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.