One Cut of the Dead Review
Movie: One Cut of
the Dead
Romaji: Kamera wo
Tomeru na!
Japanese: カメラを止めるな!
Director: Shinichiro Ueda
Writer: Shinichiro Ueda
Producer: Koji Ichihashi
Cinematographer: Tsuyoshi Sone
Assistant Director: Yuya Nakaizumi
Actors: Takayuki Hamatsu, Mao, Harumi Syuhama, Kazuaki Nagaya, Yuzuki Akiyama, Sakina Asamori
I heard many good reviews about this movie so I decided to see what's so
special about it. I dive in with less expectation because the poster
and synopsis looks weak, and also I am not a huge fan of the zombie
genre. The beginning is a bit boring and to be honest very amateurish
but as soon as that moment arrived I just realize the fact that this
looks very low budget actually helps and I couldn't think it would work
if they had the budget. Best movie to watch with friends as this movie
is highly entertaining and the best rewatch value I've given to a
Japanese movie.
I can't talk anything about the plot because it
would be a huge spoiler even if I say a bit or even hint anything about
it, let's just say there are three acts in this movie, first act is
somewhat engaging but may get boring especially if you're distracted by
the low budget-ness of the film, second is clever and fresh, and the
third is the best and the funniest part of the movie. What I want you to
do is dive in, give the movie at least 30 minutes and do yourself a
favor and avoid watching any trailers because from what I've seen, all
of them spoiled the movie.
This is the debut film of the
director, Shinichiro Ueda, who manages to give this genre a fresh idea.
He is hailed as a genius director from most of the reviews I've seen and
as a reply, in one of his interviews, he said that he don't
particularly like zombie movies and when people ask him what he thinks
the future of zombie movies is, he told them he don't care lol. I don't
know if he's a genius or this movie is just a fluke, but he would so god
damn lucky if that's the case, like he's just a passionate guy who
decided to pick a camera and started to do movies and as a result he is
hailed as a genius and competes with koreeda in Japan's version of
Oscars. His story could be a plot in a movie, reminds of that character
in sion sono's "why don't you play in hell".
Every actor here is
unknown. I checked their asianwiki page and most of them only appeared
in this movie. There are parts where it's quite evident that they are
amateurs, which actually helps and you would realize that after you see
the movie, but there's also parts where they shown stroke of brilliance
and that happened during the most important and the climax part. This
movie became a big hit in Japan that most of these actors are now
getting acting gigs and commercials and that's the best part.
A
film that has managed to achieve something groundbreaking in the zombie
movie genre, which you can find title "ONE CUT", a zombie film that has
30+ minutes long uninterrupted shot. It's not the same tearjerker zombie
thriller like Train to Busan or the fun head exploding epic thriller
like I Am Hero, but after you see this film you would value the
technical aspects in a movie more and if you haven't seen anything like
it would leave you in awe. An inferior Hollywood remake is inevitable.
This is a masterpiece.
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