Broken Rhyme (film)
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Broken Rhyme is a 2006 American 90-minute feature film and drama directed and produced by Detdrich McClure about a disillusioned rapper (played by Mutulu Olugabala also known as rapper M-1
who goes to Japan
to shoot a video there and encounters a mysterious Japanese woman who leads him on a spiritual journey and the heavy price he has to pay for turning his back on the forces that run the hip-hop music industry.
The film premiered at the Filmlife and HBO American Black Film Festival in June 2006 as an Official Selection.
M-1 (rapper)
Mutulu Olugbala also known by his stage name M-1 is a rapper, activist and author known for his work as one half of the political hip hop duo Dead Prez along with his friend stic.man...
who goes to Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
to shoot a video there and encounters a mysterious Japanese woman who leads him on a spiritual journey and the heavy price he has to pay for turning his back on the forces that run the hip-hop music industry.
The film premiered at the Filmlife and HBO American Black Film Festival in June 2006 as an Official Selection.
Cast
- Mutulu OlugabalaM-1 (rapper)Mutulu Olugbala also known by his stage name M-1 is a rapper, activist and author known for his work as one half of the political hip hop duo Dead Prez along with his friend stic.man...
as M-1 - Lucy Kawai as Yumi
- Ken Takemoto as Masa
- Art Hsu as Gun Dealer
- Hiroko Imai as Reporter
- Rashaan Smith as Bulldog
- Rashawn E. Vaughn as Bulldog