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Kabukicho’s streets turn perilous in ‘Tokyo Strayers’
Once notorious as Tokyo’s sketchiest red-light district — and a frequent setting for yakuza movies — Kabukicho has now become a somewhat gentrified lure for hordes of foreign tourists.
But as Ren Akiba’s youth drama “Tokyo Strayers” demonstrates with hyperkinetic energy and stylish realism, its streets are still wild and dangerous for the runaway kids who drift into Toyoko, the plaza next to the Toho cinema complex where the giant statue of Godzilla dwells.
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Once notorious as Tokyo’s sketchiest red-light district — and a frequent setting for yakuza movies — Kabukicho has now become a somewhat gentrified lure for hordes of foreign tourists.
But as Ren Akiba’s youth drama “Tokyo Strayers” demonstrates with hyperkinetic energy and stylish realism, its streets are still wild and dangerous for the runaway kids who drift into Toyoko, the plaza next to the Toho cinema complex where the giant statue of Godzilla dwells.
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