Kamera o Tomeru na! A cult classic with heart that subverts expectations.
It's time for a cult classic that has heart and subverts expectations in the best possible way. Kamera o Tomeru na! Also known as One Cut of the Dead, Shinichiro Ueda's micro-budget zombie comedy took the way by storm when it was released back in 2017. For a movie that had a budget as low as 2 million yen, it was a remarkable success, thanks to word of mouth both in Japan and internationally. When it comes to reviewing or writing a blog post about it, it really is tough because honestly, you want to head into movies like this without any kind of spoilers. I'll try my best to give a good enough overview to make you want to watch it without giving too much away. A hack director and his crew are shooting a cheap zombie movie in an old, abandoned Japanese World War 2 facility. The facility that appears to be a warehouse, is a said to have been a site in which the military performed experiments on humans. Whilst in the process of filming, the crew suddenly find themselves und...
