NC16 / Japanese / Comedy / Horror / 96 min
The film opens in a run-down, abandoned warehouse where a film crew are making a zombie film… Yet, this is no ordinary warehouse. It’s been said that it’s the site of where military experiments took place… Out of nowhere, real zombies arrive and terrorise the crew! This may sound like the plot of a clichéd zombie film, but One Cut of the Dead is something completely different! Starting off with a non-stop one-take 37-minute shot, the film then completely switches direction and turns the zombie genre completely upside down into a charming, audience-friendly comedy!
Rating of 100% on Rotten Tomatoes.
"It is an ultra low-budget Japanese film featuring a zombie apocalypse and it is often very, very funny." - Yip Wai Yee, The Straits Times
"The perfect antidote to zombie fever." - Elizabeth Kerr, Hollywood Reporter
"It's a movie that rescues the tired zombie trope - without insisting on metaphor or satire." - Peter Bradshaw, Guardian
| Director: Shinichiro Ueda |
| Cast: Takayuki Hamatsu, Mao, Harumi Shuhama, Yuzuki Akiyama |
| Release Date: 24, January 2019 |