Burst City

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1982

In Japanese with English subtitles

Gakuryû Ishii
Jûgatsu Toi
Michirô Endô, Kansai Eto, Shigeru Izumiya

Programmed and Presented by The Front Row 

Fans of TETSUO: THE IRON MAN take note! An early landmark in cyberpunk cinema, BURST CITY is an experimental, dystopian musical from underground filmmaker Sogo Ishii that ignites a Molotov cocktail of MAD MAX-style carnage and real-life Japanese punk bands. In a derelict industrial wasteland on the outskirts of Tokyo, two rival bands and their unruly mobs of fans gather for a Battle of the Bands-style protest against a nuclear power plant, bringing them face-to-face with the yakuza industrialists that want to erase their turf.

1982
Japan
Japanese
English
Action, Musical

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Reviews

Foreshadows everything from the works of Shinya Tsukamoto and Takashi Miike to two decades of MTV music videos.

Tom Mes, MIDNIGHT EYE