Slash Film
Saying We Are Little Zombies is “a bit hectic” is a bit of an understatement, and yet, as Nagahisa’s passion project exploded across the screen, I found myself giving my heart to it.
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We Are Little Zombies
Four young teenage orphans form a band in order to reclaim their emotions in this Japanese Sundance feature.
"One sunny day, four young strangers—Hikari, Ikuko, Ishi, and Takemura—meet by chance at a crematorium. They have all recently lost their parents, but none of them can shed a tear. They are like zombies, devoid of all emotion. Alone in the world at 13 years old with no future, no dreams, and no way to move forward, our protagonists dress themselves in scraps from a garbage dump, track down musical instruments, and decide to form a kick-ass band. They call themselves LITTLE ZOMBIES. This is a story about their quest to retrieve their ability to feel." (Sundance 2019)
Less2019Rating: M, Violence, offensive language & content that may disturb120 minsJapanJapanese with English subtitles
DramaMusicWorld Cinema
- Director:
- Makoto Nagahisa (feature debut)
- Writer:
- Makoto Nagahisa
- Cast:
- Keita NinomiyaSatoshi MizunoMondo OkumuraSena Nakajima
We Are Little Zombies | Reviews
93%55 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® Score
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Hollywood Reporter
Blissful, whacked-out, inspired, juvenile, dementedly inventive, hyper-energized — all of this and more apply to music video and advertising whiz Makoto Nagahisa's first feature We Are Little Zombies.
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Slant Magazine
The film is a kaleidoscopic portrait of a world where emotions are accessed and revealed primarily through digital intermediaries.
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Vulture
A rainbow-colored scream into the abyss... one of the most exciting premieres at Sundance this year.
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IndieWire
Whatever demented game its characters are playing, Nagahisa’s live-action Twitch-fest is delightful for how it lets us watch along.
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RogerEbert.com
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.
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Variety
No pulsating, psychedelic, pop-punk phantasmagoria ought to be as moving and smart as We Are Little Zombies.
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