Crows Zero
2007 2h 10m movie Film Japan

Crows Zero

クローズZERO

“Destroy everything and start from zero.”

Synopsis

クローズZERO

“Destroy everything and start from zero.”

The students of Suzuran High compete for the King of School title. An ex-graduate yakuza is sent to kill the son of a criminal group, but he can't make himself do it as he reminds him of his youth.

Audience Engagement

309
Reviews
90th
Review-volume percentile
79th
Popularity percentile

309 audience reviews — more than 90% of Japan films in our index.

Popularity sits at the 79th percentile among Japan films.

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with Crows Zero. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

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Action + Adventure in Japan

1030 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Action and Adventure genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Crows Zero itself).

The 2006–2008 Japan Window

Crows Zero holds position #156 of 372 Japan films in the 2006–2008 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

  1. 25th Anniversary Studio Ghibli Concert
    #1

    25th Anniversary Studio Ghibli Concert

    ★ 9.3 · 2008
  2. Operation Love
    #2

    Operation Love

    ★ 8.8 · 2007
  3. Akihabara@DEEP
    #3

    Akihabara@DEEP

    ★ 8.8 · 2006
  4. Welcome to the N.H.K.
    #4

    Welcome to the N.H.K.

    ★ 8.7 · 2006
  5. Naruto Shippūden
    #5

    Naruto Shippūden

    ★ 8.6 · 2007
  6. Death Note
    #6

    Death Note

    ★ 8.6 · 2006
  7. Planet Earth
    #7

    Planet Earth

    ★ 8.5 · 2006
  8. The Familiar of Zero
    #8

    The Familiar of Zero

    ★ 8.5 · 2006

The 2000s Japan Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in Japan, 1020 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Crows Zero premiered alongside 112 others.

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 112 other Japan films in 2007.

The 2009th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).

Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).

Thematic Fingerprint

Tags on Crows Zero, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.

Distinctive themes · rare across catalog
  • smoking · 5
  • delinquent · 5
  • teenager · 5
  • furyo · 4
  • male centered plot · 1
Recurring themes · common across catalog
  • japanese high school · 28
  • criminal · 27
  • gang · 26
  • mafia · 24
  • japanese high school student · 10
  • street fight · 6
Mainstream tags · widely used across catalog
  • japan · 454
  • based on manga · 297
  • yakuza · 93

Reception Benchmarks

7.0
TMDB Rating
309
Audience Reviews
Highly Rated
Critical Tier

Ranked #2,090 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (54th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Among Japan Action productions specifically: #846 of 1,714 (top 49%).

Production Details

Primary CountryJapan
Original LanguageJapanese
Production CompaniesHappinet Pictures, TOHO, Akita Publishing, Tristone Entertainment
Runtime2h 10m
Release DateOctober 26, 2007
IMDbtt1016290