; Katsutoshi Iwanaga; Makoto Sugiura; Kimio Tsukamoto; Yoshibumi Yokoyama
Edited by	Tomoyo Ōshima, Eiko Yoshida
Distributed by	Toei Company
Release date	1976;
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

God Speed You! Black Emperor (ゴッド・スピード・ユー! Black Emperor) is a 1976 Japanese black-and-white 16 mm documentary film by director Mitsuo Yanagimachi that follows the exploits of young Japanese motorcyclists known as the "Black Emperors".^[1]

The 1970s in Japan saw the rise of a motorcycling movement called the bōsōzoku, which drew the interest of the media. The movie follows a member of the "Black Emperors" motorcycle club and his interaction with his parents after he gets in trouble with the police.

The Canadian post-rock band Godspeed You! Black Emperor took their name from the film.^[2]

References

^ God Speed You! Black Emperor at IMDb
^ Bryant, David (September 1998). "Back from infinity". The Wire (Interview). No. 175. Interviewed by David Keenan. Archived from the original on 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2023-10-04 – via brainwashed.com.

External links

God Speed You! Black Emperor at IMDb
God Speed You! Black Emperor at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)
Full Movie - Internet Archive

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[1] God Speed You! Black Emperor at IMDb

[Wire-2] Bryant, David (September 1998). "Back from infinity". The Wire (Interview). No. 175. Interviewed by David Keenan. Archived from the original on 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2023-10-04 – via brainwashed.com.

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