Crows Explode (Kurôzu Explode)
Written by Kosuke Mukai, Rikiya Mizushima, Takashi Hasegawa and Hiroshi Takahashi
Directed by Toshiaki Toyoda
Japan, 2014
The live-action adaptation of manga properties in Japanese cinema is just as popular and frequent as Hollywood’ s thirst to translate comic book tales originating from DC, Marvel and lesser-known publishers in North America. Both come with their share of trials and tribulations, such as what to leave in, what to leave out, and what to change in order to smoothen the transition from the page to the silver screen. The Crows series — which began with 2007’s Crows Zero, was followed by 2009’s Crows Zero 2, and continues with this year’s Crows Explode – is in a special situation considering the change in directorial talent handling each entry. The first two were guided by the crazy genius that is Takashi Miike (which is completely normal considering the premise), whereas the...
Written by Kosuke Mukai, Rikiya Mizushima, Takashi Hasegawa and Hiroshi Takahashi
Directed by Toshiaki Toyoda
Japan, 2014
The live-action adaptation of manga properties in Japanese cinema is just as popular and frequent as Hollywood’ s thirst to translate comic book tales originating from DC, Marvel and lesser-known publishers in North America. Both come with their share of trials and tribulations, such as what to leave in, what to leave out, and what to change in order to smoothen the transition from the page to the silver screen. The Crows series — which began with 2007’s Crows Zero, was followed by 2009’s Crows Zero 2, and continues with this year’s Crows Explode – is in a special situation considering the change in directorial talent handling each entry. The first two were guided by the crazy genius that is Takashi Miike (which is completely normal considering the premise), whereas the...
- 7/24/2014
- by Edgar Chaput
- SoundOnSight
It’s October. A time when Ghoulies, Ghosties and Long-Legged Beasties roam the earth. But if you start seeing the ghost of a World War II Japanese kamikaze fighter pilot, you’re probably Enoch Brae, the central character of Restless. And that’s not a bad place to be.
Enoch is an odd kid. If your name is Enoch you probably have to be a loner slack indie hipster. It’s probably the law. Enoch traces his outline in chalk, as you’d do for someone who has died. He hangs out with a ghost that regularly beats him at Battleship. And Enoch crashes funerals. One day, during his usual round of funeral-hopping, he meets Annabel, a beautiful little Mia Farrow doppelganger that is almost as quirky as he is. The two strike up a friendship, Enoch finds out Annabel has terminal brain cancer, and the rest of the film...
Enoch is an odd kid. If your name is Enoch you probably have to be a loner slack indie hipster. It’s probably the law. Enoch traces his outline in chalk, as you’d do for someone who has died. He hangs out with a ghost that regularly beats him at Battleship. And Enoch crashes funerals. One day, during his usual round of funeral-hopping, he meets Annabel, a beautiful little Mia Farrow doppelganger that is almost as quirky as he is. The two strike up a friendship, Enoch finds out Annabel has terminal brain cancer, and the rest of the film...
- 10/7/2011
- Atomic Popcorn
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