| Crows Zero | |
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| Directed by | Takashi Miike |
| Screenplay by | Shōgo Mutō |
| Based on | Crows by Hiroshi Takahashi |
| Produced by | Mataichiro Yamamoto |
| Starring | Shun Oguri Kyosuke Yabe Takayuki Yamada Shunsuke Daito Meisa Kuroki Tsutomu Takahashi Goro Kishitani |
| Cinematography | Takumi Furuya |
| Edited by | Shuichi Kakesu Tomoki Nagasaka |
| Music by | Naoki Otsubo The Street Beats |
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Running time | 129 min. |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Box office | $22,036,607[1] |
Crows Zero (クローズZERO, Kurōzu Zero), also known as Crows: Episode 0 is a 2007 Japanese action film directed by Takashi Miike with a screenplay by Shōgo Mutō.[2] 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.[3]
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.
- ^ "Kurōzu Zero at BoxOfficeMojo". Archived from the original on 2013-04-05.
- ^ "Kurōzu Zero at Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on 2013-11-25.
- ^ Tyler Lim. "Crows Zero (Kurozu Zero) (2007)". Archived from the original on 2008-06-14. Retrieved 2008-06-16.