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Akira Sakata

The Tale of the Heike: Live Performance DVD

(Doubtmusic, dmf-148) (Japan) (DVD)

DVD: NTSC, region free, total time 74:51

Part 1

  1. Gion Shoja
  2. The Death of Kiyomori
  3. The Matter of the Six
  4. The Assault from the Cliff

Part 2

  1. The Chapter of the Battle
  2. The Death of Atsumori
  3. The Death of Kiso
  4. The Drowning of the Former Emperor

Extra video

  1. Sea Chanty of Ondo

Adapted by Akira Sakata from The Tale of the Heike
Directed by Tetsuo Takahira
Image design by Masanori Fukui
Projection design by Shinichi Igata
Projection by Yuji Watanabe

Akira Sakata: alto saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet, bells, reading
Jim O'Rourke: guitar, vocal
Yumiko Tanaka: futozao shamisen, joruri, reading
Chizuru Ishii: tsuzumi, shime-daiko, vocalise
Tatsuhisa Yamamoto: drums, percussion
Akiko Nakayama: live painting

Filmed live by Fumio Miyauchi, Kiyoharu Ukita, Soichiro Hirabayashi, and Kimie Horikoshi at Pit Inn, Shinjuku, Tokyo, June 24, 2012
Video edited by Toru Yamashita
Video directed by Hiroshi Fukumoto
Sound recorded and mastered by Jim O'Rourke
Cover design by Satoshi Suzuki

Released in January 2013