Twisted Justice

{{Infobox film | name = Twisted Justice | image = Twisted Justice poster.jpeg | alt = | caption = Poster | native_name = {{Infobox name module|ja|日本で一番悪い奴ら}} | director = Kazuya Shiraishi | producer = | writer = | screenplay = Junya Ikegami | story = | based_on =  | starring = {{plainlist| * Gō Ayano * Young Dais * Yukio Ueno * Haruna Yabuki * Kumi Takiuchi * Pierre Taki * Nakamura Shidō II }} | narrator = | music = | cinematography = | editing = | studio = | distributor = Toei <br> Nikkatsu | released = {{Film date|2016|6|25}} | runtime = 135 minutes<ref name="allcinema"/> | country = Japan | language = Japanese | budget = | gross = {{USD|3 million}}<ref name="bom"/> }} {{Nihongo|'''''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.<ref name="allcinema">{{cite web |url= http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=355482|title= 日本で一番悪い奴ら(2016)|accessdate= September 24, 2016|work= allcinema|publisher= Stingray|language= Japanese}}</ref><ref name="Hadfield"/> It was released in Japan by Toei and Nikkatsu on June 25, 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://eiga.com/movie/83740/|title= 日本で一番悪い奴ら|accessdate= September 24, 2016|work= eiga.com|language= Japanese}}</ref>

==Plot== {{no plot|date=September 2016}}

==Cast== *Gō Ayano<ref name="allcinema"/> as Yoichi Moroboshi<ref name="Hadfield"/> *{{Interlanguage link|Young Dais|ja|3=YOUNG DAIS}}<ref name="allcinema"/> *Yukio Ueno<ref name="allcinema"/> *Haruna Yabuki<ref name="allcinema"/> *{{Interlanguage link|Kumi Takiuchi|ja|3=瀧内公美}}<ref name="allcinema"/> *{{Interlanguage link|Ryuzō Tanaka|ja|3=田中隆三 (俳優)}}<ref name="allcinema"/> *{{Interlanguage link|Minosuke|ja|3=みのすけ}}<ref name="allcinema"/> *Tomoya Nakamura<ref name="allcinema"/> *Katsuya<ref name="allcinema"/> *Ayumu Saitō<ref name="allcinema"/> *Munetaka Aoki as Kuribayashi<ref name="allcinema"/> *{{Interlanguage link|Takayuki Kinoshita (actor)|ja|3=木下隆行|lt=Takayuki Kinoshita}}<ref name="allcinema"/> *{{Interlanguage link|Takuma Otoo|ja|3=音尾琢真}} as Kuniyoshi<ref name="allcinema"/> *Pierre Taki as Murai <ref name="allcinema"/> *Nakamura Shidō II as Kuroiwa<ref name="allcinema"/>

==Reception== On its opening weekend at the Japanese box office, the film was eight-placed in both admissions, with 51,950,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.tokyohive.com/article/2016/06/japan-box-office-report-6-256-26|title= Japan Box Office Report – 6/25~6/26|date= June 28, 2016|accessdate= September 24, 2016|work= tokyohive|publisher= 6Theory Media, LLC}}</ref> and in gross, with {{USD|701,406}}.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/japan/?yr=2016&wk=26&p=new|title= Japan Box Office June 25–26, 2016|accessdate= September 24, 2016|work= Box Office Mojo}}</ref> On its second weekend it remained in eighth place in admissions<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.tokyohive.com/article/2016/07/japan-box-office-report-7-27-3|title= Japan Box Office Report – 7/2~7/3|date= July 5, 2016|accessdate= September 24, 2016|work= tokyohive|publisher= 6Theory Media, LLC}}</ref> and also in gross with {{USD|493,179}}.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/japan/?yr=2016&wk=27&p=.htm|title= Japan Box Office July 2–3, 2016|accessdate= September 24, 2016|work= Box Office Mojo}}</ref> On its third weekend, it dropped to ninth place by admissions<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.tokyohive.com/article/2016/07/japan-box-office-report-7-97-10|title= Japan Box Office Report – 7/9~7/10|date= July 12, 2016|accessdate= September 24, 2016|work= tokyohive|publisher= 6Theory Media, LLC}}</ref> and to tenth place by gross, with {{USD|329,629}}.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/japan/?yr=2016&wk=28&p=.htm|title= Japan Box Office July 9–10, 2016|accessdate= September 24, 2016|work= Box Office Mojo}}</ref> As of July 10, 2016, the film had grossed {{USD|$2.98 million}} in Japan.<ref name="bom">{{cite web |url= http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?page=&wk=2016W26&id=_fTWISTEDJUSTICEN01|title= Twisted Justice (Nihon de ichiban warui yatsura)|accessdate= September 24, 2016|work= Box Office Mojo}}</ref>

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."<ref name="Hadfield">{{cite web |url= http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2016/06/22/films/film-reviews/twisted-justice-gangster-black-comedy-shade-off/#.V-a9RjWdJOZ|title= 'Twisted Justice': Gangster black comedy is a shade off|first= James|last= Hadfield|date= June 22, 2016|accessdate= September 24, 2016|work= The Japan Times}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{Official website|http://www.nichiwaru.com/}} {{in lang|ja}} *{{IMDb title|5248042}}

Category:2016 Japanese films Category:Toei Company films Category:Nikkatsu films Category:Japanese crime comedy-drama films Category:2010s crime comedy-drama films Category:Films directed by Kazuya Shiraishi Category:2016 comedy-drama films Category:2016 films Category:2016 Japanese-language films