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Dead Sushi (2012)

Dead Sushi poster
Original title
デッド寿司
Directed by
Noboru Iguchi
Genre
comedy film, comedy horror
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 32m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 80 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A chef's daughter runs away to work at an inn. A vengeful researcher creates a serum that turns sushi into monsters. She teams up with a former chef to fight the killer food.

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What happens

Dead Sushi (Japanese: デッド寿司, Hepburn: Deddo sushi) is a 2012 Japanese comedy horror film directed by Noboru Iguchi. The film involves Keiko (Rina Takeda) who is the daughter of a famous sushi chef. She leaves home for an inn where she is bullied by the president of Komatsu Pharmaceuticals. A Komatsu researcher arrives intent on revenge by creating a serum that turns fish on rice into killer sushi. Keiko teams up with the former sushi chef Sawada to fight off the creatures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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