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Cast

Takanori Jinnai profile

Takanori Jinnai

Command Sasaki

Kou Machida profile

Kou Machida

Mad Brother

Shigeru Muroi profile

Shigeru Muroi

Speed Killer

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Hitomi Tsurukawa

Miracle God's Evil

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Shinya Ohe

Flying Kazato

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Hiromi Hiraguchi

Lolicon Politician

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Ken Yoshizawa

Kirishima

Jugatsu Toi profile

Jugatsu Toi

Mad Brother

Masayuki Watanabe profile

Masayuki Watanabe

Speed Killer

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LaSalle Ishii

Speed Killer

Takayasu Komiya profile

Takayasu Komiya

Speed Killer

Michiro Endo profile

Michiro Endo

Mad Stalin

Katsuyuki Shinohara profile

Katsuyuki Shinohara

Man with Mechanical Arms

Kazuo Komizu profile

Kazuo Komizu

Eyepatch Man

Jun Etoh profile

Jun Etoh

Dread Man

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Kansai Eto

Dread Man

Saburo Tamura profile

Saburo Tamura

Battle Police

Kōji Wada profile

Kōji Wada

Kikukawa's Subordinate

Gilyak Amagasaki profile

Gilyak Amagasaki

Man in Military Uniform

Daisuke Iijima profile

Daisuke Iijima

Auto Mechanic

Shinbō Minami profile

Shinbō Minami

TV Commentator

Tarō Suwa profile

Tarō Suwa

Factory Manager

Makoto Tezuka profile

Makoto Tezuka

House Guest

George Iida profile

George Iida

Oxygen Cylinder Man

Keiko Takahashi profile

Keiko Takahashi

Woman Singing with a Razor

Details

Status

Released

Original language

ja

Countries

JP

Reviews

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A review by Walruse 9

January 5, 2018

Burst City from 1982 is a punk rock operetta with the polemic stance that is essential for the anarchist strains of punk traditions. Sogo Ishii relies upon and extends punk rock aesthetics to a convincing gesamtkunstwerk that interestingly sits very well between the post-apocalypse of the time and the cyberpunk that is yet to come.

But most of all, I'd say Burst City is a war movie. A war movie where the trenches have been exchanged for a dystopic industrial slum and the main weap...

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