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Comedy · Tokyo Zombie  Tokyo Zombie  None April 3rd, 2009
Everything you need to know about "Tokyo Zombie" is right there
in the title: It's set in Tokyo. There are zombies.  Based on a
manga and just now being released stateside by Anchor Bay, the
film starts two perpetually bickering pals: the Afroed Fujio
(Tadanobu Asano) and bald Mitsuo (Show Aikawa). They attempt to
dump a dead body at the mountain known as Black Fuji, but its
grounds are laden with the undead, who rise and make their lives
hell.  Slapstick comedy ensues, with an uncomfortable bent
toward anal gags, making for a lazy mix of laughs and gore.
There's not enough of the former, and too much of the latter.
Around the midpoint, the film sports a nifty animated sequence
in which, it's explained, Tokyo "dies," leading into the post-
apocalyptic second half, in which zombies are used for
gladiator-esque spectator sports.  This chunk is immeasurably
better, but still lacking in anything