We Are Little Zombies
Explosively ingenious and energetic.
We Are Little Zombies
When four young orphans first meet, their parents’ bodies are being turned into dust, and yet none of them can shed a tear. They are like zombies; devoid of all emotion. With no family, no future and no way to move forward, the young teens decide that the first level of this new existence involves salvaging a gaming console, an old electric bass, and a charred wok from their former homes—just enough to start a rock band…and then conquer the world. Tragedy, comedy, music, social criticism, and teenage angst are all subsumed in this eccentric cinematic tsunami.
Genre
Zombie,
Comedy
Web Site
Runtime
120
Language
Japanese
Director
Makoto Nagahisa
Writer(s)
Makoto Nagahisa
FEATURED REVIEW
Jessica Kiang, Variety
No pulsating, psychedelic, pop-punk phantasmagoria ought to be as moving and smart as “We Are Little Zombies.” But Makoto Nagahisa’s explosively ingenious and energetic debut (imagine it as the spiritual offspring of Richard Lester and a Harajuku Girl) holds the high score for visual and narrative ...
Played at
Laemmle Virtual Cinema 7.17.20 - 7.30.20
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