The modern landscape of Japanese cinema features no shortage of genre fare taking their inspiration and/or origins from the world of anime. Most of those adaptations, though, arrived several years after their series premiere or original broadcast, which makes the new effort from director Yusuke Ishida quite curious, with his latest venture being a live-action version of “Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead” now screening on Netflix the same year as a series adaptation appears on Crunchyroll.
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Surviving a zombie apocalypse beats being a wage slave any day. After spending years slaving away for a soul-crushing company, Akira's (Eij Akaso) life has lost its luster. He lives in a trash-filled apartment, his pay is abysmal, and he can't even muster up the nerve to confess his love to a beautiful co-worker. But when a zombie apocalypse ravages his town,...
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Surviving a zombie apocalypse beats being a wage slave any day. After spending years slaving away for a soul-crushing company, Akira's (Eij Akaso) life has lost its luster. He lives in a trash-filled apartment, his pay is abysmal, and he can't even muster up the nerve to confess his love to a beautiful co-worker. But when a zombie apocalypse ravages his town,...
- 8/28/2023
- by Don Anelli
- AsianMoviePulse
As unrealistic as zombie apocalypses are, the main character in Netflix’s movie 100 Zom: Bucket List of the Dead is easy to relate to. At the start of this live-action adaptation of Haro Asō’s manga, Akira Tendō (Eiji Akaso) is annoyingly chipper as he starts his new job. Soon enough, though, reality hits Akira like a bullet train, and he becomes yet another exploited employee at his workplace. While his misery appears to be eternal, Akira is eventually given a second chance at life as a zombie virus overwhelms the world.
Upon learning of mankind’s fate, one caused by a mysterious and contagious virus, Akira is ecstatic. He doesn’t have to go to work anymore now that most everyone is either dead or zombified. As inappropriate as his first reaction seems, the story prefaces the chaos with enough evidence of why someone like Akira would rejoice in such a dire situation.
Upon learning of mankind’s fate, one caused by a mysterious and contagious virus, Akira is ecstatic. He doesn’t have to go to work anymore now that most everyone is either dead or zombified. As inappropriate as his first reaction seems, the story prefaces the chaos with enough evidence of why someone like Akira would rejoice in such a dire situation.
- 8/3/2023
- by Paul Lê
- bloody-disgusting.com
Japanese movies can do it all; they could be thought-provoking and real-life-inspired films like Plan 75, which addresses the growing older population in Japan, as well as mindless anime adaptations like Assassination Classroom. In short, Japanese cinema boasts some of the most fantastic actors and talented directors in the world today, and Yusuke Ishida’s Zom 100 is no exception to the rule. Adapted from a manga by Haro Aso, this live-action movie is a young man’s journey towards freedom from corporate slavery and learning to follow his heart amidst a world infested by zombies. Starring Eiji Akaso, Mai Shiraishi, and Shuntaro Yanagi, among others, the movie shines as a horror comedy with a tinge of slice-of-life mixed into it, as Akira Tendo (Akaso) rediscovers himself when his surroundings are overrun by zombies. Read on for an exhaustive review of Zom 100, we hope this is right up your alley.
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- 8/3/2023
- by Indrayudh Talukdar
- Film Fugitives
A live-action film based on the Japanese manga Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead is set to be released through the Netflix streaming service on August 3rd, and with that date swiftly approaching a trailer for the film has arrived online. You can check it out in the embed above.
Directed by Yûsuke Ishida from a screenplay by Tatsuro Mishima, based on the manga written by Haro Aso and illustrated by Kotaro Takata, Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead has the following synopsis: Akira Tendo works at an exploitative company where he suffers endless hours and harassment from his boss. Spending more days feeling dead than alive, he awakes to discover his town has been devastated and overtaken by zombies and suddenly feels excited at the prospect of not needing to go to the office anymore. After witnessing an older co-worker he looked up to become a zombie,...
Directed by Yûsuke Ishida from a screenplay by Tatsuro Mishima, based on the manga written by Haro Aso and illustrated by Kotaro Takata, Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead has the following synopsis: Akira Tendo works at an exploitative company where he suffers endless hours and harassment from his boss. Spending more days feeling dead than alive, he awakes to discover his town has been devastated and overtaken by zombies and suddenly feels excited at the prospect of not needing to go to the office anymore. After witnessing an older co-worker he looked up to become a zombie,...
- 7/17/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
"It might just be people like you who can save everyone from a pandemic like this." Netflix has debuted the full-length official trailer for a live-action adaptation of a fun Japanese manga called Zom 100. The wacky zomcom film's full title is Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead and it's about a frustrated guy who decides to create his "bucket list" of dream activities when a zombie outbreak takes over Japan. A young man who has had life sucked out of him through his power-harassing boss wakes up one day to a zombie apocalypse and pursues his own "zombie apocalypse bucket list." When it begins - he lives in a trash-filled apartment, his pay is abysmal, and he can't even muster up the nerve to confess his love to his beautiful co-worker. "A fresh and exciting zombie movie that brings laughter and thrills!" Starring Eiji Akaso as Akira, with Mai Shiraishi,...
- 7/17/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Netflix is to release its Japanese live action film “Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead,” on Aug. 3.
The horror comedy film is based on the hit manga (comic book series) by Aso Haro and Takata Kotaro that debuted in the Shogakukan magazine Monthly Sunday Gene-x in October 2018. It has also spawned an animated series that plays on Hulu in North American and other territories.
The underlying comic is a wackily original melding of the salaryman gag manga – a popular genre in Japan seldom exported abroad – with the sort of zombie holocaust story that has become a Hollywood staple.
The story follows overworked office worker Akira (portrayed by Akaso Eiji) who, in the wake of a zombie apocalypse, is more excited at not having to go to work than worried about fending off the undead. He comes up with 100 things to do before turning into a zombie himself and embarks...
The horror comedy film is based on the hit manga (comic book series) by Aso Haro and Takata Kotaro that debuted in the Shogakukan magazine Monthly Sunday Gene-x in October 2018. It has also spawned an animated series that plays on Hulu in North American and other territories.
The underlying comic is a wackily original melding of the salaryman gag manga – a popular genre in Japan seldom exported abroad – with the sort of zombie holocaust story that has become a Hollywood staple.
The story follows overworked office worker Akira (portrayed by Akaso Eiji) who, in the wake of a zombie apocalypse, is more excited at not having to go to work than worried about fending off the undead. He comes up with 100 things to do before turning into a zombie himself and embarks...
- 7/17/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
"I don't have to go to work anymore? Yatta!!!!" Netflix has revealed the first look teaser trailer for a live-action adaptation of a popular Japanese manga called Zom 100. The zomcom film's full title is Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead and it's about a corporate worker who gets caught up in finally living out his "bucket list" dreams during a zombie outbreak. A young man who has had life sucked out of him through his power-harassing boss wakes up one day to a zombie apocalypse and starts to pursue his "zombie apocalypse bucket list." He lives in a trash-filled apartment, his pay is abysmal, and he can't even muster up the nerve to confess his love to his beautiful co-worker. But when a zombie apocalypse ravages his town, it gives him the push he needs to live for himself. "A fresh and exciting zombie movie that brings laughter and thrills!
- 7/3/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
As part of Geeked Week, Netflix announced the new movie Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead, based on the Haro Aso Japanese manga series and dropped the following photo above.
The pic, directed by Yusuke Ishida and adapted by Tatsuro Mishima follows a young man whose doldrum life at work under the thumb of brutish boss is turned around when the zombie apocalypse arrives. Seeing he doesn’t need to toil at the office any longer, he sets his mind on surviving the onslaught, coming up with a bucket list of 100 things before he’s turned into a zombie. Pic stars Eiji Akaso and Mai Shiraishi, the latter known as a former member of the J pop band Nogizaka 46.
Akira Morii produces in conjunction with Robot and Plus One Entertainment.
No release date was announced.
The pic, directed by Yusuke Ishida and adapted by Tatsuro Mishima follows a young man whose doldrum life at work under the thumb of brutish boss is turned around when the zombie apocalypse arrives. Seeing he doesn’t need to toil at the office any longer, he sets his mind on surviving the onslaught, coming up with a bucket list of 100 things before he’s turned into a zombie. Pic stars Eiji Akaso and Mai Shiraishi, the latter known as a former member of the J pop band Nogizaka 46.
Akira Morii produces in conjunction with Robot and Plus One Entertainment.
No release date was announced.
- 6/7/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix on Tuesday announced a new film based on the popular Japanese manga series “Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead,” a zombie movie and horror comedy set to premiere on the streaming network.
“Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead” was unveiled as part of Netflix’s Geeked Week presentations that continued Tuesday.
The film is inspired by the manga series of the same name, written by Haro Aso and illustrated by Kotaro Takata.
No release date was announced, though Netflix did release a first look image you can see above.
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“Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead” was unveiled as part of Netflix’s Geeked Week presentations that continued Tuesday.
The film is inspired by the manga series of the same name, written by Haro Aso and illustrated by Kotaro Takata.
No release date was announced, though Netflix did release a first look image you can see above.
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- 6/7/2022
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Baku Madarame (Ryusei Yokohama) is a mysterious genius gambler who is known as “Usogui” or “Lie Eater”, reflecting his ability to see through the lies of others. Kakerou, a powerful organisation with ties to Japanese political and business circles, runs an underground membership-based gambling club where lives are offered up as ante for a variety of twisted and deadly games. Baku is drawn into Kakerou’s high stakes gamble, competing in a psychological battle for life and death against dangerous opponents.
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This is a highly anticipated live-action adaptation of Toshio Sako’s original Usogui manga, which was serialized in Shueisha’s Weekly Young Jump from 2006 to 2017 with 8.8 million copies printed in 49 tankōbon volumes. Film production was announced back in 2016 as part of the manga’s 10th anniversary project. Hideo Nakata takes the helm as director and the cast also includes Kanata HONGŌ, Shohei Miura, Mai Shiraishi and Hiroaki Murakami. The...
- 12/18/2021
- by Suzie Cho
- AsianMoviePulse
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