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. The films stars

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, and Erika Okuda. The film was released in North America, UK and later Australia and New Zealand in 2009.

Plot

Fujio and Mitsuo are two full-time slackers who work in a

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factory. The two spend their lunch hours training to fulfill their dreams of being

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champions. One day, they murder their boss and dump his body on a

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toxic waste dump known as "Black Fuji". Things suddenly become worse when an army of the

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rises from the waste dump and begin to attack the living. In order to survive, they will have to employ their limited jujitsu skills, to either help or escape Tokyo.

Film cast

– Fujio *

– Mitsuo * Erika Okuda – Yoko *

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– Ishihara *

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– Akiyama / Prince * Hina Matsuoka – Fumiyo * Maria Takagi – Yocchan's sister

Reception

In a list of "10 Great Zombie Manga",

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's Jason Thompson placed ''Tokyo Zombie'' in ninth place, calling it "good, cheesy, ultraviolent entertainment".

References

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* * 1999 manga 1999 comics endings 2000s Japanese-language films Zombie comedy films 2005 films Japanese horror films Manga adapted into films Live-action films based on manga Zombies in anime and manga Zombies in comics 2005 comedy horror films Japanese zombie films 2000s Japanese films Comics set in Tokyo {{comedy-horror-film-stub