We Are X
2016 · Movie · R · 92 min · ★ 7.1 · 73% critics
This documentary follows an influential Japanese rock band as they try to carry their music to a wider global audience years after a painful breakup. Along the way, it explores personal struggles, lasting grief, and the pressure of rebuilding a legacy against skepticism from abroad.
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Details
- Years
- 2016
- Release date
- 2016-03-12
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 73/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.1/10 (31 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you like music documentaries about resilience, fame, and personal struggle, especially ones like Lemmy or Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams; Not for you if band-centered stories or melancholy themes don’t appeal.
Pros: emotional band story; energetic music focus; underdog comeback angle | Cons: niche music appeal; heavy personal themes; limited outsider perspective
Themes
- rock band
- japanese music
- music documentary
- documentary
- x japan
Awards & recognition
- Sundance World Cinema Special Jury Prize Documentary · 2016
Cast & crew
YOSHIKI
as Self
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as Self (archive footage)
Toshi
as Self
PATA
as Self
Heath
as Self
Sugizo
as Self
Taiji
as Self
Wes Borland
as Self
Richard Fortus
as Self
Gene Simmons
as Self
Directed by Stephen Kijak