Twisted Justice
2016 Japanese film
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Twisted Justice (日本で一番悪い奴ら, Nihon de Ichiban Warui Yatsura) is a 2016 Japanese crime comedy-drama film directed by Kazuya Shiraishi and written by Junya Ikegami.[1][3] It was released in Japan by Toei and Nikkatsu on June 25, 2016.[4]
- Gō Ayano
- Young Dais
- Yukio Ueno
- Haruna Yabuki
- Kumi Takiuchi
- Pierre Taki
- Nakamura Shidō II
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| Japanese | 日本で一番悪い奴ら |
| Directed by | Kazuya Shiraishi |
| Screenplay by | Junya Ikegami |
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| Distributed by | Toei Nikkatsu |
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Running time | 135 minutes[1] |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Box office | US$3 million[2] |
Plot
Cast
- Gō Ayano[1] as Yoichi Moroboshi[3]
- Young Dais[1]
- Yukio Ueno[1]
- Haruna Yabuki[1]
- Kumi Takiuchi[1]
- Ryuzō Tanaka[1]
- Minosuke[1]
- Tomoya Nakamura[1]
- Katsuya[1]
- Ayumu Saitō[1]
- Munetaka Aoki as Kuribayashi[1]
- Takayuki Kinoshita[1]
- Takuma Otoo as Kuniyoshi[1]
- Pierre Taki as Murai [1]
- Nakamura Shidō II as Kuroiwa[1]
Reception
On its opening weekend at the Japanese box office, the film was eight-placed in both admissions, with 51,950,[5] and in gross, with US$701,406.[6] On its second weekend it remained in eighth place in admissions[7] and also in gross with US$493,179.[8] On its third weekend, it dropped to ninth place by admissions[9] and to tenth place by gross, with US$329,629.[10] As of July 10, 2016, the film had grossed US$$2.98 million in Japan.[2]
James Hadfield of The Japan Times gave the film two and a half stars out of five, saying the film "is a shade off" and that "the director has attempted to fashion a blackly comic caper from a story that would probably have benefitted from a grittier approach."[3]
