is a Japanese
horror comedy film
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, released in 2001. It is based on a novel by
Kenji Ohtsuki directed by
Naoyuki Tomomatsu
is a Japanese film director and screenwriter who has worked in the pink film and horror genres.
Life and career
Tomomatsu was born in Osaka, Japan in 1967. He was interested in manga and film from high school and started working as an office as ...
, in which teenage girls turn into
zombie
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s.
Plot
In the near future, the entire world is struck with a bizarre malady which affects every girl between the ages of 14 and 16 years old.
Victims first experience a period of giddiness called "Near Death Happiness" ("NDH" or 臨死遊戯状態) before expiring. Within minutes of death the victim rises again as a flesh-eating zombie—a "Stacy". These Stacies run amok until they are cut into pieces in an act called a "Repeat-Kill" (再殺).
The government has organized the poorly trained "Romero Repeat-Kill Troops," who ride around on garbage trucks, ordered to act out the disposal of the Stacies. By law, a Stacy may only be Repeat-Killed by her loved ones or the Romero Repeat Kill Troops.
Through research, it is discovered that a key to the Stacy phenomenon is the "Butterfly Twinkle Powder" (BTP or 蝶羽状輝徽粉) that accumulates on the Stacies' skin.
Cast
(in alphabetical order)
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Norman England
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- Jeff
*Tomoka Hayashi - Nozomi
*Yukijiro Hotaru
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Natsuki Katō
is a Japanese actress, singer and former fashion model, regularly appearing on television in various roles.
Career
In November 2010, Akita Prefecture chose her as one of the two official PR-Ambassadors, along with Nozomi Sasaki, with the purp ...
- Eiko
*Shirô Misawa
*Masayoshi Nogami - Father
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Toshinori Omi
is a Japanese actor.
Career
Born in Tokyo, Omi joined the children's theater troupe Himawari Theatre Group when he was still in kindergarten. He made his film debut at age 13 in Kon Ichikawa's ''Hi no Tori'' (1978) and got his first starring ro ...
- Shibukawa
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Kenji Otsuki
*Hinako Saeki
*Youji Tanaka - Rokuyama
*Donbei Tsuchihira
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Yasutaka Tsutsui
is a Japanese novelist, science fiction author, and actor. His ''Yumenokizaka bunkiten'' won the Tanizaki Prize in 1987. He has also won the 1981 Izumi Kyoka award, the 1989 Kawabata Yasunari award, and the 1992 Nihon SF Taisho Award.
Writing ...
- Dr. Inugami Sukekiyo
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Shungicu Uchida
, known by the pen name , is a Japanese manga artist, novelist, essayist, actress, and singer.
Biography
She was born August 7, 1959 in Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. Her father left the family when she and her younger sister were in pri ...
Soundtrack
The music featured in the movie is by
Tokusatsu
is a Japanese term for live action film or television drama that makes heavy use of practical special effects. ''Tokusatsu'' entertainment mainly refers to science fiction, War film, war, fantasy, or Horror film, horror media featuring such te ...
, of which Kenji Otsuki is a member.
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External links
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2001 horror films
2001 comedy horror films
Films directed by Naoyuki Tomomatsu
Japanese comedy horror films
Zombie comedy films
2001 films
2001 comedy films
2000s Japanese films
2000s Japanese-language films
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