Crows Zero 2

Crows Zero 2
Directed by	Takashi Miike
Produced by	Mataichiro Yamamoto
Written by	Manga: Hiroshi Takahashi Screenplay: Shogo Muto
Starring	Shun Oguri Shunsuke Daitō Suzunosuke Tanaka Sōsuke Takaoka Kyōsuke Yabe Takayuki Yamada Tommy Ly Yusuke Nakajima
Cinematography	Nobuyasu Kita
Editing by	Shuichi Kakesu Tomoki Nagasaka
Release date(s)	Japan April 11, 2009
Running time	133 min.
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Crows Zero 2 (クローズZERO 2, Kurōzu Zero 2^?) is a sequel to Crows Zero, a loose adaptation of Hiroshi Takahashi's best-selling manga, Crows^[1].

The film was written by Shogo Muto and directed by Takashi Miike, featuring Shun Oguri and Takayuki Yamada who, among some actors originally appeared in Crows Zero, returned to revive their roles as Genji Takiya and Tamao Serizawa, respectively.

Plot

Just as Genji Takiya (Shun Oguri) is about to take over Suzuran All Boys High School as its leader of the newly formed G.P.S. alliance, he unwittingly breaks a pact by protecting Sho Kawanishi (Shinnosuke Abe) from a violent confrontation with students of rival school Hosen Academy, who're famed for being so violent that they're known as the Army of Killers.

Genji quickly learns that the pact between Suzuran and Hosen was made two years earlier after Sho Kawanishi broke a gang law by using a weapon that fatally stabbed Hosen's leader. Suzuran had sworn to a pact they would not interfere with Hosen's actions when Kawanishi is released from prison.

Genji's accidental protection of Kawanishi prompts the new Hosen leader, Taiga Narumi (Nobuaki Kaneko), to declare war against Suzuran, forcing Genji and his allies to go on defensive, which ultimately sparks violent confrontations between Suzuran and Hosen.

Cast

• Shun Oguri as Genji Takiya
• Takayuki Yamada as Tamao Serizawa
• Kuroki Meisa as Ruka Aizawa
• Kyōsuke Yabe as Ken Katagiri
• Kenta Kiritani as Tokio Tatsukawa
• Suzunosuke Tanaka as Chuta Tamura
• Sōsuke Takaoka as Shun Izaki
• Goro Kishitani as Hideo Takiya
• Fumaki Motoki as Megumi Hayashida (Rinda Man)
• Shunsuke Daitō as Hiromi Kirishima
• Tsutomu Takahashi as Takashi Makise
• Yusuke Kamiji as Shōji Tsutsumoto
• Yusuke Izaki as Manabu Mikami
• Hisato Izaki as Takeshi Mikami
• Ryō Hashizume as Toshiaki Honjo
• Yu Koyanagi as Makoto Sugihara
• Dai Watanabe as Hideto Bando
• Kaname Endō as Yuji Tokaji
• Motoki Fukami as Megumi Hayashida
• Shinnosuke Abe as Shō Kawanishi
• Nobuaki Kaneko as Taiga Narumi
• Kengo Oguchi as Rikiya Kumagiri
• Tomoya Warabino as Hayato Shibayama
• Gō Ayano as Ryō Urushibara
• Kazuki Namioka as Gota Washio
• Haruma Miura as Tatsuya Mito

References

1. ^ "Takashi Miike Helming Live-Action Crows Prequel". Anime News Network. April 19, 2007. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-04-19/takashi-miike-helming-live-action-crows. Retrieved January 24, 2010. 

External links

• Crows Zero 2 at the Internet Movie Database