We Are Little Zombies

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We Are Little Zombies
We Are Little Zombies.jpeg
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMakoto Nagahisa
Written byMakoto Nagahisa
Produced by
  • Haruhiko Hasegawa
  • Shin'ichi Takahashi
  • Taihei Yamanishi
  • Haruki Yokohama
Starring
  • Keita Ninomiya
  • Mondo Okumura
  • Satoshi Mizuno
  • Sena Nakajima
CinematographyHiroaki Takeda
Edited byMaho Inamoto
Music byMakoto Nagahisa
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • January 27, 2019 (2019-01-27) (Sundance)
  • June 19, 2019 (2019-06-19) (Japan)
Running time
120 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

We Are Little Zombies (aka Wī Ā Ritoru Zonbīzu) is a Japanese 2019 drama film directed by Makoto Nagahisa. The film featured at both the Sundance and Berlin International Film Festival. [1] 120 minutes.

Plot[]

Four 13-year old children, the lead character Hikaru( Keita Ninomiya), Takemura (Mondo Okumura) Ishi (Satoshi Mizuno) and Ikuko (Sena Nakajima) meet outside a crematorium. Coming from challenging backgrounds, and often having unfortunate relationships with their family, they all dislike their recently deceased parents, all killed in unfortunate circumstances ( automobile accident, double suicide, a wok-related fire and murder by the hands of a pedophilic piano teacher). They are all being cremated.[2][3]


Not trusting adults, they bond over their shared attribute of not sharing emotion. At the same age, they decided to run away and form their own pop music band, which they call "The Little Zombies". People like their addictive music, and they go about meeting various people that will shape their future”. The children move through the story, dealing with their greif.[4]

Cast[]

Awards and Festival Selection Screenings[]

Reception[]

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 93% of 55 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.8/10. The website's critics consensus reads: We Are Little Zombies mixes the playful and the profane with a stylish and visually inventive look at death, abandonment, and the grieving process.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "We Are Little Zombies". www.berlinale.de. Retrieved 2021-09-14.
  2. ^ Catsoulis, Jeannette (2020-07-09). "'We Are Little Zombies' Review: Rocking Away the Pain". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-09-14.
  3. ^ Kiang, Jessica (2019-06-21). "Film Review: 'We Are Little Zombies'". Variety. Retrieved 2021-09-14.
  4. ^ Abrams, Simon. "We Are Little Zombies movie review (2020)". Roger Ebert. Retrieved 2021-09-14.
  5. ^ "【We Are Little Zombies】｜ 32nd Tokyo International Film Festival". 2019.tiff-jp.net. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
  6. ^ Whānau Mārama: We Are Little Zombies, retrieved 2022-01-29
  7. ^ "We Are Little Zombies [RT]".

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