
His goal is to become the leader of Suzuran High. He is a good guy, ingenuous and honest, but he is also very strong. PLOT : Hana Tsukishima is a country boy that recently moved to city. Hiroshi Takahashi had also released Worst Gaiden which is the short collection of sides stories for the Worst series. Crows and Worst take place in the same universe.
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The series is currently being serialized in Japan and has been collected into 28 tankōbon volumes. Worst (ワースト) was first published by Shōnen Champion in 2002. When you compare them to the poor caged birds that have to forgotten to fly, crows are much better. " There's nothing wrong with being a crow. He then became the strongest in Suzuran High and lived up to his own words: In this school, everyone is a delinquent despised by the society and lives without school rules. PLOT : Harumichi Bouya is a new transfer student to Suzuran High, the school of "Crows". As of October 2007, it had sold more than 32 million copies of the 26 tankōbon volumes. He also directed the Japanese ghost horror film Kyôfu.Ĭrows (クローズ Kurōzu) is a Japanese manga series first published in 1991 about high school delinquents.

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It's impossible to take away the cheesiness associated with manga-adaptation or high school violence, but it was an extremely well-directed action movie with a meaningful message.Hiroshi Takahashi (高橋 ヒロシ), born 12 December 1965, is a Japanese manga artist. Although I haven't read the manga series, this prequel was very easy to follow. All the other cast did what they do best, and a very high level of acting overall. I'm still not convinced with Oguri Shun's acting or his role as a violent punk student, but he seemed to be less out of place as he was in "Hana Yori Dango" dorama series. I've never thought him as a wild type, but he was so cool as a villain and gave his character really big presence in this film. I recognized so many faces, many who established themselves in yakuza or delinquent roles, but the most pleasant surprise was Yamada Takayuki, who had his share of dark roles in the past, but never a violent one such as this, and possibly the first as a villain. Casting for this film is absolutely incredible. I thought it was even more visually pleasing than Miike's "Ryuu ga Gotoku". Action was also very well-directed for an exciting 2 hours. Cinematography for this film was extremely well-done, from school to the streets, you can tell the production crew paid attention to the tiniest detail in every single scene. Oguri Shun's character developed very well, from a clueless kid to a leader backed by many trustworthy friends. Although it IS action packed, the main theme of this film is school politics and friendship. What I especially liked about this movie is that it was more than just random violence by bunch of kids trying to look badass. The story for this film is extremely well-designed, with excellent flow from beginning to the very end. Genji then seeks help and builds up his own army while defeating other minor 'bosses', and eventually a showdown with Serizawa in his journey to the top of Suzuran High. Genji challenges Serizawa to a duel, but of course, being a newcomer that he is, wasn't taken seriously at first. Genji soon finds the strongest guy in the school: Serizawa (Yamada Takayuki), who was also set to conquer all other classes. Genji (Oguri Shun), a son of yakuza boss must achieve an unprecedented unification of notorious Suzuran High School (AKA: Crow's High School) in order to take over his father's position.

The plot is quite typical of high school movies.

Personally, I'm not a Miike Takashi fan, and I usually dislike these "Furyou" (deliquent high schooler) genre films, but it was surprisingly enjoyable film even for me.
