Crows Zero

, also known as Crows: Episode 0, is a 2007 Japanese action film directed by Takashi Miike with a screenplay by Shōgo Mutō. It is based on the manga Crows by Hiroshi Takahashi and stars Shun Oguri, Kyōsuke Yabe, Meisa Kuroki and Takayuki Yamada. The plot serves as a prequel to the manga and focuses on the power struggle between gang of students at Suzuran All-Boys High School. Crows Zero was released in Japan on 27 October 2007 and became a commercial success. It has spawned two sequels titled Crows Zero 2 and Crows Explode as well as a manga adaptation released 13 November 2008.

, also known as Crows: Episode 0, is a 2007 Japanese action film directed by Takashi Miike with a screenplay by Shōgo Mutō. It is based on the manga Crows by Hiroshi Takahashi and stars Shun Oguri, Kyōsuke Yabe, Meisa Kuroki and Takayuki Yamada. The plot serves as a prequel to the manga and focuses on the power struggle between gang of students at Suzuran All-Boys High School. Crows Zero was released in Japan on 27 October 2007 and became a commercial success. It has spawned two sequels titled Crows Zero 2 and Crows Explode as well as a manga adaptation released 13 November 2008. ==Release== The film was released in Japan on October 27, 2007. It was also screened internationally in Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea, and Hong Kong throughout 2008. The film was released on DVD in the United States on March 31, 2009. ==Reception== ===Critical response=== Najib Zulfikar of Total Film gave 3/5 stars and wrote "Miike amps it all up to 11 in his inimitable style, as impossibly coiffured pretty boys duke it out and the Yakuza take an interest in the outcome. Sadly, the story's so overpopulated it's hard to care who'll survive to graduate." David Brook of Blueprint Review gave the film 2.5/5 stars indicating, "Teenage boys will lap up every minute of it (other than the songs which probably won't appeal to many Westerners) and the lack of obviously 'bad' and 'good' guys means the conclusion wasn't always going to be clear cut (after an hour or so you can see where its heading though)." ===Box office=== The film grossed US$22,036,607 worldwide. ==Sequels== The film was followed by two sequels: Crows Zero 2 (also directed by Miike) in 2009 and Crows Explode in 2014.

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