After a four-year delay, American viewers are finally able to feast their eyes (in the comfort of their own home, that is, thanks to Anchor Bay’s DVD) on the much-anticipated Japanese film Tokyo Zombie. Written and directed by Sakichi Satô (who scripted Takashi Miike’s notorious Ichi The Killer), the film is a departure from the J-horror fare we have all become accustomed to. There is no long-haired little girl, no ghosts out for revenge, no dark palette. What we get instead is an undead, deadpan comedy.
After inadvertently killing their boss, ju-jitsu enthusiasts Fujio (Tadanobu Asano) and Mitsuo (Sho Aikawa) make a pilgrimage to Black Fuji to dispose of the body. A veritable dumping ground for everything from old refrigerators to mothers-in-law, the mountain of garbage harbors something dark within it’s folds of filth: toxic waste. Of course, it doesn’t take long for this biohazard to...
After inadvertently killing their boss, ju-jitsu enthusiasts Fujio (Tadanobu Asano) and Mitsuo (Sho Aikawa) make a pilgrimage to Black Fuji to dispose of the body. A veritable dumping ground for everything from old refrigerators to mothers-in-law, the mountain of garbage harbors something dark within it’s folds of filth: toxic waste. Of course, it doesn’t take long for this biohazard to...
- 4/16/2009
- Fangoria
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