Tokyo Zombie
{{Short description|Japanese manga}}
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{{Infobox animanga/Header
| image = Tokyo Zombie.png
| caption = Japanese cover of Tokyo Zombie
| ja_kanji = 東京ゾンビ
| ja_romaji = Tōkyō Zonbi
| genre =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type = manga
| title =
| author = Yusaku Hanakuma
| illustrator =
| publisher = Seirinkogeisha
| publisher_en = {{English manga publisher| NA=Last Gasp}}
| magazine = Ax
| published = September 1999
| volumes = 1
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type = live film
| title =
| director = Sakichi Sato
| producer =
| writer = Sakichi Sato
| music = Hiroshi Futami
| studio = Toshiba Entertainment
| licensee =
| released = December 10, 2005 (Japan)
| runtime = 103 min
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}
{{Nihongo|Tokyo Zombie|東京ゾンビ|Tōkyō Zonbi|lead=yes}} is a Japanese {{Transliteration|ja|heta-uma}} horror manga written in 1999 by Yusaku Hanakuma. It was subsequently made into a 2005 Japanese film written and directed by Sakichi Sato. The films stars Tadanobu Asano, Show Aikawa, and Erika Okuda.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0451954/|title=Tokyo Zombie|accessdate=2013-01-14|publisher=IMDb}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=323223|script-title=ja:東京ゾンビ(2005)|accessdate=2013-01-14|publisher=AllCinema|language=Japanese}} The film was released in North America, UK and later Australia and New Zealand in 2009.
Plot
Fujio and Mitsuo are two full-time slackers who work in a fire extinguisher factory. The two spend their lunch hours training to fulfill their dreams of being jujitsu champions. One day, they murder their boss and dump his body on a Tokyo toxic waste dump known as "Black Fuji".
Things suddenly become worse when an army of the undead rises from the waste dump and begin to attack the living. In order to survive, they will have to employ their limited jujitsu skills, to either help or escape Tokyo.
Film cast
- Tadanobu Asano – Fujio
- Show Aikawa – Mitsuo
- Erika Okuda – Yoko
- Arata Furuta – Ishihara
- Kazuo Umezu – Akiyama / Prince
- Hina Matsuoka – Fumiyo
- Maria Takagi – Yocchan's sister
Reception
In a list of "10 Great Zombie Manga", Anime News Network's Jason Thompson placed Tokyo Zombie in ninth place, calling it "good, cheesy, ultraviolent entertainment".{{cite web |url= http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/house-of-1000-manga/2014-01-09|title= House of 1000 Manga - 10 Great Zombie Manga|author= Jason Thompson|date=January 9, 2014|accessdate= January 11, 2014|work= Anime News Network}}
References
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External links
- {{anime News Network|manga|9791}}
- {{IMDb title|0451954}}
Category:2000s Japanese-language films
Category:Japanese horror films
Category:Manga adapted into films
Category:Live-action films based on manga
Category:Zombies in anime and manga
Category:2005 comedy horror films
Category:Japanese zombie films
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