Kamera o tomeru na! (2017)

Things go badly for a hack director and film crew shooting a low budget zombie movie in an abandoned WWII Japanese facility, when they are attacked by real zombies.

Director:

Shin'ichirô Ueda

Writer:

Shin'ichirô Ueda (screenplay)

Stars:

Takayuki Hamatsu, Yuzuki Akiyama, Harumi Shuhama

7 wins & 13 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Takayuki Hamatsu	...	Director Higurashi
Yuzuki Akiyama	...	Chinatsu
Harumi Shuhama	...	Nao
Kazuaki Nagaya	...	Ko
Hiroshi Ichihara	...	Kasahara
Mao	...	Mao
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sakina Asamori	...	(as Sakina Iwaji)
Takuya Fujimura
Ayana Gôda
Manabu Hosoi
Satoshi Iwagô
Kyôko Takahashi
Yoshiko Takehara
Tomokazu Yamaguchi
Shuntarô Yamazaki

Storyline

A low-budget film about zombies soon features the best cast money could not buy, but the problem is that the new actors are not exactly getting along with the crew. Everyone involved is soon receiving a lesson in the merits of perseverance, the preciousness of family bonds and of course the dangers of the living dead.

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Plot Keywords:

zombie comedy | zombie | meta | zomcom | horror comedy | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Horror

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Details

Official Sites:

Nikkatsu [Japan] Official Facebook [France]

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

23 June 2018 (Japan)

Also Known As:

One Cut of the Dead

Filming Locations:

Tokyo, Japan

Company Credits

Production Co:

ENBU Seminar, Panpokopina

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The first 37 minutes was actually shot in one take. It took 2 days and 6 takes for the crews to get the perfect one.

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Connections

References Scarface (1983)

User Reviews

An Infectious Ride You Cannot Afford To Miss

Breathing an air of freshness into its ever deteriorating subgenre, One Cut of the Dead is a work of pure exhilarating madness that's honest, heartfelt & hysterical in both its approach & execution, and expertly illustrates the art of filmmaking & unexpected perks of on-the-spot improvisation with its self-reflexive narrative.

The story follows a filmmaking crew that finds themselves in the middle of a real zombie apocalypse while shooting a low-budget zombie horror in an abandoned facility. The only one delighted by this actual life-n-death scenario is the director who insists & makes sure that they keep the camera rolling at all times no matter what happens.

Written & directed by Shin'ichirô Ueda, the film opens with a 40-mins long single take that comes packed with hilarious surprises but Ueda also makes sure there's enough fuel left in the tank for the remainder of the journey & keeps us invested until the very end. It's a rollicking ride from the get go but the pay off is wholly & definitely satisfying.

Despite the low-budget & an inexperienced cast, there is neither any shortage of inventiveness nor any lack of commitment from the actors. While the middle act isn't as wild & rambunctious as the one preceding it, it nonetheless helps pave an excellent groundwork for what follows. Everyone embraces their roles and seems to be having fun playing them.

On an overall scale, One Cut of the Dead is an endlessly fun & wildly entertaining horror comedy that's crafted with affection, executed with passion & presented in high-spirited fashion to finish as one of the breeziest & funniest films of the year. A labour of love that takes its premise and simply runs with it, Shin'ichirô Ueda's breakthrough feature is one infectious ride you can't afford to miss.