Despite his baby-faced good looks and somewhat goofy personality, he is ruthlessly determined to keep his top position at whatever costs and beats down all challengers to his throne.
The top "A" class comprises of allies of the current king of the school, Serizawa Tamao (Yamada Takayuki) who is called the "Hyaku Jyu Oh" (King of the Hundred Beasts) for his ferocity and strength in fights. Formal education is the least of the worries at the school as daily classes are almost non-existant and students spend most of the time either fighting with each other or allying themselves with the various factions that control the school. Suzuran's student body has the unique distinction of being the most violent, lawless and brutal. Based on Takahashi Hiroshi's gritty comic series Crows, which runs in "Monthly Shonen Champion" magazine, the movie follows the exploits of Takaya Genji, the son of a high ranking Yakuza ganglord, who has transferred into the notorious high school Suzuran. It was outrageously violent and portrayed high school life as a battlefield, where personal combat was a means to prove a teen's worth and masculinity.Įnter Miike Takashi's recent Crows Zero which almost plays like an updated version of Be-Bop High School albeit with his own unique flourishes and stylistic nuances.
One of my favorite Japanese movie series of the 80s was Nasu Hiroyuki's absurdly violent Be-Bop High School, which was based on Kiyuchi Kazuhiro's popular manga series that ran in "Weekly Young Jump" from 1983. Yet surprisingly, amid the chaos Miike delievers a deep story which akins high school life to feudal warfare, where alliances are sought, deals made and friendships tested, all in the name of becoming top of the class. Miike's adaptation of Hiroshi Takahashi's wickedly violent teen high school comic is a visual onslaught of bloody mayhem, macho violence and brutual "mano a mano" combat.
Shun Oguri, Kyosuke Yabe, Takayuki Yamada, Meisa Kuroki, Kenta Kiritani, Sousuke Takaoka, Yusuke Kamiji, Tsutomu Takahashi, Suzunosuke, Kaname Endo,Sunsuke Taido, Goro Kishitani Shogo Muto, based on the manga by Takahashi Hiroshi A class photo for Takashi Miike's teen action drama Crows Zero.
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