Adlib to Fade

5 May 2014

Forbidden Colors – Yukio Mishima

Documentary excerpt, Interview, Music, Soundscape

The complex life and writing of Japan’s Yukio Mishima, with mostly Japanese music

Music bed: Minoru Miki – Rhapsody for 20 string koto
Documentary excerpt #1: Mishima – His life and literature
Fantastic Plastic Machine – Pura Saudade
Shonen Knife – Ah Singapore

Shuta Hasunama – OK Bamboo
Documentary excerpt #2: Mishima – His life and literature
Aoki Takamasa – See that girl

Music bed: Minoru Miki – Rhapsody for 20 string koto
Interview excerpt #1: Yukio Mishima (1970)
Yoko Ono with Antony Hegarty and Hahn Rowe – Toyboat
Halcali – ***

India Bharti – Tokyo
Interview excerpt #2 – Yukio Mishima (1969)
Fright Wig – Public Bath

Musical bed: Sakura Japanese Folk
Interview excerpt #3: Yukio Mishima on bodybuilding
Ghost – Kiseichukan Kite
Interview excerpt #4: Yukio Mishima on bodybuilding
Pepe California – Freedom

Shuta Hasunama – Door of the Cosmos
Documentary excerpt #3: Mishima – His life and literature
Nabukaza Takemura – For Tomorrow

Musical bed: Sakura – Cherry Blossoms
Documentary excerpt #4: Mishima – His life and literature
Galaxie 500 – Listen the snow is falling

Shonen Knife – Cycling is Fun
Interview excerpt #5: Yukio Mishima on bodybuilding
Can – Future Days
Musical bed: Minoru Miki – Rhapsody for 20 string koto