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We Are Little Zombies

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Four Japanese orphans form a rock band.
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We Are Little Zombies mixes the playful and the profane with a stylish and visually inventive look at death, abandonment, and the grieving process.

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Robbie Collin Daily Telegraph (UK) 07/11/2020
4/5
We Are Little Zombies' exploration of the mechanics of mourning, particularly the uneasy disjunct between inner and outer emotions, is layered and sincere. Go to Full Review
David Ehrlich IndieWire 07/11/2020
B+
Whatever demented game its characters are playing, Nagahisa's live-action Twitch-fest is delightful for how it lets us watch along. Go to Full Review
Richard Whittaker Austin Chronicle 07/11/2020
4/5
Nagahisa's script dares to embrace true nihilism: not selfishness, not posturing decadence, but the genuine commitment to your core that the meaningless of the world isn't a bug, it's a feature. Go to Full Review
Brittany Patrice Witherspoon Pop Culture Reviews 07/14/2024
4/5
Together with DP Hiroaki Takeda, Nagahisa’s hyper pop and exuberant style brings to life incredible imagery, visuals and an experience that is imaginative and inspiring. Go to Full Review
Cody Corrall CINE-FILE 06/23/2021
Makoto Nagaisa has certainly proved the value of his unique, albeit intrusive, voice in this feature-and dares to challenge the standards of film form and execution as we know it. Go to Full Review
Alix Turner Ready Steady Cut 02/10/2021
4.5/5
An extremely impressive first feature film from Makoto Nagahisa, a musical comic drama about navigating life out of grief, both deep and uplifting. Go to Full Review
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nefasto r @Nefasto 06/13/2021 Stylish and visually insane, and definitely not recommended. Shame for the over-complicated script: wasn't necessary. See more dave d 03/11/2021 A unique film, 'We are Little Zombies' is a visual experience you'll have to see and perhaps see again.  I found myself missing dialogue as I was so entranced by the visuals which had a distinct old school video game feel.  The soundtrack to this film constantly made me smile, but also served as a distraction.  It's a Japanese film and with it comes subtitles.  This could be a tough watch if you're not into a lot of things going on.  It's a spectacularly busy flick, but it's never uninteresting.  Final Score: 7/10 See more ari v 12/27/2020 The initial 35% or so is quite unusual and enjoyable. Then the 'enjoyable' begins to rapidly evaporate. Leaving only the 'unusual' behind. 2.24/5 See more 08/03/2020 Four kids meet and become connected when their parents are being cremated. The film starts out with the stories of what happened to their parents. Unable to deal with the grief associated with their loss, the kids form a band, Little Zombies. This is a film that is hard to describe adequately. It is a coming of age story. It is a film about young kids trying to deal with their feelings in the face of significant loss. It is also one of those movies about kids who form a band, create tunes that you cannot shake from your head, and become famous. There are some wonderful things about the film. The filming and camerawork are very inventive – the photographer captures the kids in motion from different and unusual angles. The shifting camerawork keeps the film moving forward and fun. One of the kids serves as the narrator, and he ensures you are never very far from the core of the friends' feelings. The screenplay is very well done; on the surface, it is one of those kid's programs that preteens watch on TV. But the stories of the kids and how they deal with their emotions (or lack of) feel very real and have substantial depth. And, of course, that song that just sticks in your brain. Big thumbs up for me for a film that is inventive, thoughtful, and insightful and told completely through the eyes of the kids experiencing loss. I loved it. See more spencer p @s_plewe 02/01/2019 Explosively weird, but also enjoyably so, We Are Little Zombies is a colorful smorgasbord of creative filmmaking, as well as an exploration of dark emotional themes that speaks not only to the relatable kids out there, but to anyone trying to listen to their adolescent children. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Four Japanese orphans form a rock band.
Director
Makoto Nagahisa
Producer
Haruhiko Hasegawa, Shinichi Takahashi, Taihei Yamanishi, Haruki Yokoyama
Screenwriter
Makoto Nagahisa
Distributor
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Production Co
Nikkatsu, Dentsu, Robot Communications, Sony Music Entertainment, Parco Co. Ltd.
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Japanese
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 10, 2020, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 10, 2020
Runtime
2h 0m
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