Film No Damage (1983)

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There was a time when there were almost no music videos. Produced in 1983, this is Japan's first full-length rock documentary film. The cinematographer is Joji Ide, one of Japan's leading rock documentary filmmakers and a pioneer. Motoharu Sano asked Joji Ide to film a documentary about himself, and the production was made possible. Motoharu Sano, who was 27 years old at the time, was thinking of moving his activity base from Japan to the United States. As he calmly looked at his career, he decided to record his live performances over the three years since his debut as a video. Woodstock" and The Band's "The Last Waltz" as his own standards, he decided to create a work that was both documentary and entertaining. On March 18, 1983, a live performance at Nakano Sun Plaza Hall was recorded on film. "Film No Damage" is a miraculous documentary that shows the early 1980s.