CROMARTIE HIGH SCHOOL (Japan – 2005)
Directed by: Yudai Yamaguchi
Starring: Takamasa Suga, Tak Sakaguchi, Kai Ato, Hiroyuki Watanabe

Cromartie High! An at-risk school controlled by gangs where no one attends classes and anything goes. Cromartie High! A school with admission requirements so lax they’ve even enrolled a gorilla. And Freddie Mercury. Cromartie High! The school where upright student Kamiyama, who was admitted by mistake, must battle robots, demonic possession, masked wrestlers, the dangers of smoking and mind-controlled Shaolin monks to recover Cromartie’s school spirit and defeat an alien armada of Space Monkeys.

A send-up of Japan’s juvenile delinquent movies, CROMARTIE HIGH SCHOOL was a runaway anime and manga hit before it mutated into a live action extravaganza and leapt onto the silver screen. Turning stupidity into a high-level martial art, CROMARTIE HIGH SCHOOL demonstrates a surprisingly sophisticated approach to the big issues that confront our world. Who is not moved by the plight of needy children all over the world who are held back by poverty and don’t get enough food to eat? Who is not troubled by the dangers of drugs that turn our cities into war zones? And who is not startled by the simplicity and effectiveness of the idea put forward in CROMARTIE HIGH SCHOOL: why not buy all the drugs and give them to the world’s neediest children? The drugs will be off the streets, and the kids will get something to eat! And they’ll feel great! Not just a movie, but also a blueprint for a better world, CROMARTIE HIGH SCHOOL is an inspiration for everyone, everywhere with its message that as long as there is hope, nothing is hopeless.