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Sion Sono's Tokyo Tribe Film Slated for October 23 in N. America

posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Film offered in theaters, on VOD, on iTunes

North American film distributor XLrator Media will release Sion Sono's Tokyo Tribe film in theaters, Video on Demand, and on iTunes on October 23 under its "TURBO" action label. XLrator Media announced its acquisition of the distribution rights for the film in March.

XLrator Media describes the film:

In a futuristic, alternate Tokyo made up of ghetto slums and nightclub playgrounds, territorial street gangs rule the city. The opposing factions – each with their own distinctive style – control different neighborhoods and crossing territorial lines leads to riots and rumbles. When a megalomaniacal gang leader tries to invade the other gangs' turf, the city explodes into an all-out war.

Los Angeles-based independent production company XYZ Films first acquired the distribution rights in August 2014, and it premiered the film internationally at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2014. The film opened in Japan in August 2014.

Sion Sono (Suicide Club, Shinjuku Swan, All Esper Dayo!) wrote and directed the film, which stars Ryōhei Suzuki (HK/Hentai Kamen) as Bukuro Wu-Ronz gang leader Mera and hip-hop artist YOUNG DAIS as Kai in the rival gang Musashino Saru.

Tokyopop published six of 12 volumes of Santa Inoue's original Tokyo Tribe 2 manga (under the name Tokyo Tribes) in North America. Madhouse adapted the same manga series into the 13-episode Tokyo Tribe 2 anime series in 2006. Inoue recently published two new chapters of the manga Akita Shoten's Bessatsu Young Champion magazine in July and August.

Inoue also confirmed in May that producer Patrick S. Cunningham (Starlet, The Room) and screenwriter Darryl Wharton-Rigby (Homicide: Life on the Street, Obon) licensed the rights to adapt Tokyo Tribes as a television series.

Thanks to Daniel Zelter for the news tip

[Via City on Fire]


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