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Far western Corinth Films ; This Land Films presents ; produced by Matt Leach and James Payne ; film by James D. Payne
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Japanese
- Subjects (All):
- Nagatani, Charlie.
- Sasabe, Masuo.
- Bluegrass music--Japan.
- Bluegrass music.
- Bluegrass musicians--Japan.
- Bluegrass musicians.
- Country music--Japan.
- Country music.
- Country musicians--Japan.
- Country musicians.
- Genre:
- Documentary films
- Feature films
- Nonfiction films
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 video file (83 min., 15 sec.)) sound, color
- Other Title:
- 極西 Title also in Japanese characters:
- Place of Publication:
- [New York, New York] Grasshopper Film [2024?]
- Language Note:
- In English and Japanese, with English subtitles
- System Details:
- sound
- digital
- video file
- Summary:
- Amid the ashes of post-WWII Japan, the bittersweet sounds of American traditional country music drifted through the radio airwaves. Although intended for the U.S. occupying forces, a vast 'ghost audience' of young Japanese quickly warmed to the soothing, yet foreign, sounds. Since falling in love with the music in the 1950's, Charlie Nagatani has lived to play and spread country music throughout Japan. From his hometown of Kumamoto in southern Japan, Charlie operates a family-run honky tonk named Good Time Charlie's and is the promoter of the largest country music festival in Japan, Country Gold. Masuo Sasabe's band The Blueside of Lonesome is one of Japan's most renowned bluegrass bands. Sasabe was in the first wave of Japanese musicians to travel to America seeking the source of bluegrass music in the early 1970's. Through these modern-day portraits, Far Western illuminates this lost chapter of music as the musicians' journey from Japan to the heart of American music culture. Over seventy years later this American music tradition has been transformed into something distinctly Japanese
- Participant:
- Charlie Nagatani, Masuo Sasabe
- Credits:
- Executive producers, Vincent LoVoi, Michael Mason ; cinematography, David McMurry ; editing, Matt Leach ; music, Kelli Scarr
- Notes:
- Originally released as a documentary film in 2016
- Description based on online resource; title and statement of responsibility from title screen and end credits (viewed 2024 October 21)
- OCLC:
- 1464815268
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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