Tokyo Tribe in Select Cinemas from Today

The live-action Tokyo Tribe film will be screened at the following cinemas from today:

22 & 23 May 2015, LONDON, RITZY BRIXTON

22-May-15 – 29th-May-15, DERBY, QUAD

29-May-15, SHEFFIELD, SHOWROOM

29 & 30 May 2015, LONDON, HACKNEY PICTUREHOUSE

The live-action movie adaptation of Santa Inoue’s Tokyo Tribe 2 manga is being distributed in the UK by Eureka Entertainment and it is getting released in separate DVD and Blu-ray editions next month. Described as a “crazy, colourful ‘hip-hopera’, pitting rival street tribes against each other in a futuristic urban war”, the film is told almost entirely in rap verse and features lyrics and music from some of Japan’s top hip-hop talent. It comes from cult film director Sion Sono (Himizu, Suicide Club) and stars a variety of excellent actors such as Shota Sometani (Himizu) and Riki Takeuchi (Battle Royale 2) as well as a selection of some of Japan’s best hip-hop artists. Here’s a taste of the film:

Synopsis

In a futuristic, alternate-world Tokyo, the city is made up of ghetto slums and nightclub playgrounds where gangs of wayward youths rule the streets. The city is carved up into hoods, and the crossing of territorial lines quickly leads to riots and rumbles. On the turf ruled by the savage yakuza Big Buppa, the simmering tension is about to boil over into all-out war. Who will emerge victorious? Territory, friendship, pride, love… Everything is put on the line in a desperate struggle for supremacy!

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