Burst City

You ride into 2030 Tokyo on a chopper with three punk bands whose gear hums on diesel. Amps double as Molotovs, and the crowd’s already lobbing bricks at the corporate skyline when the riot squad’s drones circle overhead. Ishii’s camera flattens the city into a comic book where every crash asks who really owns the future.

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Gakuryu Ishii directed Burst City in 1982. See Gakuryu Ishii's full filmography, where to start with Gakuryu Ishii, or where to go after you've seen everything by Gakuryu Ishii.

Burst City was released in 1982 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 115 minutes.