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Born to run, doomed to stall. Sayonara Speed Tribes documents end of Japan’s motorcycle gangs

Sayonara Speed Tribes focuses on Hazuki Kazuhiro, the former leader of the Narushino Specter Gang. When the film starts, all we know is that he is currently a boxer and…

Sayonara Speed Tribes (暴走族サヨナラ) opens April 12. Run & catch it!

Japan's infamous 'Speed Tribes' - kamikaze styled biker gangs- have, for decades, delighted would-be rebels and terrorized the general public. Idolized in the underground, demonized by the mass media and…