Takashi Miike offers a sequel to the successful “Crows Zero”. If the first work didn’t leave us with a cliffhanger, it is nice to catch-up with the same characters, and in the same atmosphere.
Indeed, and unlike the third movie (“Crows Explode”), Crows Zero II doesn’t change the winning team. It is still directed by Miike. The screenplay is still adapted by Shôgo Mutô (usually more active on the J-drama stage). The characters are back, and we luckily avoid the “Days of Our Lives”’s twist to cast different actors for the same role. The soundtrack is still rock’n’rollish and cool.
The film starts eight months after Genji Takaya’s gang took over Suzuran. He is struggling to secure his authority within the school and screws up a long-built truce between Suzuran and another school, Housen. Not a great start for Genji, but...
Indeed, and unlike the third movie (“Crows Explode”), Crows Zero II doesn’t change the winning team. It is still directed by Miike. The screenplay is still adapted by Shôgo Mutô (usually more active on the J-drama stage). The characters are back, and we luckily avoid the “Days of Our Lives”’s twist to cast different actors for the same role. The soundtrack is still rock’n’rollish and cool.
The film starts eight months after Genji Takaya’s gang took over Suzuran. He is struggling to secure his authority within the school and screws up a long-built truce between Suzuran and another school, Housen. Not a great start for Genji, but...
- 1/14/2020
- by Oriana Virone
- AsianMoviePulse
Having started in 2012, this third entry in the ‘Iron Girl’ saga of action/sci-fi films carries on the post-apocalyptic themes and settings from the previous films, while managing to tie together the franchise in a potential final package. Once again helmed by Kenichi Fujiwara, the director of the previous installment as well as several other returning characters, this new film is screening at Japan Film Fest Hamburg.
“Iron Girl: Final Wars” is screening at
Japan Film Fest Hamburg
In the middle of a war-ravaged Japan, Chris manages to meet up with Joe who is part of the resistance corps looking into why the Artificial Intelligence program Juda is sending out murderous cyborgs looking for a specific girl. That leads her to young Sara who’s also part of the resistance group but is continually fearful of the dreams she has of Chris dying in battle even though they never met before.
“Iron Girl: Final Wars” is screening at
Japan Film Fest Hamburg
In the middle of a war-ravaged Japan, Chris manages to meet up with Joe who is part of the resistance corps looking into why the Artificial Intelligence program Juda is sending out murderous cyborgs looking for a specific girl. That leads her to young Sara who’s also part of the resistance group but is continually fearful of the dreams she has of Chris dying in battle even though they never met before.
- 5/26/2019
- by Don Anelli
- AsianMoviePulse
Ask me what is high on my list of anticipated films for 2009 and if I don’t say Crows Zero II kick the guy standing beside me in the nuts and yell out, ‘See! See what happens when you forget?!’ Don’t matter who they are, if I forget, they pay.
Filming has already started on the sequel to Takashi Miike’s awesome adaptation of the Japanese manga. If I’m to believe anything that Google Translate and Babel Fish tell me from the report on the official site the conditions are hot but the cast has plenty of willpower and filming is progressing at a nice clip [ie. the shout potato sufficient of the cast]. Damnit, I really need to learn Japanese. But, what does translate well is the fact that the final battle in the sequel will involve 500 gang members. Oh, bliss!
Haruma Miura [Negative Happy Chainsaw Edge] has been cast as the rival gang leader. Miura plays Tatusya Mito,...
Filming has already started on the sequel to Takashi Miike’s awesome adaptation of the Japanese manga. If I’m to believe anything that Google Translate and Babel Fish tell me from the report on the official site the conditions are hot but the cast has plenty of willpower and filming is progressing at a nice clip [ie. the shout potato sufficient of the cast]. Damnit, I really need to learn Japanese. But, what does translate well is the fact that the final battle in the sequel will involve 500 gang members. Oh, bliss!
Haruma Miura [Negative Happy Chainsaw Edge] has been cast as the rival gang leader. Miura plays Tatusya Mito,...
- 8/27/2008
- by Mack
- Screen Anarchy
I finally got my copy of Takashi Miike’s Crows Zero the other week and I haven’t put it down much since then. Absolutely love it. In fact, writing this post is so inspiring I think I’ll pop it into the player again tonight! So here I am, chomping at the bit, waiting for any information about the next film in the series and lo and behold those fine lads over at Nippon Cinema have given me my Miike hit for the day. They have found a casting call for the next Crows Zero film. And what is the production looking for?
The production is looking for a large number of 18-35 year-old skinhead extras to play students of Housen Gakuen; one of the rival schools featured in Hiroshi Takahashi‘s Crows manga spinoff, “Worst”. They’re also looking for “big-boned” tough-looking dudes to play Serizawa’s army,...
The production is looking for a large number of 18-35 year-old skinhead extras to play students of Housen Gakuen; one of the rival schools featured in Hiroshi Takahashi‘s Crows manga spinoff, “Worst”. They’re also looking for “big-boned” tough-looking dudes to play Serizawa’s army,...
- 7/13/2008
- by Mack
- Screen Anarchy
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