Live-Action Tokyo Tribes Full Trailer
Nikkatsu have released a full trailer for the live-action adaptation of Tokyo Tribes which comes from the legendary bad boy of Japanese cinema, Sion Sono.
Synopsis
The film takes place some time in the future and five years have passed since the Shibuya riots. Now, there are now several tribes that exits in Tokyo. Kai Deguchi is a member of the Musashino Saru tribe led by Tera.
When a member of Musashino Saru is killed by rival tribe Bukuro Wu-RONZ led by Mera, Kai finds himself facing off against a former best friend. Meanwhile, Tera, the leader of Musashino Saru and a moderate who forbids using violence, is killed by Mera who is also from Bukuro Wu-RONZ.
The Musashino Saru gang becomes split over the issue of the use of violence and soon a massive gang war between the tribes erupts with Kai caught in the middle.
Tokyo Tribes is a seinen manga created by Santa Inoue and serialised in the urban fashion magazine Boon from 1997 to 2005. It mixes Hip Hop culture with a future dystopian Tokyo and focusses on two warring gangs.The trailer looks like Sion Sono has made a pure entertainment film. He is considered one of Japan’s leading auteurs and a person unafraid to tackle different subjects. Having built up a reputation with horror films such as Suicide Club (2002) and Strange Circus (2005) he has dabbled in drama with Noriko’s Dinner Table (2005) and gangsters with Hazard (2005) and last year’s incredible yakuza wars comedy film Why Don’t You Play in Hell? which this looks similar to in tone with wild action and much over the top violence.
Its production was announced last year and open auditions were held which involved people uploading videos to a YouTube channel. The person who won the audition was YOUNG DAIS and he took the role of main protagonist Kai.
Although there’s a new face taking the lead role, there is a veritable selection of familiar top acting talent also on screen alongside him with Denden, star of Cold Fish (2011), Yui Ishikawa, actress in Ju-on: The Grudge (2003), and Shota Sometani star of Hiimizu (2012) and the forthcoming live-action adaptation of Parasyte, in the supporting cast.
This being a film that relies heavily on rap music it should come as no surprised that top Japanese hip-hop acts are contributing with Zeebra leading the way.
The film gets a release at the end of August.
