Japanese 日本で一番悪い奴ら Screenplay by Junya Ikegami Running time 135 minutes | Directed by Kazuya Shiraishi (ja) Distributed by ToeiNikkatsu | |
Release date June 25, 2016 (2016-06-25) | ||
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. It was released in Japan by Toei and Nikkatsu on June 25, 2016.
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On its opening weekend at the Japanese box office, the film was eight-placed in both admissions, with 51,950, and in gross, with US$701,406. On its second weekend it remained in eighth place in admissions and also in gross with US$493,179. On its third weekend, it dropped to ninth place by admissions and to tenth place by gross, with US$329,629. As of July 10, 2016, the film had grossed US$$2.98 million in Japan.
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."