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Burst City (1982)

Directed by Gakuryu Ishii · Cinematography by Norimichi Kasamatsu

115 min57 frames

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Burst City (1982) movie still: closeup — A pair of thick-framed glasses sits on a flat, bright surface. A single wooden drumstick lies diagonally…Burst City (1982) movie still: medium — A dimly lit rock concert venue with dark silhouettes of audience members in front. Three band members…Burst City (1982) movie still: medium — A dimly lit club environment features a prominent green structural block overhead. A male performer stands…Burst City (1982) movie still: establishing — An asphalt highway stretches into the distance beneath a vast, gradient twilight sky. Streetlights…Burst City (1982) movie still: medium — A performer stands on a dark stage against a completely black background. The person shouts into a red…Burst City (1982) movie still: medium — A dimly lit nightclub performance space bathed in intense red light and shadows. Two musicians stand closely…Burst City (1982) movie still: fullbody — A dimly lit room with raw concrete walls and draped red fabric partitions. Five women pose holding various…Burst City (1982) movie still: closeup — A close view of a hand holding a cigarette against a pitch black background. The cigarette is lit with…Burst City (1982) movie still: fullbody — An urban industrial area features metal walls covered in faded spray-painted graffiti tags. A shirtless…Burst City (1982) movie still: medium — A dimly lit room with a concrete floor and plain textured wall behind. Three young men sit in a row against…Burst City (1982) movie still: wide — A cluttered, industrial rehearsal space with exposed piping and graffiti-covered walls. Several musicians are…Burst City (1982) movie still: establishing — A wide city street is flanked by tall modern buildings and active construction sites. The perspective…Burst City (1982) movie still: medium — A dark space features a metal frame wall with graffiti and saturated neon lights. A man in a waistcoat…Burst City (1982) movie still: medium — A dark outdoor setting at night features a man wearing a motorcycle helmet. He stares toward an unseen…Burst City (1982) movie still: closeup — A dense, dark jungle environment at night with low visibility and high moisture levels. A man looks toward…Burst City (1982) movie still: medium — An urban alleyway features dark metallic surfaces and textured concrete walls at night. A man and woman rest…
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What is Burst City about?

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.

Burst City is a Japanese dystopian punk rock musical / action film. Released in 1982, the film was directed by Gakuryū Ishii. Primarily a showcase for various specific punk rock bands of the time such as The Roosters, The Rockers, and The Stalin, the film is also purely demonstrative of the culture and attitude of the punk rock community of Japan in the mid-to-late 1970s and the early 1980s, and is considered a defining film of that subculture.

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What does the cinematography of Burst City look like?

Sampled across 57 frames, the coverage of Burst City leans on medium shots (44% of the sample) and wide compositions (25%). The camera returns again and again to low angles. Cinematographer Norimichi Kasamatsu keeps 63% of it in hard-edged, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 72% of the frames. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 65% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.

What is the color palette of Burst City?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Burst City (1982) are #080a0a, #322f30, #f5f5f3, #12292f, #4f504d, #2c120e — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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