Miss Zombie
| Miss Zombie | |
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| Directed by | Sabu |
| Produced by |
Yoshiki Kumazawa Satake Kazumi |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Miss Zombie is a film directed by Sabu. It was shown at the Busan Film Festival (A Window on Asian Cinema), on October 5, 2013. Running time, 85 minutes. Produced by Yoshiki Kumazawa, Satake Kazumi.
It won the Grand Prize at the Festival international du film fantastique de Gérardmer in February 2014. [1]
Story
In a future-time Japan Zombies are domesticated as servants and pets - the film chronicles a female zombie's 'ordeals and retaliation'.
Cast
- Toru Tezuka -Dr. Teramoto
- Ayaka Komatsu -Shara
- Makoto Togashi -Teramoto’s wife, Shizuko
- Riku Onishi -Teramoto’s young son, Kenichi
- also - Taro Suruga, Tateto Serizawa, Takaya Yamauchi.
Critical reception
The film was reviewed favourably at variety.com : - "the low-budget film suggests a cross between Lucky McKee’s “The Woman” and Jonathan Levine’s “Warm Bodies,” Miss Zombie’s exploitation by her “owners” even recalls recent realist dramas about foreign domestic helpers (some scenarios are almost identical to those in Cannes Camera d’Or winner “Ilo Ilo”. "Komatsu (Shara) interprets the character’s transformation — from a stiff, marionette-like figure to someone driven by love and altruism — with a sullen intensity made even more effective by her lack of dialogue. Komatsu made her name as a “gravure idol” (a particular type of pin-up girl in Japan), "and some of her scenes with Teramoto cheekily channel certain genres of Japanese erotica." [2]
References
- ↑ Paris Match, 3 February 2014
- ↑ variety.com review