2005 · comedy · horror · zombie
Tokyo Zombie
Directed by Sakichi Sato1h 44m2005
Two Japanese friends accidentally kill their boss and dump his remains in Black Fuji, a mountain/landfill hybrid. This leads to poor results when the chemicals of the landfill mix with the corpse (and many other corpses) to give rise to a zombie infestation in Tokyo.
Our read: Tokyo Zombie (2005) reads as a neutral, kinetic, surreal comedy · horror · zombie entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, kinetic, measured comedy / horror, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- brisk
- intense
- surreal
- funny
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