Steel Cathedrals (1985)
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.
Top billed cast
David SylvianSelf
Jean CocteauSelf (voice) (archive footage)
Steve JansenSelf - Percussion
Ryuichi SakamotoSelf - Piano/strings- Kenny WheelerSelf - Flugelhorn
- Holger CzukaySelf - Dictaphone
Robert FrippSelf - Guitar
Masami TsuchiyaSelf - Guitar
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