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Miss Zombie is a film by genre director Sabu - (“Bunny Drop” (2011), “Kanikosen” (2009), “D.A.N.G.A.N. Runner” (1996) “Postman Blues” (1997) )
Story
In a future-time Japan Zombies are domesticated as servants and pets - the film chronicles a female zombie's 'ordeals and retaliation'.
"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”.[1]
- Dr. Teramoto (Toru Tezuka).
- Shara (Ayaka Komatsu). "Komatsu 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."
Teramoto says Shara is harmless , a “carrier” with a low zombie-virus count.
- Teramoto’s wife, Shizuko (Makoto Togashi, “Guilty of Romance”)
- Teramoto’s young son, Kenichi (Riku Onishi)
Kenichi becomes attached to her, triggering a family crisis and awakening Shara’s human instincts. Her memory returns at the film's ending ending.
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."
Shown atBusan Film Festival (A Window on Asian Cinema), Oct. 5, 2013. Running time: 85 MIN. Produced by Yoshiki Kumazawa, Satake Kazumi. Executive producers, Kenichi Yoshida, Yasushi Udagawa. ]] Directed, written by Sabu, based on an original idea by Sabu. Camera (B&W/color, widescreen, HD), Daisuke Soma; editor, Naoichiro Sagara; costume designer, Yoshiko Okamoto; sound (Dolby Digital), Keisuke Shibuya; special makeup, Taiga Ishino; visual effects supervisor, Manabu Shiota; line producer, Asuka Matoba; assistant director, Jun Shiosaki; casting, Rie Tabata.
Ayaka Komatsu, Makoto Togashi, Toru Tezuka, Riku Onishi, Taro Suruga, Tateto Serizawa, Takaya Yamauchi.