A chaotic horror-comedy that blossoms into a heartwarming love letter to indie filmmaking. Through rivers of fake blood and frantic improvisation, it transforms a single-take zombie slaughter into a hilarious, beautiful testament to creative perseverance and family.

One Cut of the Dead

カメラを止めるな！

"Don't Stop Shooting!"

04 November 2017 Japan 96 min ⭐ 7.6 (952)

Director: Shinichiro Ueda

Cast: Takayuki Hamatsu, Yuzuki Akiyama, Kazuaki Nagaya, Harumi Shuhama, Mao

Drama Comedy Horror

The Magic and Chaos of Filmmaking Family Dynamics and Reconciliation Illusion vs. Reality Teamwork and Overcoming Adversity

Budget: $52,406

Box Office: $27,590,180

One Cut of the Dead - Movie Quotes

Memorable Quotes

Don'tstopthecamera!(Kameraotomeruna!)

— TakayukiHigurashi

Context:

Yelled frantically by the real director to the booth to prevent the network from cutting to an error screen during the disastrous live shoot.

Meaning:

Thisliteraltranslationofthefilm'sJapanesetitleservesastheultimatethesisofthemovie:nomatterwhatgoeswrong, theshowmustgoon[1.2].

Give me real emotions! The true face of fear!

— Takayuki Higurashi

Context:

Higurashi screams this at the lead actress Chinatsu while demanding a perfect, terrified performance amidst the actual zombie attack.

Meaning:

It encapsulates the manic drive of the fictional director who refuses to let a real zombie apocalypse ruin his film, pushing his actors to their breaking point.

An axe... lucky me.

— Chinatsu

Context:

After the movie has gone wildly off-script, the crew frantically throws an axe onto the ground so Chinatsu can find it and defend herself in the final confrontation.

Meaning:

A hilarious meta-commentary on convenient horror movie tropes and deus ex machina resolutions.

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