Burst City (爆裂都市 Bakuretsu Toshi?) is a Japanese science fiction punk rock musical / action film. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. The musical film is a Film genre in which several Songs sung by the characters are interwoven into the narrative Action movies are a Film genre where action sequences such as fights, Shootouts Stunts Car chases or explosions either take precedence Released in 1982, the film was directed by Sogo Ishii. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) (born 1957 is a Film director from Japan known for his striking visuals and sometimes outlandish subject matter Primarily a showcase for both various specific punk rock bands of the time, such as The Roosters, The Rockers, and The Stalin, the film is also purely demonstrative of the culture and attitude of the punk rock community of Japan in the mid-to-late 1970s and the early 1980s. This article is about the Japanese rock band the Roosters for other bands of the same name see The Roosters (disambiguation The Roosters (ザ・ルースターズ The Stalin was an influential Japanese Punk rock band formed in 1980 by Michiro Endo The film was distributed by the Toei studio. () is a Japanese film and Television production and distribution Corporation.
The plot is not very complex, as much of the action and drama of the film relies on musical interludes, character interactions, and commentary on the class system in the film's fictional universe. What plot there is follows groups of rival biker gangs in a dystopian future who are attempting to rebel against the construction of a massive power plant in "their" part of Tokyo. A dystopia (from the Greek δυσ- and τόπος alternatively cacotopia, kakotopia, cackotopia, or anti-utopia) is the vision of a society officially, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshū.
The film is highly regarded among critics and audiences alike. Its hyperkinetic, unrelentingly high energy style was wildly different from other films of the period and extremely innovative. The film is also regarded for being purely inspired from music, and the way the punk aesthetic, culture, and music exerts its influence over every element, scene, and character in the film. It has been called one of the "starting points in contemporary Japanese cinema", along with Shuffle, Panic High School, and Ishii's own Crazy Thunder Road.
Burst City was released on Region 1 DVD by Discotek in June 2006. DVD video discs may be encoded with a region code restricting the area of the world in which they can be played DVD (also known as " Digital Versatile Disc " or " Digital Video Disc " - see Etymology)is June 2006 was a month with thirty days The following events also occurred during the month
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References
- Burst City at the Internet Movie Database
- Burst City review at Midnight Eye. is a 1988 Japanese animated Film co-written and directed by Katsuhiro Otomo based on his manga of the same name Cyberpunk is a Science fiction genre noted for its focus on " High tech and low life. Punk film is a type of film associated with the Punk subculture.