Burst City

Apr 9, 1982

1h 55m

★ 6.3

Attention!!

Overview

Set in a barren, futuristic Tokyo of highways and wastelands, a rowdy group of punk bands and their fans gather to protest slow, boring, Japanese living.

Genres

Action

Music

Science Fiction

Production Companies

Toei Central Film

Dynamite Productions

Burst City Trailers

Cast

Command Sasaki

Takanori Jinnai

Kuronuma

Shigeru Izumiya

Mad Brother

Kou Machida

Speed Killer

Shigeru Muroi

Miracle God's Evil

Hitomi Tsurukawa

Flying Kazato

Shinya Ohe

Lolicon Politician

Hiromi Hiraguchi

Blue

Mayumi Ohbayashi

Kirishima

Ken Yoshizawa

Kikukawa

Umanosuke Ueda

Mad Brother

Jugatsu Toi

Speed Killer

Masayuki Watanabe

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