Genji and his victorious G.P.S. alliance find themselves facing down a new challenge by the students of Hosen Academy, feared by everyone as 'The Army of Killers.' The two schools, in fact, have a history of bad blood between them. And the simmering embers of hatred are about to flare up again, burning away any last remnants of the truce they had so rigorously observed until now.
Direction
Miike treats teen brawls like Kurosawa samurai showdowns. Respectfully unhinged.
Practical Effects
Real stunts, real impacts, real question: how did nobody die filming this?
Costume
Modified school uniforms so elaborate they deserve their own credit.
Director
Takashi Miike
Shun Oguri
Genji Takaya
Takayuki Yamada
Tamao Serizawa
Kenta Kiritani
Tokio Tatsukawa
Meisa Kuroki
Luca Aizawa
Kyosuke Yabe
Ken Katagiri
Sousuke Takaoka
Shun Izaki
Tsutomu Takahashi
Takashi Makise
Kaname Endo
Yuji Tokaji
Suzunosuke Tanaka
Chuta Tamura
Yusuke Kamiji
Shoji Tsutsumoto
Shunsuke Daitoh
Hiromi Kirishima
Yusuke Izaki
Manabu Mikami
Motoki Fukami
Megumi Hayashida / Rindaman
Shinnosuke Abe
Sho Kawanishi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'furyo' delinquent genre peaked in 1980s manga; Miike's adaptation both celebrates and mocks its absurd macho rituals. Crows Zero II specifically adapts the 'worst' arc, which fans debated for years.
Oguri and Yamada reportedly did 90% of their own stunts, resulting in Yamada's actual hospitalization during the Hosen raid sequence. Miike kept the take.
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