Tokyo Tribe
2015 | Live Action | 116 min | R
State Theatre -Screen 2
Wednesday, Apr 27, 2016 7:00 PM
Part of the CineManga Film Series Presented by the U-M Center for Japanese Studies
Plays Wednesday, April 27 at 7:00 PM at the State. Part of the CineManga Film Series.
Presented by the U-M Center for Japanese Studies with additional support from Vault of Midnight.
SERIES FINALE!
Featuring a special pre-show primer by University of Michigan professor Markus Nornes.
Shion Sono uses his deft hand as a poet, writer and director to bring this manga from Santa Inoue so richly to the screen. Flagged as “the world’s first battle rap musical,” this live action adaptation features an alternate Japan populated territorial street gangs are collectively known as the “Tokyo Tribes.”
Merra, leader of the Wu-Ronz tribe of Bukuro crosses the line to conquer all of Tokyo. The war begins. The musical rap war, that is.
Presented in Japanese with English subtitles.