The movie is divided into three parts, the first part of the first thirty minutes in a one-shot manner, staged a crude zombie film shooting scene, the second part of the second part of the shift to the behind the scenes, showing the production of this zombie film in all aspects of the relationship between the characters, contradictions and dilemmas, the third part of the third part of the revelation of the zombie film shooting site chaotic process, the shooting of a variety of conditions during the shooting, the cast and crew how to maintain calm in the crisis and continue to see the trick and make the danger, and finally successfully completed the film production. The third part reveals the chaotic process of shooting this zombie movie, the various situations that occurred during the shooting, and how the cast and crew stayed calm in the crisis, and kept on seeing and solving the dangers, and finally succeeded in completing the movie.
This movie shows us that even making a bad movie is not an easy task, and that it takes a creative team to work together to accomplish it.
With a production cost of 3 million yen (less than 200,000 RMB), the film eventually grossed 3 billion yen at the Japanese box office and $30.5 million (220 million RMB) worldwide, making it a successful low-budget indie film.
2017 / Japan / Comedy Horror / Shinichiro Ueda / Takayuki Hamauzu Mako
Plot Synopsis:
Inside an abandoned factory on the outskirts of the countryside, a film crew is shooting a rough and simple zombie movie.
The director, Takayuki Higurashi (Takayuki Hamauzu), is unhappy with the acting of the female lead, Fuchika Matsumoto (Yuzuki Akiyama), and therefore storms out, yelling and screaming.
At the suggestion of staff member Harumi (しゅはまはるみ), the crew temporarily stops filming.
During the break, Harumi tells Matsumoto and Kazuaki Kamiya (Kazuaki Nagaya), the actor playing the zombie, about the horrific old stories of this factory during World War II.
At that moment, an ominous loud noise comes out of nowhere, and before long, a crew member suddenly appears as a zombie and goes on a biting spree against the rest of the crew.
The cast and crew scatter in all directions while the crazed director raises his camera and begins filming the movie of his dreams.
More than 30 minutes of gory carnage, and to everyone’s surprise, that’s not all there is to this horror movie!
