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Miss Zombie (2013)

Miss Zombie poster
Original title
Miss ZOMBIE
Directed by
Sabu
Genre
zombie film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 23m
Rated
16
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 49 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In a future Japan, zombies are captured and kept as servants by humans. The story follows a female zombie who endures abuse from the wealthy family that owns her, and then retaliates against them.

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What happens

Miss Zombie (ミス・ゾンビ, Misu zonbi) is a Japanese dystopian horror film directed by Sabu, produced by Yoshiki Kumazawa and Satake Kazumi. It tells the story of a female zombie's reduction to slavery in a future, post-apocalyptic Japan where zombies are captured and domesticated as servants and pets to humans; the film chronicles her ordeals and retaliation against the wealthy family that bought her. The film premièred at the Busan International Film Festival in South Korea on 5 October 2013, and won the Grand Prix at the Festival international du film fantastique de Gérardmer in France on 3 February 2014. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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