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Half Japanese: The Band That Would Be King (1993)
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A documentary covering the rise of extremely alternative band Half Japanese: from the early days when... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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(Credited cast) | Byron Coley | ... | Himself |
| David Fair | ||
| Jad Fair | ... | Himself |
 | Penn Jillette | ||
| Maureen Tucker |
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I had heard of the band Half Japanese before seeing this film in the out-of-print Spin Alternative Record Guide, but nothing written about them could prepare me for this amazing documentary. Picture this: two brothers from Ohio get the bug to start a band. Neither Jad or David Fair has any clue as to how to play their instruments, but in 1980, they ink a deal to release a three-LP debut box set from an English label. Over the next ten years, Half Japanese earns enormous accolades, especially among other musicians, ironically. I can't think of how anybody could possibly watch this film all the way through and not come to endear Jad Fair. The best scenes are the interviews with Jad and David's parents ("Our house is the birthplace of punk rock") and a staged interlude where the two brothers explain where why they started writing songs about ghosts and dead pirates. You owe it to yourself to see this movie.