Twisted Justice

Twisted Justice
Poster
Japanese	日本で一番悪い奴ら
Directed by	Kazuya Shiraishi
Screenplay by	Junya Ikegami
Starring	Gō Ayano Young Dais Yukio Ueno Haruna Yabuki Kumi Takiuchi Pierre Taki Nakamura Shidō II
Distributed by	Toei Nikkatsu
Release date	June 25, 2016
Running time	135 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Box office	US$3 million

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.

Plot

Cast

• Gō Ayano as Yoichi Moroboshi
• Young Dais
• Yukio Ueno
• Haruna Yabuki
• Kumi Takiuchi
• Ryuzō Tanaka
• Minosuke
• Tomoya Nakamura
• Katsuya
• Ayumu Saitō
• Munetaka Aoki
• Takayuki Kinoshita
• Takuma Oto'o
• Pierre Taki
• Nakamura Shidō II
• Go Jibiki

Reception

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."