Steel Cathedrals
1985 · 20m · N/A
Documentary, Music
Directed by
David Sylvian
,
Yasuyuki Yamaguchi
,
Mao Kawaguchi
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Steel Cathedrals
Overview
20 minute music documentary shot in two days of November 1984 in, and around the outskirts of, Tokyo, Japan. A large part of the music was completed during that same month and recorded over a period of three days.
Director and cast
- David Sylvian Director
- Yasuyuki Yamaguchi Director
- Mao Kawaguchi Director
- David Sylvian as Self
- Jean Cocteau as Self (voice) (archive footage)
- Steve Jansen as Self - Percussion
- Ryuichi Sakamoto as Self - Piano/strings
- Kenny Wheeler as Self - Flugelhorn
- Holger Czukay as Self - Dictaphone
- Robert Fripp as Self - Guitar
- Masami Tsuchiya as Self - Guitar
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