Also the parody of the Yakuza, as inferior guys who get beaten up by the school kids. This is all staged, and that's clear to us, and it's OK. Different moments in time, and different places on earth, and an important element: this film doesn't take itself seriously, as the others do.
#CROW ZERO 2 ENDING SONG SERIES#
In a way, this is no different, in root, of series like Rambo, the filmography of Chuck Norris or the urban hip-hop acting pose. Crows Zero (ZERO, Kurzu Zero), also known as Crows: Episode 0, is a 2007 Japanese action film based on the manga Crows by Hiroshi Takahashi.The film was directed by Takashi Miike with a screenplay by Shgo Mut, and stars Shun Oguri, Kysuke Yabe, Meisa Kuroki, and Takayuki Yamada. The director knows a few things about framing and pace, even though he doesn't take many risks (or none at all) in how he shoots the fights. This drama follows the political rivalries and romance of Queen Elizabeth IIs reign and the events that shaped the second half of the 20th century. This film gets away with that single thin notion because it is able to support it visually. This is a thin notion, which probably will appeal to a teen mind (with 24 i'm not quite sure yet if i've ever been a teen). To underline this, we come to understand that in fact the strongest guy in the school was in fact away from the main disputes all the way, probably because he is not cool, in the notion of the cool guys (he is cool in his uncool way). The fighting is a fundamental issue of that coolness, the best fighters gain admiration, not for their physical skill but for the coolness with what they get out of the situations - even when Genji is defeated after fighting dozens at the same time, he falls in a cool way. In fact, whenever we hear about wanting to 'rule' the school, what's in fact at stake is being the coolest there.
Everything here is designed to look cool.
It's an exploration of what it means, in a certain moment in time, in a certain culture (arguably global.), to be cool.