Gakuryu ISHII 石井岳龍
The Code Name Is Asia Strikes Back
アジアの逆襲
Nippon Retro ²
A rock band was at the source of ASIA STRIKES BACK, originally made to accompany live performances by The Bacillus Army, a punk super group with ISHII on vocals. The film is one of the earliest entries in Japan's cyberpunk cycle, a status only emphasised by the new soundtrack supplied by Hiroyuki ONOGAWA (Mach 1.67), composer of GOJOE and ELECTRIC DRAGON 80,000 V.
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The Code Name Is Asia Strikes Back / 1/2 Mensch (NC 2013)
アジアの逆襲
Ajia no gyakushu
Japan 2006
30 minutes
Director
Gakuryu ISHII
Script
Shunichi NAGASAKI, Go RIJU
Cinematography
Norimichi KASAMATSU
Music
Hiroyuki ONOGAWA
World sales
Dragon Mountain
Cast
Yoshiki ARIZONO, Jun TAKEUCHI, Hidemaru, Isamu UNO, Johnny
About Gakuryu ISHII
石井岳龍
Gakuryu (Sogo) ISHII was born in Fukuoka in 1957. His dystopian punk rock musical BURST CITY (1982) made him one of the precursors of the Japanese cyberpunk movement of the 1980s. Since then he has worked with renowned Japanese actors and international punk bands on numerous short and feature films. NIPPON CONNECTION dedicated a retrospective to his work in 2013.