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I Am a Hero

2016 · 126 min

A tense, gory zombie survival ride with a dash of absurd humor and a bleak, desperate atmosphere.

Directed by: Shinsuke Sato
Genres: Action, Horror, Drama
Starring: Yo Oizumi, Kasumi Arimura, Masami Nagasawa

Tagline: Welcome to ZQN World.
Overview: A man witnesses a fatal traffic accident on his way home from work, and the victim is clearly killed on impact. A moment later, when the corpse stands up and walks away, it could be a hallucination or something far more extraordinary.

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Directed by: Shinsuke Sato
Genres: Action, Horror, Drama
Starring: Yo Oizumi, Kasumi Arimura, Masami Nagasawa

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
isolation
obsession
identity
madness
Places: big city
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	7
Horror	8
Humour	3
Realism	4
Romance	1
Tension	7
Darkness	8
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: action, horror, drama
Directed by: Shinsuke Sato
Written by: Akiko Nogi
Starring: Yo Oizumi, Kasumi Arimura, Masami Nagasawa, Hisashi Yoshizawa, Yoshinori Okada, Yuu Tokui, Nana Katase, Makita Sports
Music: Nima Fakhrara
Cinematography: Taro Kawazu
Runtime: 126 min
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese, Spanish

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