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TOKYO -- Producer Mataichiro Yamamoto is prepping a sequel to "Crows Zero," an actioner about school gang wars that earned $24 million in Japan in 2007.

Helmer Takashi Miike and star Shun Oguri will reunite for the sequel. Filming is skedded to start in July, with release set for next year. One other main cast member from the first pic, Kyosuke Yabe, has also signed on.

Produced by a consortium led by the TBS network and distribbed by Toho, "Crows Zero"�is based on a comic by Hiroshi Takahashi that has sold 32 million copies in Japan.

Oguri plays Genji Takaya, the son of a yakuza boss, who enters gang-ridden Suzuran High School to do what Dad couldn't in his day -- unite all the school's gangs under his rule.

TBS is repping "Crows Zero" at Cannes.