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One Cut of the Dead
2017
· Movie
· 96 min
A
MEANRANK
82/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #396
- IMDb #950
- Google retired #1262
- Metacritic #500
- Letterboxd #478
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #6
+5 more
- Metacritic Critics #361
- Metacritic Audience #1244
- Kinopoisk #2047
- AlloCiné #1012
- Trakt #879
Every rating
72–100
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Kinopoisk on 72, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 100. Critics average 93, everyone else 79.
See the most agreed on films →A frantic director is making a low-budget zombie film when real zombies suddenly attack the set. The cast and crew must fight for their lives as the director, obsessed with capturing the perfect take, continues to film the chaos. The situation descends into hilarious and bloody madness, blurring the lines between movie-making and reality.
Details
- Director
- Shinichiro Ueda
- Writer
- Shinichiro Ueda
- Studio
- Panpokopina, ENBU Seminar
- Released
- 4 November 2017
- Country
- Japan
- Language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Budget
- $52.4K
- Box office
- $27.6M
- Awards
- 8 wins, 19 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (22) →
Awards & nominations
See all 27 →8 wins from 27 nominations across 8 ceremonies
| 13th Asian Film Awards 2017 | Best New Director | Shinichiro Ueda | Nominee |
| 28th Tokyo Sports Film Awards 2017 | Best Film | One Cut of the Dead | Nominee |
| 28th Tokyo Sports Film Awards 2017 | Best Director | Shinichiro Ueda | Winner |
| 28th Tokyo Sports Film Awards 2017 | Best Actor | Takayuki Hamatsu | Nominee |
| 28th Tokyo Sports Film Awards 2017 | Best Supporting Actress | Harumi Shuhama | Nominee |
| 28th Tokyo Sports Film Awards 2017 | Best Newcomer | Harumi Shuhama | Winner |
| 31st Nikkan Sports Film Awards 2017 | Best Director | Shinichiro Ueda | Nominee |
| 31st Nikkan Sports Film Awards 2017 | Best Newcomer | Shinichiro Ueda | Nominee |
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28th Tokyo Sports Film Awards
5 nominations, 2 won
| Best Director | Shinichiro Ueda | Winner |
| Best Newcomer | Harumi Shuhama | Winner |
| Best Actor | Takayuki Hamatsu | Nominee |
| Best Film | One Cut of the Dead | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Harumi Shuhama | Nominee |
42nd Japan Academy Prize
8 nominations, 1 won
| Best Film Editing | Shinichiro Ueda | Winner |
| Best Actor | Takayuki Hamatsu | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Takeshi Sone | Nominee |
| Best Director | Shinichiro Ueda | Nominee |
| Best Music | Nobuhiro Suzuki, Shōma Itō, and Kyle Nagai | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Shinichiro Ueda | Nominee |
| Best Sound Recording | Kōkichi Komoda | Nominee |
| Picture of the Year | One Cut of the Dead | Nominee |
31st Nikkan Sports Film Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Yūjirō Ishihara Award | One Cut of the Dead | Winner |
| Best Director | Shinichiro Ueda | Nominee |
| Best Film | One Cut of the Dead | Nominee |
| Best Newcomer | Shinichiro Ueda | Nominee |
43rd Hochi Film Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Special Award | One Cut of the Dead | Winner |
| Best Director | Shinichiro Ueda | Nominee |
| Best New Artist | Shinichiro Ueda | Nominee |
| Best Picture | One Cut of the Dead | Nominee |
61st Blue Ribbon Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Film | One Cut of the Dead | Winner |
| Best Director | Shinichiro Ueda | Nominee |
73rd Mainichi Film Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Director | Shinichiro Ueda | Winner |
| Best Screenplay | Shinichiro Ueda | Nominee |
40th Yokohama Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Special Jury Prize | One Cut of the Dead | Winner |
13th Asian Film Awards
1 nomination
| Best New Director | Shinichiro Ueda | Nominee |