Thus Genji begins enrollment at Suzuran High with one goal in mind: to become the school’s undisputed leader. Rather, his father Hideo promised Genji he could succeed him as the crime boss of the Ryuseikai Yakuza gang if he is able to take leadership over Suzuran High. With that kind of reputation, it’s obvious Genji didn’t transfer to Suzuran to receive a better education. Suzuran High is noted, with good reason, to be the roughest of rough high schools in Japan. In “Crows:Episode One” Genji (Shun Oguri) is a new transferee at the notorious Suzuran High aka the School of Crows. “Crows:Episode One” is clearly a visual treat. Well, give someone with the creative level of Takashi Miike a script like this to work with, base it on a 30 million selling comic and set a working budget far larger than what he normally has to work with and you could end-up with a train wreck or a visual treat. Two sides gear up for a conclusive battle, with the side best able to commandeer loyalty and discipline usually winning the fight.
Whether the backdrop is a Western, Warfare, Yakuza gangs, or High School gangs the basic elements seem to be the same. Through Serizawa and Takiya’s battle, director Takahashi shows not only his unique aesthetics for violence but also the true meaning of charisma, friendship, and leadership. And as he grows into a true leader, he must face an ultimate battle with Serizawa’s gang. But at the advice of Ken Katagiri, a low-ranked start-out yakuza, Takiya starts to muster together a gang of his own. Takiya, son of a yakuza boss, wants to be the school’s ace fighter. The biggest clique, Serizawa Army and its boss Tamaran Serizawa are challenged by a new student to the school, Kenji Takiya. Suzuran High School is also known as The School of Crows. Writer: Hiroshi Takahashi (manga), Shogo Muto.
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