Across the Sea: Live in Japan
Across the Sea: Live in Japan is a live concert/documentary recorded during the Mos Burger Tour, Weezer’s Japanese tour in support of their 2005 album, Make Believe. Though originally intended for release on DVD, it never saw a physical release. It did eventually air, however, on the Viacom-owned channel Palladia (now MTV Live) in 2008, and segments from it appeared on the Japanese Deluxe Edition DVD release of The Red Album.
| Across the Sea: Live in Japan | |||
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Bonus DVD from Weezer (The Red Album) deluxe, featuring segments from this documentary
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| Directed by | Junnosuke Takahashi | ||
| Produced by | Akitaka Deguchi | ||
| Cinematography | Yuji Morihara | ||
| Edited by | Randy Edwards, Ryan Raitt | ||
| Music by | Weezer | ||
| Distributed by | MTV Entertainment, DGC/Interscope | ||
| Release date | 2008 | ||
| Format | Television, DVD (partial) | ||
| Genre | documentary, concert | ||
| Running time | 52:15 | ||
The documentary was filmed by between December 20 and December 22, with concert segments being filmed on the 20th.
Content
- The band is seen traveling to various stores in Tokyo, including toy stores and music shops.
- The band attends a meet-and-greet with fans. Fans ask the band questions about their favorite songs, hobbies, etc.
- Live concert:
| No. | Song | |
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| 1 | "Don't Let Go" | |
| 2 | "Dope Nose" (Scott Shriner on vocals) | |
| 3 | "Across the Sea" | |
| 4 | "Why Bother?" (Brian Bell on vocals) | |
| 5 | "Surf Wax America" | |
| 6 | "The Good Life" | |
| 7 | "This Is Such a Pity" | |
| 8 | "Island in the Sun" (Rivers Cuomo solo acoustic) | |
| 9 | "Undone - The Sweater Song" (audience member joins the band on guitar) | |
- Post-show interview
- Additional interview (conducted December 21, 2005)
Video
The documentary was uploaded in full onto YouTube from its television airing:
Full credits
- Producer: Akitaka Deguchi
- Director: Junnosuke Takahashi
- Production Management: Nozomi Tashima
- Director of Photography: Yuji Morihara
- Post Production Facility: Pop Flash Productions, Inc.
- Editor: Randy Edwards
- Online Editor: Ryan Raitt
- Instruction: Ikuo Watanabe
- Cameraman: Kazuhiro Koizumi, Shinji Sakuma, Ippei Yokota, Koji Matsuura, Satoru Sugiyama, Eri Matsubara, Shusaku Kondo, Yuzaru Hashimoto
- Video Engineers: Shinya Matsuda, Hajime Tanaka
- VTR Operator: Ryosuke Kamogawa, Takeshi Kobayashi
- Camera Assistants: Shinya Nagao, Toshiya Arai, Yoshihiro Tsuji, Ryuji Kamiyama, Tatsuya Imamura, Ikuyo Nakatani, Miki Miyanishi
- Grip: Takashi Mikami, Munehiro Muraishi, Eddy Miyakawa, Akio Shimada
- Lights: Kyoritz
- Sound: Clair Brothers Audio Japan
- Trucking: IEC
- Venue: Studio Coast / Takeshi Koga
- Promoter: CREATIVEMAN, Toshie Senzaki, Layli Odamura, Julie Okura, Naoki Shimizu, Kennek Knock (Live Recording), Masako Matsuda, Akio Okada
- Special Thanks: Nobuo Kobayashi (MTV Networks Japan K.K.), Nobby Okumura (Universal Music K.K.)