We Are Little Zombies
2019 · Movie · NR · 120 min · ★ 6.6 · 85% critics
After losing their parents, four 13-year-olds find themselves unable to cry or understand what they feel. Drawn together by grief, confusion, and restless energy, they form a band and begin a strange search for emotions in a world that feels unreal.
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Details
- Original title
- WE ARE LITTLE ZOMBIES
- Years
- 2019
- Release date
- 2019-03-24
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 120 min
- Critic score
- 85/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 (38 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy quirky, music-driven coming-of-age stories like On-Gaku: Our Sound; Not for you if offbeat humor and dark themes feel too strange.
Pros: wildly original; darkly funny; memorable visuals | Cons: very strange tone; uneven pacing; emotionally distant moments
Themes
- japan
- video game
- fame
- family
- death
- homeless
Awards & recognition
- Sundance Film Festival World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award · 2019
Cast & crew
Keita Ninomiya
as Hikari Takami
Satoshi Mizuno
as Shinpachi Ishi
- MO
Mondo Okumura
as Yuki Takemura
Sena Nakajima
as Ikuko Ibu
Kuranosuke Sasaki
as Takami Gen
Youki Kudoh
as Rie Ota
Sosuke Ikematsu
as Mochizuki Satoru
Eriko Hatsune
as Eguchi Eriko
Jun Murakami
as Takemura Rintaro
Naomi Nishida
as Takemura Minami
Directed by Makoto Nagahisa