Tokyo Tribe Engages in a Rap Battle to the Death!
Steve Barton
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Eureka! Entertainment has announced the UK and Ireland theatrical release of the absolutely bat-shit-crazy sounding Tokyo Tribe, and even though said release is far from Stateside, we still have a bunch of stuff to show you!
Sion Sono (Cold Fish, Why Don’t You Play In Hell?) directs. Based on a popular Manga series (Tokyo Tribe 2 by Santa Inoue) and told almost entirely in rap verse (by some of Japan’s top rappers), Tokyo Tribe has to be seen to be believed. The aggressive assault of the beats and rhymes wreaks havoc as a massive ensemble cast shocks, excites, and incites an unparalleled sonic war!
Synopsis:
In a futuristic, alternate-world Tokyo, the city is made up of ghetto slums and nightclub playgrounds where gangs of wayward youth 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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