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Cromartie High – The Movie

April 11, 2024

Cromartie High – The Movie (Japanese: 魁!! クロマティ高校 THE★MOVIE, Hepburn: Sakigake!! Kuromati Kōkō The Movie) is a 2005 Japanese surreal comedy satire film directed by Yūdai Yamaguchi (who had previously made Battlefield Baseball) and starring Takamasa Suga. The film is based on the manga Cromartie High School by Eiji Nonaka which had also been previously adapted as an anime series.

Cromartie High – The Movie
Theatrical release poster
Directed byYūdai Yamaguchi
Written byItsuji Itao (structure)
Shōichirō Masumoto (screenplay)
Eiji Nonaka (manga)
Based onCromartie High School
by Eiji Nonaka
Produced byChikako Nakabayashi
Shin Torisawa
StarringTakamasa Suga
Mitsuki Koga
Kai Atō
Kenichi Endō
Hiroyuki Watanabe
Tak Sakaguchi
CinematographyShuji Momose
Music byToshiyuki Omori
Production
companies
King Records
The KlockWorx
Media Arts
Suplex
Distributed byMedia Suites
Release date
  • 23 July 2005 (2005-07-23)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Plot synopsis edit

The film opens with a black-and-white documentary-like section which recounts the checkered past of Cromartie High, built in 1920 and destroyed six times since then. Then on to the present day school full of violence and thugs, a school so desperate for students, they even enroll a gorilla and a bad-tempered robot. Takashi Kamiyama (played by Takamasa Suga), a top student, comes to the school to try to join his hapless friend Yamamoto (Tak Sakaguchi in a cameo role) but Yamamoto can't even pass the entrance exams for Cromartie so Kamiyama is left to go it alone. His efforts to improve the school include starting a Global Defense Force to protect earth from aliens. The aliens when they do arrive are space apes Gori (screenwriter Shōichirō Masumoto in a furry suit) and Lla (both straight out of the 1971 TV series Spectreman) and the plot becomes a series of parodies of science fiction films, martial arts movies and high school comedies among others.

Production edit

Director Yamaguchi has said that the author of the original manga, Eiji Nonaka told him to "Do whatever you want" when he learned that a film was to be made of the manga. Yamaguchi took him at his word and did not read the manga or look at the anime version before directing his film. Because of the episodic nature of the original manga, the screenplay took a year and a half to write.[1]

The name of Cromartie High School was taken from the American baseball player Warren Cromartie who was a star player in Japan for a number of years. Cromartie was unhappy that his name was being used for a school of thugs and delinquents and in 2005 filed an injunction to delay the screening of the movie. The film's director Yamaguchi was able to reach a compromise with Cromartie to allow screening of the film as long as a disclaimer was added that no real person was involved. Cromartie said he still intended bringing a civil suit.[1]

Cast edit

English voice cast

Release edit

Cromartie High was shown at the 9th Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival on July 17, 2005.[1][2] The movie was released theatrically in Japan on July 23, 2005 by Media Suites[3] and the Japanese DVD was issued on January 2, 2006 by King Records (キングレコード).[4]

The New York premiere of Cromartie High School was in June 2006 at the 2006 New York Asian Film Festival, presented by Subway Cinema.[5] Soon afterwards in July 2006, an English-subtitled and English-dubbed DVD was released by Tokyo Shock as Cromartie High - The Movie.[6]

Reception edit

Todd Brown at Twitch Film gave a very positive review calling the film "deliriously fun stuff" with a "fantastic visual style" and "jammed with bursts of stylish action, visual gags, film references and as much plain old oddity as Yamaguchi can possibly jam in there."[2]

However, Josh Ralske at AllMovie was disappointed by director Yamaguchi's "haphazard approach to his source material" and lack of focus but does say the film "provides a few genuinely clever and amusing off-the-wall moments".[7]

Another reviewer is more positive but stresses that the film is mainly for devotees of the manga and anime series and that the uninitiated may be unimpressed. The review concludes: "As sophomoric and cheap-looking as it is, Sakigake! Cromartie High School is also good, clean, impenetrable fun. Just make sure that you're a fan".[8]

The reviewer for Mania gives the film a B− rating but also maintains that it is mostly for fans and that it "needs some familiarity in order to really enjoy a lot of it.[9]

Another take is the review on CinemaEye which gives it 4 stars with the comment "CROMARTIE HIGH SCHOOL doesn't make sense whatsoever. That is the true charm of it. The team behind this knew exactly what they were doing. Extremely entertaining on every level if you just roll with it. It is too bizarre but they sure make you laugh."[10]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Ben (July 18, 2005). ""Cromartie" Legal Woes End UPDATED: Civil Suit Against Franchise Presses Forward". news.toonzone.net. Archived from the original on February 22, 2013. Retrieved 2009-09-22.
  2. ^ a b Brown, Todd (July 17, 2005). "Fantasia Festival Report: Cromartie High School". Twitch. Archived from the original on February 22, 2013. Retrieved 2009-09-22.
  3. ^ "魁!!クロマティ高校 THE★MOVIE" (in Japanese). AllCinema. Retrieved 2009-09-21.
  4. ^ "魁!!クロマティ高校 THE★MOVIE 通常版 DVD" (in Japanese). 2 January 2006. Retrieved 2009-09-21.
  5. ^ . www.subwaycinema.com. Archived from the original on 2009-05-05. Retrieved 2009-09-22.
  6. ^ "Cromartie High - The Movie (2005)". Amazon. 11 July 2006. Retrieved 2009-09-22.
  7. ^ Ralske, John. "Cromartie High School Review". AMG. Retrieved 2009-09-22.
  8. ^ "Sakigake! Cromartie High School: The Movie". Love HK Film. Retrieved 2009-09-22.
  9. ^ Beveridge, Chris (July 31, 2006). . Mania. Archived from the original on July 4, 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-22.
  10. ^ "Cromartie High School: The Movie (2006)". CinemaEye. Retrieved 2009-09-22.

External links edit

  • "Cromartie High - The Movie at IMdB". IMDb.

April 11, 2024
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Cromartie High The Movie Japanese 魁 クロマティ高校 THE MOVIE Hepburn Sakigake Kuromati Kōkō The Movie is a 2005 Japanese surreal comedy satire film directed by Yudai Yamaguchi who had previously made Battlefield Baseball and starring Takamasa Suga The film is based on the manga Cromartie High School by Eiji Nonaka which had also been previously adapted as an anime series Cromartie High The MovieTheatrical release posterDirected byYudai YamaguchiWritten byItsuji Itao structure Shōichirō Masumoto screenplay Eiji Nonaka manga Based onCromartie High Schoolby Eiji NonakaProduced byChikako NakabayashiShin TorisawaStarringTakamasa SugaMitsuki KogaKai AtōKenichi EndōHiroyuki WatanabeTak SakaguchiCinematographyShuji MomoseMusic byToshiyuki OmoriProductioncompaniesKing RecordsThe KlockWorxMedia ArtsSuplexDistributed byMedia SuitesRelease date23 July 2005 2005 07 23 Running time85 minutesCountryJapanLanguageJapanese Contents 1 Plot synopsis 2 Production 3 Cast 4 Release 5 Reception 6 References 7 External linksPlot synopsis editThe film opens with a black and white documentary like section which recounts the checkered past of Cromartie High built in 1920 and destroyed six times since then Then on to the present day school full of violence and thugs a school so desperate for students they even enroll a gorilla and a bad tempered robot Takashi Kamiyama played by Takamasa Suga a top student comes to the school to try to join his hapless friend Yamamoto Tak Sakaguchi in a cameo role but Yamamoto can t even pass the entrance exams for Cromartie so Kamiyama is left to go it alone His efforts to improve the school include starting a Global Defense Force to protect earth from aliens The aliens when they do arrive are space apes Gori screenwriter Shōichirō Masumoto in a furry suit and Lla both straight out of the 1971 TV series Spectreman and the plot becomes a series of parodies of science fiction films martial arts movies and high school comedies among others Production editDirector Yamaguchi has said that the author of the original manga Eiji Nonaka told him to Do whatever you want when he learned that a film was to be made of the manga Yamaguchi took him at his word and did not read the manga or look at the anime version before directing his film Because of the episodic nature of the original manga the screenplay took a year and a half to write 1 The name of Cromartie High School was taken from the American baseball player Warren Cromartie who was a star player in Japan for a number of years Cromartie was unhappy that his name was being used for a school of thugs and delinquents and in 2005 filed an injunction to delay the screening of the movie The film s director Yamaguchi was able to reach a compromise with Cromartie to allow screening of the film as long as a disclaimer was added that no real person was involved Cromartie said he still intended bringing a civil suit 1 Cast editTakamasa Suga as Takashi Kamiyama Mitsuki Koga as Shinjirō Hayashida Hiroshi Yamamoto as Akira Maeda Maeda s Mother Ryuji Akiyama as Makio Tanaka Kai Atō as Kai Atō Tomoaki Azuma as Sho Hiroyuki Baba as Tanaka s friend Kenichi Endō as Pootan 1 Shinya Hashimoto as Hustle King Shinya Hashimoto Itsuji Itao as Masked Takenouchi Mika Kanai as Mechazawa Beta voice Noboru Kaneko as Takeshi Hokuto Shōichirō Masumoto as Space Apeman Gori Noboru Yamaguchi Tak Sakaguchi as Ichiro Yamamoto Yoshihiro Takayama as Yutaka Takenouchi Shinji Takeda as Shin ichi Mechazawa voice Kanji Tsuda as Interviewer A Hiroyuki Watanabe as FreddieEnglish voice cast Ruben Arvizu as Mechazawa Beta Priest Lla Bob Buchholz as Takenouchi Richard Cansino as Takashi Kamiyama Peter Doyle as Takeshi Hokuto Grant George as Hayashida Taliesin Jaffe as Hokuto s Henchman Ippo Member 1 Dan Lorge as Hijacker Actor 1 Yuri Lowenthal as Ichiro Yamamoto Mashiba Dave Mallow as Masa Michael McConnohie as Shinichi Mechazawa Narrator Kristen Rutherford as Woman Islander Bride Patrick Seitz as Ladies Man Sendo Doug Stone as Gori Actor 2 Noburo Yamaguchi Electrician Ezra Weisz as Maeda Dan Woren as Kai AtōRelease editCromartie High was shown at the 9th Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival on July 17 2005 1 2 The movie was released theatrically in Japan on July 23 2005 by Media Suites 3 and the Japanese DVD was issued on January 2 2006 by King Records キングレコード 4 The New York premiere of Cromartie High School was in June 2006 at the 2006 New York Asian Film Festival presented by Subway Cinema 5 Soon afterwards in July 2006 an English subtitled and English dubbed DVD was released by Tokyo Shock as Cromartie High The Movie 6 Reception editTodd Brown at Twitch Film gave a very positive review calling the film deliriously fun stuff with a fantastic visual style and jammed with bursts of stylish action visual gags film references and as much plain old oddity as Yamaguchi can possibly jam in there 2 However Josh Ralske at AllMovie was disappointed by director Yamaguchi s haphazard approach to his source material and lack of focus but does say the film provides a few genuinely clever and amusing off the wall moments 7 Another reviewer is more positive but stresses that the film is mainly for devotees of the manga and anime series and that the uninitiated may be unimpressed The review concludes As sophomoric and cheap looking as it is Sakigake Cromartie High School is also good clean impenetrable fun Just make sure that you re a fan 8 The reviewer for Mania gives the film a B rating but also maintains that it is mostly for fans and that it needs some familiarity in order to really enjoy a lot of it 9 Another take is the review on CinemaEye which gives it 4 stars with the comment CROMARTIE HIGH SCHOOL doesn t make sense whatsoever That is the true charm of it The team behind this knew exactly what they were doing Extremely entertaining on every level if you just roll with it It is too bizarre but they sure make you laugh 10 References edit a b c Ben July 18 2005 Cromartie Legal Woes End UPDATED Civil Suit Against Franchise Presses Forward news toonzone net Archived from the original on February 22 2013 Retrieved 2009 09 22 a b Brown Todd July 17 2005 Fantasia Festival Report Cromartie High School Twitch Archived from the original on February 22 2013 Retrieved 2009 09 22 魁 クロマティ高校 THE MOVIE in Japanese AllCinema Retrieved 2009 09 21 魁 クロマティ高校 THE MOVIE 通常版 DVD in Japanese 2 January 2006 Retrieved 2009 09 21 CROMARTIE HIGH SCHOOL Japan 2005 New York Premiere www subwaycinema com Archived from the original on 2009 05 05 Retrieved 2009 09 22 Cromartie High The Movie 2005 Amazon 11 July 2006 Retrieved 2009 09 22 Ralske John Cromartie High School Review AMG Retrieved 2009 09 22 Sakigake Cromartie High School The Movie Love HK Film Retrieved 2009 09 22 Beveridge Chris July 31 2006 Cromartie High School The Movie Live Action Mania Archived from the original on July 4 2009 Retrieved 2009 09 22 Cromartie High School The Movie 2006 CinemaEye Retrieved 2009 09 22 External links edit Cromartie High The Movie at IMdB IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cromartie High The Movie amp oldid 1165034488, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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