Japan One Cut of the Dead returned 526.5× its production cost, earning $27.6M against a $52K budget — one of the highest-return Japan films in our catalog.
Synopsis
カメラを止めるな！
“Don't Stop Shooting!”
Things go badly for a hack director and film crew shooting a low-budget zombie movie in an abandoned Japanese World War II facility, when they are attacked by real zombies. Or, that's what it says on the tin, but this is the story of how it really happened.
The 2016–2018 Japan Window
602 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. One Cut of the Dead sits at position #156.
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★ 9.1 · 2017
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★ 9.0 · 2018
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★ 8.8 · 2016
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★ 8.7 · 2016
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★ 8.6 · 2018
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★ 8.6 · 2016
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★ 8.6 · 2018
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★ 8.6 · 2016
The 2010s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2010s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when One Cut of the Dead premiered. 1769 total titles in this decade from Japan.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 36m runtime, production spent $545 per minute on screen and earned $287K per minute back.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,032 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (77th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.7 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Comedy productions specifically: #401 of 1,411 (top 28%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Panpokopina, ENBU Seminar |
| Runtime | 1h 36m |
| Release Date | November 4, 2017 |
| IMDb | tt7914416 |
| Official Site | intl.nikkatsu.com |