Masami Akita
Sound · Director · Music · Cinematography
Born Dec 19, 1956 · Tokyo
Active 1989–present
Masami Akita, better known by his stage name Merzbow, is a Japanese noise musician. He is best known for his style of harsh, confrontational noise exemplified on his 1996 release, Pulse Demon.
Filmography
Deformed Analog Personality (2024) — MusicRoutemaster (1999) — MusicBeyond Ultra Violence: Uneasy Listening by Merzbow (1998) — MusicAsphalto (1998) — MusicBeautiful Swordswomen: Double Seppuku (1990) — MusicWhite Clothing: Harakiri (1990) — MusicLost Paradise: Riding Habit Harakiri (1990) — Director · Music · ScriptFemale Harakiri: Glorious Death (1989) — MusicFemale Harakiri: Celebration (1990) — Music · Special EffectsSchool Girl: Harakiri (1990) — MusicThe Dead Man 2: Return of the Dead Man (1994) — MusicThe Sequence of Parallel Bars (1992) — MusicOh! Moro Volume 5 (1992) — MerzbowNameless (2004) — MusicScanning of Modulations (2001) — MusicNewscaster/Dragon/Maggots (2013) — MusicInjured College Girl (1995) — CinematographyBandage Anatomy Woman (1995) — DirectorTrue Romance: Blood Orgy of the She Dolls (1992) — MusicTrue Romance: Live at Mandala 2 (1992) — MusicTrue Romance: Live at MOMA (1992) — MusicTrue Romance: Live at Nice, France (1992) — MusicTrue Romance: Pleasure Room of Anti Education (1992) — Music