We Are Little Zombies
Generation 2019
JPN 2019
by: Makoto Nagahisa
Sena Nakashima, Keita Ninomiya, Mondo Okumura, Satoshi Mizuno
We Are Little Zombies
Generation 2019
JPN 2019
by: Makoto Nagahisa
Keita Ninomiya
We Are Little Zombies
Generation 2019
JPN 2019
by: Makoto Nagahisa
We Are Little Zombies
Generation 2019
JPN 2019
by: Makoto Nagahisa
Satoshi Mizuno, Keita Ninomiya, Sena Namajima
We Are Little Zombies
Generation 2019
JPN 2019
by: Makoto Nagahisa
Feb 8, 2019Film team
The premiere of the 14plus competition's opening film is joyously celebrated.
Generation – We Are Little Zombies
Feb 8, 2019Makoto Nagahisa, Keita Ninomiya
The director and his protagonist in high spirits and zombie mode.
Generation – We Are Little Zombies
Feb 8, 2019Maryanne Redpath, Makoto Nagahisa
The section head with the director of the opening film of the 14plus competition.
Generation – We Are Little Zombies
Feb 9, 2019Makoto Nagahisa, Anne Lakeberg
The director at the opening night in the Sputnik Kino.
Berlinale Goes Kiez – We Are Little Zombies
Feb 9, 2019Makoto Nagahisa
Berlinale Goes Kiez – We Are Little Zombies
Feb 9, 2019Makoto Nagahisa
The director content after his screening.
Berlinale Goes Kiez – We Are Little Zombies
Feb 15, 2019Youth Jury, Makoto Nagahisa
The director (with flowers) was honoured with a Special Mention by the Youth Jury Generation 14plus for his film.
Generation – We Are Little Zombies
Feb 15, 2019Makoto Nagahisa
The director is happy about his Special Mention by the Youth Jury Generation 14plus.
Generation – We Are Little Zombies
‘We’re zombies. We’re dead. We’re dying. But we’re alive. I don’t know which. So we might as well do what we want.’
When the four young orphans first meet, their parents’ bodies are being turned into dust, like fine Parmesan atop a plate of spaghetti Bolognese. The crematorium chimney exhales their ash into the sky, and with it vanishes all that Hikari, Ikuko, Ishi und Takemura have known up till now. But having no parents also means no more school and no more karate or piano lessons. The first level of this new existence centres on salvaging a gaming console, an old electric bass and a charred wok from their former homes. Well, it’s enough to start a band and conquer the world. Anyways, reality is just too stupid to bother wasting tears on. Tragedy, comedy, music, social criticism and teenage angst are all subsumed in this eccentric cinematic tsunami.
by
Makoto Nagahisa
Japan 2019
Japanese
120’ · Colour
Keita Ninomiya (Hikari Takami)Satoshi Mizuno (Shinpachi Ishi)Mondo Okumura (Yuki Takemura)Sena Nakajima (Ikuko Ibu)
Born in Tokyo, Japan in 1984. While working at a major advertising agency, he also directed his own films and music videos. His 2017 short, And So We Put Goldfish in the Pool, which he also wrote, was the first Japanese film to win the Short Film Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. We Are Little Zombies is his debut feature film.
Filmography2017 And So We Put Goldfish in the Pool; short film 2019 We Are Little Zombies
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2019
Robot Communications
Dentsu
Nikkatsu Corporation