Dead Sushi
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Yoichi Sakai
Mana Fukui
Shigeru Matsuzaki
Kentaro Shimazu
Asami Sugiura
Demo Tanaka
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| Directed by | Noboru Iguchi |
| Written by | Noboru Iguchi |
| Produced by | Motohisa Nagata Yoichi Sakai Mana Fukui |
| Starring | Rina Takeda Shigeru Matsuzaki Kentaro Shimazu Asami Sugiura Demo Tanaka |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Dead Sushi (デッド寿司, Deddo sushi) is a 2012 Japanese comedy horror film directed by Noboru Iguchi. The film involves Keiko (Rina Takeda) who is the daughter of a famous sushi chef. She leaves home for an inn where she is bullied by the president of Komatsu Pharmaceuticals. A Komatsu researcher arrives intent on revenge by creating a serum that turns fish on rice into killer sushi. Keiko teams up with the former sushi chef Sawada to fight off the creatures.
Director and writer Noboru Iguchi decided to work on a film after the film Piranha 3D (2010) was popular in Japan. Iguchi was also influenced by the film Attack of the Killer Tomatoes by the idea of food attacking people.[1] The film contains a number of action sequences which Iguchi said he wanted to be more comedic than his previous films.[1] Yoshihiro Nishimura contributed to the special effects in the film.[2]
Dead Sushi is the first film to be released from Walker Pictures, the new producing and distribution offshoot of the Japanese talent agency Office Walker.[3]
Cast
- Rina Takeda as Keiko
- Shigeru Matsuzaki as Sawada
- Kentaro Shimazu as Yamada
- Asami Sugiura as Yumi Hanamaki
- Demo Tanaka
- Takamasa Suga as Nosaka
- Takashi Nishina as Mr. Hanamaki
- Yui Murata as Miss Enomoto
Release
Dead Sushi had its world premiere at the Fantasia Festival on 22 July 2012.[2][4]