Crows Zero 2007 123movies

Watch: クローズZERO 2007 123movies, Full Movie Online – The Suzuran Senior High School for Boys, nicknamed “The School of Crows”, is the poorest achieving, most violent school in the country. The students are called “crows” and they band together in factions, battling each other for influence and power. But they all share a common goal, one that has never been reached in the school’s history: unification. No one faction has ever reigned supreme. Genji Takiya, a transfer student who attempts to take over Suzuran Boys High School and is mentored by old boy yakuza Katagiri as he faces off against rival Serizawa..
Plot: The students of Suzuran High compete for the King of School title. An ex-graduate yakuza is sent to kill the son of a criminal group, but he can’t make himself do it as he reminds him of his youth.
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Ratings:

	7.0/10 Votes: 8,393
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Reviews:

Funny, mindless, and violent
If you assemble a staff like Takashi Miike, Shun Oguri, and Meisa Kuroki, you can expect a better than average high school drama.

If the story isn’t interesting, the mayhem that goes on the screen keeps things going. It’s a mindless entertainment, no doubt about that, but it’s designed to cater to certain crowd of people that identifies with this sort of story.

Based on a comic by Hiroshi Takahashi, Crows Zero is about Genji Takiya (Shun Oguri) who transfered to Suzuran Boy’s School. The school is the lowest grade high school in the province. The students are all delinquents, but Genji is notch above the rest. Nobody has become the top leader in this high school, but maybe Genji will succeed where no one else have in the past.

The story is definitely not for everybody. But if you understand the plot, it’s quite entertaining. Director Miike puts in his usual high quality behind the chaotic directing style that he has.

Just don’t choose this movie as a one to watch with your girlfriend on a date.

Not just another high school violence movie
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.

The plot is quite typical of high school movies. 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. Genji soon finds the strongest guy in the school: Serizawa (Yamada Takayuki), who was also set to conquer all other classes. Genji challenges Serizawa to a duel, but of course, being a newcomer that he is, wasn’t taken seriously at first. 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.

The story for this film is extremely well-designed, with excellent flow from beginning to the very end. What I especially liked about this movie is that it was more than just random violence by bunch of kids trying to look badass. Although it IS action packed, the main theme of this film is school politics and friendship. Oguri Shun’s character developed very well, from a clueless kid to a leader backed by many trustworthy friends.

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. Action was also very well-directed for an exciting 2 hours. I thought it was even more visually pleasing than Miike’s “Ryuu ga Gotoku”.

Casting for this film is absolutely incredible. 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. 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’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. All the other cast did what they do best, and a very high level of acting overall.

Although I haven’t read the manga series, this prequel was very easy to follow. 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.

Other Information:

Original Language ja
Runtime 2 hr 10 min (130 min), 2 hr 10 min (130 min) (Japan)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated N/A
Genre Action, Comedy, Crime
Director Takashi Miike
Writer Hiroshi Takahashi, Shôgo Mutô
Actors Shun Oguri, Kyôsuke Yabe, Meisa Kuroki
Country Japan
Awards 3 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Camera Arriflex Cameras
Laboratory Imagica Corporation, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm (Kodak)
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (2K) (master format), Spherical (source format)
Printed Film Format 35 mm (spherical)