Tokyo Tribe

Name: Tokyo Tribe
Genre: Sci-Fi, Drama, Crime, Musical
Released: October 23, 2015
Duration: 116 min
Rating: 58

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XYZ Films | Release Date: October 23, 2015 | Not Rated

Summary: In a futuristic Japan, territorial street gangs form opposing factions collectively known as the Tokyo Tribes. When one of the gang leaders breaks the fragile peace, it triggers a massive, brutal street war for supremacy.

Director: Shion Sono

Genre(s): Sci-Fi, Drama, Crime, Musical

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 116 min

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Bilge Ebiri

Oct 26, 2015

Beneath the goofy plot, the tacky fashions, the fronting rappers, and the exploding bodies, there’s an undeniable earnestness to Tokyo Tribe. It’s the craziest film you’ll see this year, but it’s also — dear God, am I really saying this? — one of the sweetest. Read full review

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

Oct 21, 2015

Sion Sono’s hip-hop musical is a chiefly visual pleasure, in part because most of the cast can’t rap worth a damn; its warped frame bounces between shimmering neons and fluorescents, disco-ball samurai suits, living statues, and all kinds of things that have been painted gold for gold’s sake. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Simon Abrams

Oct 23, 2015

Tokyo Tribe, an adaptation of a popular Japanese manga, is bound to charm viewers — both the uninitiated and the diehard fans of director Sion Sono ("Why Don't You Play in Hell," "Love Exposure") — with its boundless energy ... for a while, anyway. Read full review

Amy Nicholson

Oct 22, 2015

Tokyo Tribe is Sono cackling hysterically while smashing a keytar. Sure, there are a few sour notes, but he's made a great blast of noise. Read full review

Time Out London Tom Huddleston

Oct 22, 2015

It’s a wild, at times exhilarating watch – but an exhausting one. Read full review

Dennis Harvey

Oct 22, 2015

The latest from the culty maker of “Suicide Club,” “Love Exposure” and last year’s TIFF Midnight Madness audience-award winner, “Why Don’t You Play in Hell?,” is so insistently over-the-top from the start that the results are just fairly amusing when they ought to be exhilarating. Read full review

Martin Tsai

Oct 22, 2015

While the gangsta lyrics and posturing are laden with cliché, there's still some novelty in sustaining a rap narration for nearly two hours. But whenever the music stops, the film can never stay in the game by landing on a figurative chair. Read full review

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JLuis_001

Jun 19, 2021

The style is over the top, and that gives it personality, but the lack of transformation and more powerful emotions, makes things get boring after a while, and the experience ends up being anesthetizing.

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