7.7
Fists fly when Oya High’s street fighters defend themselves from a three-school alliance of brawlers.
Kazuma Kawamura
Hanaoka Fujio
Hokuto Yoshino
Takajo Tsukasa
Yuta
Suzaki Ryo
Ryoki Miyama
Amagai Kouhei
Goki Maeda
Todoroki Yosuke
Akihisa Shiono
Odajima Yuken
Kohei Fukuyama
Jamuo
Suzuki Takahide
Tsuji
Ryutaro Ata
Shibaman
Ryuji Sato
Nishikawa Yasushi
Satoshi Uekiya
Yokoyama Kiyoshi
Fuju Kamio
Nakagoshi Dai
Ken Nakajima
Nakaoka Shohei
Win Morisaki
Sakata Motoaki
Itsuki Fujiwara
Himuro Reiji
Hiroaki Oka
Iwatsugu Kazushi / "Gandhi"
Makoto Hasegawa
Sameoka Shoji
Zin Sakamoto
Kazami Jin / "Fuujin"
Ikuya Naganuma
Sabou Amahisa
Suzuki Higa
Tsudanuma
Yo Aoi
Sawamura Seiji
Shin Koyanagi
Jinkawa Eimei
Atsushi Arai
Shida Kenzo
Natsuki Hori
Tokuyama Monji
Ryotaro Sakaguchi
Sabakan
Mikami Daichi
Misaki Mario / "Rao"
Mizuki Itagaki
Miyauchi Kozo / "Binzo"
Yuki Tokito
Mashii Takehiko / "Mercy"
Yusei Yagi
Yamaguchi Magoroku
Keito Kimura
Ito Kamui
Yuri Takahashi
Seta Kansuke
Yuki Sakurai
Nishiya
Shunya Asano
Komagata
Yoshiki Minato
Tachibana
Jun Shison
Ueda Sachio
Kyosuke Yabe
Katagiri Ken
Director, Screenplay
Norihisa Hiranuma
Screenplay
Shoichiro Masumoto
Screenplay
Kei Watanabe
March 4, 2023
8
Where to start? The last H&L movie I saw was "DTC –Yukemuri Junjo Hen– from HiGH&LOW" which left such a sour taste in my mouth I gave it a 1/10 wishing I could have given it a 0. A "H&L" movie without any fights and without any of the kick-ass music we've come to expect. A truly awful experience. Unforgettably bad.
So, coming into this, I was worried to say the least (I had not realized H&L:The Worst actually came after that movie - But it still had its problems, namely the forced humor centered around a certain female character). I needn't have worried, though. This movie brings back the relentless fighting and music that, while it doesn't surpass the original tunes, is still pretty good (and for fans of the original films' music... there are a few treats). This one is all about the team-ups, though, and we get that killer crossover that was hinted at in the first :The Worst film. And it's pretty sweet!
The whole thing is truly ridiculous. The characters are caricatures, the fighting is completely over the top, it's probably a bit too long, and the story is... umm, is there a story? Well, stories are overrated. I had a blast watching this!