Synopsis

Two workers in a fire extinguisher warehouse kill time practicing Jujitsu with each other. The balddomed Fujio is the steely-eyed teacher, while the Afro-haired Mitsuo is his student. Nearby is “Black Fuji,” a mound of refuse where the citizens of Tokyo deposit everything including corpses. Revived by the toxic waste, the corpses begin arising from their graves as zombies. Finding themselves under ravenous assault, they jump in their van and hightail it out of Tokyo.

Director

Sakichi Sato

Born in 1964 in Osaka, Sakichi Sato is a multi-talented filmmaker active as a director, screenwriter, and actor. He wrote the screenplays for Takashi Miike’s Ichi the Killer (2002) and Andromedia (2003), and acted in films including Takuji Suzuki’s Parco Fiction, Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Bright Future, and Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill. He also directed Gokudo Cop (2003) and Ultramaso Cop (2003), but Tokyo Zombie marked his first theatrical release.