Burst City
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Burst City is an explosive Molotov cocktail of dystopian sci-fi, Mad Max-style biker wars against yakuza gangsters and the police, and riotous performances from members of the real-life Japanese punk bands The Stalin, The Roosters, The Rockers and INU. In a derelict industrial wasteland on the outskirts of Tokyo, two rival punk bands and their unruly mobs of fans gather for a Battle of the Bands-style protest against the construction of a nuclear power plant, bringing them head to head with yakuza industrialists. This extraordinary celebration of Japan's punk music scene of the early 1980s from Sōgo Ishii (now known by the name of Gakuryū Ishii) is regularly cited as an early landmark in Japanese cyberpunk cinema.
Tattooed Life
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Tetsuo (Hideki Takahashi, Fighting Elegy), a low-level yakuza is double-crossed by his boss and attacked. After his younger brother Kenji comes to his aid and kills Tetsuo's assailant, they flee to Manchuria where they risk coming under suspicion of rival gangs. Seijun Suzuki remains loyal to the conventions of the yakuza film, but Tattooed Life contains flashes of his later creative genius, including a final act of explosive visual excess that has become one of the director’s all-time classic scenes.
Suzi Q
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Suzi Q tells the incredible story of Suzi Quatro, who in 1973 became one of the first women to front a rock band, play an instrument, sing lead, write songs, and have international hits. She's inspired and paved the way for subsequent generations of female rockers including Blondie, The Runaways, The GoGo's, and beyond. Featuring interviews with Debbie Harry, Alice Cooper, Joan Jett and more.
Mondo Suburbia
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Mondo Suburbia follows Zabrecky as he ventures beyond the manicured lawns and quiet cul-de-sacs to uncover strange neighbors, kooky rituals, and unexpected stories hiding in plain sight.
The Lost Okoroshi
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In The Lost Okoroshi, Abba T. Makama plays with different influences, from Nollywood to North American music videos, and the result is a surreal, visually eclectic film unlike any being produced by his contemporaries.
But style never trumps substance, as beneath the formal play, Makama is probing pressing questions about modernity and masculinity that, when the laughter subsides, aren’t easily answered.
NFTV 3
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