Asian zombie films
If it is out east and features the living dead, it's in here. I thought it worth grouping them together as they tend not to stick so closely to the zombie movie tropes and cliches, so can often come up with something original (and often jaw-dropping).
About the list: It is always tricky knowing where to draw the line but to stop unnecessary replication Chinese hopping vampires are in my other list "Crazy kung-fu horror films" unless they also feature obvious zombies too (the key to the films are resurrected corpses, which can turn into dangerous vampires if something goes wrong).
See also: There is also some crossover with the extreme Japanese films list, and the sub-list of it on the New Japanese Gore films. British zombie films another regional breakdown of zombie movies.
Removed: Beautiful Dead Body, "adult" films in a list can reduce its visibility.
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About the list: It is always tricky knowing where to draw the line but to stop unnecessary replication Chinese hopping vampires are in my other list "Crazy kung-fu horror films" unless they also feature obvious zombies too (the key to the films are resurrected corpses, which can turn into dangerous vampires if something goes wrong).
See also: There is also some crossover with the extreme Japanese films list, and the sub-list of it on the New Japanese Gore films. British zombie films another regional breakdown of zombie movies.
Removed: Beautiful Dead Body, "adult" films in a list can reduce its visibility.
Comments: As I don't have a Facebook account I cannot interact with the new comments system, so have switched it off. I will start a thread on the message board and link it in here shortly.
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- DirectorRyûhei KitamuraStarsTak SakaguchiHideo SakakiChieko MisakaThere are 666 portals that connect this world to the other side. These are concealed from all human beings. Somewhere in Japan exists the 444th portal.... The forest of resurrection.Here to give the list a nice graphic (plus it is one of my favourite Asian zombie movies), the list continues below:
- DirectorAmeera Al-QaedStarsMohammed JunaidRazan JamalSara Al-SayedIn the wake of a viral outbreak through out Bahrain, a group of strangers become acquainted with each other when they realize that they must unite to ward off the undead plague.Bahraini
There are not many Middle East zombie films apart from this, a few from Israeli and one from Turkey. I wouldn't be surprised if the sub-genre takes off in this region (I'm surprised there haven't been more from Turkey) and, if so, I'll split these off from East and SE Asian films. - DirectorOudom TouchStarsSamol OdesVathanak SethPhnom Penh is changed after a deadly flu virus spreads through the city, turning its citizens into undead like creature with a taste for flesh. Join a group of survivors who battle to stay alive through this turbulent event while trying to find out why this disaster occurred. Life in the city will never be the same again.Cambodian
The first from this country that I'm aware of. - DirectorWeibang Ma-Xuaka Tales of a Corpse-Ridden Old House or Walking Corpse in an Old House
Chinese
Sounds like a zombie movie from the little, but even the tiniest bit of information about this is difficult to find. If it is a zombie movie it'd be the fifth or sixth ever made. - DirectorYin FokToi WongStarsNancy Wan-Seung ChanYik-Chi TseKat Ngan-Tsoiaka The Walking Corpse
In Fok Yin and Wong Toi’s Wanli Xinghsi (1939) a Chinese zombie roams the Hunan countryside in search of beautiful young women who he can sling over his shoulders, take to his lair, and eat.
http://www.apex-magazine.com/women-in-pre-1947-chinese-and-indian-horror-fiction-and-film/ - DirectorWen YiStarsKitty Ting Haoaka Zombie in a Haunted House
Plot synopsis here doesn't mention a zombie but it doesn't rule it out:
http://www.abandomoviez.net/db/pelicula.php?film=27435 - DirectorHsueh-Li PaoStarsHan ChinIvy Ling PoChih Hsien PoTwo swordsmen search for their missing brother. What is the connection between his disappearsnce and the evil Chang and his hunchback assistant? Who are the mysterious sisters being carried in coffins by their zombie cohorts? What is the secret of the sisters 'Finger of Doom' Kung fu?aka Fingers of Doom
Chinese - DirectorRoy Ward BakerCheh ChangStarsPeter CushingDavid ChiangJulie EgeIn China, Professor Van Helsing helps eight kung fu-trained siblings reclaim their ancestral mountain village, now the domain of seven powerful vampires and their army of undead slaves.Chinese
- DirectorMeng-Hua HoStarsLung TiNi TienLieh LoAn evil magician and his zombie minions are up against a trio of doctors who are on a mission to find the cause of an outbreak of unknown diseases caused by his spells.aka Black Magic 2 or Revenge of the Zombies
Chinese - DirectorJoseph KuoStarsCarter WongChun-Erh LungFei-Lung HuangRescued from his house as a child and sent to the Shaolin Temple, Chu Shiao Chieh learns the martial arts and the virtues of patience and mercy. Upon reaching manhood, Chu sets out to reunite with his blind mother and cousin. His refusal to involve himself in fighting injustices is challenged when the Eight Masters kidnap his mother as revenge for his father's misdeeds.Chinese
- DirectorJimmy Wang YuStarsJimmy Wang YuFei LungEmily Y. ChangJimmy Wang Yu, probably the most well-known martial arts star before the ascendance of Bruce Lee, directs himself in the martial arts action film Return of the Chinese Boxer.Chinese
He punches everything they can throw at him, including three zombies. - DirectorKong LungStarsYuen-Man MengCecilia WongLittle Unicornaka The Fairy, the Ghost and Ah Chung
Chinese - DirectorChi LoStarsFei MengNancy YenChung Chien LiTwo Ming patriots spend their days helping the weak and rescuing damsels in distress. This alum gets them in trouble, though, as they are captured and then volunteered to go after the fearsome Dragon Gang, a tribe of bandits that have been terrorizing the land. They must fight their way through the ranks, including a Taoist monk and his nearly invulnerable "demon," before they can finally face off against the beautiful and sinister leader of the Dragon Gang.
- DirectorShan HuaStarsBilly ChongLau ChanChung-You ChangA criminal comes to town in order to kill Billy Chong over a past dispute. But instead of getting his own hands dirty, he hires a Taoist wizard to animate some zombies to do the job for him. The plan goes horribly awry, and the bad guy ends up getting killed in his own trap. This pisses off the villain's spirit and he forces the priest to reincarnate him - only they can't find a suitable body. Meanwhile, an undead fiend of sorts comes to town to kill Billy's father over some other past dispute. This is where all of Billy's kung fu training comes in handy, and he manages to kill the attacker. With this, the other bad guy finally has a body to use, but the reincarnation goes wrong and the corpse is reborn as a vampire.aka Kung Fu Zombie
Chinese - DirectorChiu LeeStarsBilly ChongLieh LoChin-Lai SungThe gates of hell open to let out the ghosts of the dead Chun Sing is visited by his deceased father, who tells the young man that his enemy is a priest who commands the dark forces of black magic. Luckily, Chun Sing gets help from a magic book, a group of friendly ghosts, and a house full of hookers.aka Kung Fu From Beyond the Grave
Chinese - DirectorLing ChangStarsLing ChangFeng ShihYu-Hsiang ChangA woman who was raised by wolves seeks revenge on Red Devil, the villain who ordered the murder of her parents.aka Wolf-Devil Woman or Wolfen Ninja
Chinese - DirectorPak Tong CheukStarsHan ChinAnna MalaiSally YehChinese
- DirectorJeong-yong KimTomas TangStarsUn BiCheol JangHong-Kwon JeongA man (Mike Wong) helps Gen. Ching's daughter recover stolen treasure on the Chang River.Chinese
- DirectorRonny YuStarsAnthony ChanFu-Hsiung ChengKent ChengA gang of opium smugglers, disguised as Taoist Priests transporting hopping corpses, are hired to transport a real dead body to it's final resting place.aka The Trail
Chinese
A Chinese-hopping vampire film, with zombies. - DirectorMoon-Tong LauStarsCheng-Yu ChangTsui SulYau-Hau ChanThe figure of an evil genius is stolen by a photographer. At night the genius comes to life and rapes his girlfriend while both of them are drunk.aka The Rape After
Chinese - DirectorHenry ChowStarsAgnes ChanMang-Ha ChengKam CheungChinese
- DirectorSiu-Tung ChingStarsChow Yun-FatEmily ChuKit Ying LamA Hong Kong man vacations to Nepal where a local tribe imbues him with magical powers which he must use to fight a growing evil.aka The Witch From Nepal
Chinese - DirectorTai-Kit MakStarsAnn BridgewaterCharine ChanKuei-Ying HsuCecil and her cousin owns a boutique. They find out that the boutique used to be a theater which burned down 30 years ago. Tao, one of the spirits, has to seek revenge on the person who caused the accident.aka Abracadabra
Chinese - DirectorSiu-Tung ChingStarsLeslie CheungJoey WangWu MaAfter a string of bad luck, a debt collector has no other choice than to spend the night in a haunted temple, where he encounters a ravishing female ghost and later battles to save her soul from the control of a wicked tree demon.aka Chinese Ghost Story
Chinese - DirectorGodfrey HoStarsRichard HarrisonMelvin PitcherAndy ChworowskyWe begin with Shô Kosugi demonstrating the use of a katana, saying nothing about the film he is introducing. When Gordon is taking his girlfriend's picture in Hong Kong, several Caucasian thugs led by a Chinese man, Kogan, threaten her, so he beats them up. Elsewhere, Bernard Wong pays his workers extra money to continue digging his land after discovering human bones. The thugs are members of the Black Ninja Clan, whose dead are buried on Wong's site. One of their operatives strangles Gordon's girlfriend, believing she knows where Gordon has hidden the Golden Ninja statue that apparently gives him power and won't say, while another hires Ghost Ninja, a beautiful witch dressed in white to kill Wong, his daughter Fanny, her husband George, and her son, Bobo, for three million dollars. Fanny is frightened by a cat in the house upon move-in, and the Black Ninja leader keeps swinging her sword to hallucinate frogs jumping to their deaths out of her refrigerator and her soup ladle turning into a flying snake (strung on a wire that is highly visible without pausing despite being a split-second shot). The witch keeps spooking Fanny and Bobo, who insists on riding his bike in the living room, but George doesn't believe either of them. Gordon (sitting in front of a poster of a strangled woman marked "this could happen to you" and another poster of a swimsuit model) responds to their complaints (in shot-reverse shot, as they're obviously not in the same film) and commands Magic Chan, a wizard with a magic mirror he has forgotten, and his obese sidekick, Firecracker, in the same manor, and frequently keeps in touch on the phone after his Caucasian operative living next door, Sara, is murdered by a zombie man. Sometimes he uses a black phone, but more often it is a Garfield phone (which the camera moves and music suggest is supposed to be funny). The Ghost Ninja is more interested in her own desires than killing the family, and masturbates to the couple's lovemaking before spiriting herself into Fanny's vagina (there is no full-frontal nudity) in order to lure George away from her, though she makes him physically ill, as she did to Bobo by stuffing his mouth full of handfuls of grass. The Ghost Ninja, once compelled by the Black Ninja leader, calls upon more women like dressed her, plus one impersonating Bobo's grandmother as a lure for him, and the zombie man, in an all-out assault against the family, while the two bumbling idiots (Firecracker and Magic Chan) are having a drinking contest, and Gordon, in a red ninja suit, who has been offing the Caucasian ninjas, prepares to confront Kogan, the Black Ninja leader.Chinese
- DirectorJeffrey LauStarsJacky CheungRicky HuiSandy LamSpecially trained government troops are sent to clean out a city that is plagued by vampires, ghosts and cannibalistic zombies.aka The Haunted Cop Shop 2
Chinese - DirectorChi-Wei YuStarsHui-Chun ChenChu-Chiu YuanFeng Kuaka Spirit vs. Zombie
Chinese - DirectorGodfrey HoStarsDeborah GrantSing-Kwong TsangChien SunThe fate of the entire hotel industry is at stake. A group of evil black ninjas have threatened to insinuate themselves into the industry, take over, and transform the operation into something unspeakable.Chinese
- DirectorHao LiStarsSiu-Kwan LauNa AnAh-JiuArchaeologists looking for artifacts in Thailand meet black magic and zombies sent by an evil Shaman..Chinese
- DirectorGodfrey HoStarsPierre KirbyEdowan BersmeaDewey BosworthEthan, a young man, is beaten while his father is killed by a group of thieves. With the help of an undertaker, Ethan trains in kung fu by fighting the dead. Meanwhile, an American Ninja, Dragon, must fend off against the thieves and their ninja henchmen. It is soon that Dragon and Ethan team up to defeat the thieves and the ninjas.
- DirectorRicky LauStarsSammo Kam-Bo HungChing-Ying LamHoi MangImpoverished teahouse worker (and martial-arts student) Abao is engaged to his boss' daughter, Little Chu, and fights to protect her from the lecherous advances of the wealthy but repulsive Master Shi. The two men's romantic rivalry escalates into full-scale supernatural warfare after Shi enlists the aid of a wicked sorcerer, and Abao encounters a benevolent female ghost.Chinese
- DirectorWei TungStarsChing-Ying LamWilson LamMichael Kiu Wai MiuA former cop rejoins the police department to investigate a drug ring that employs ghosts and vampires.aka Magic Cop
Chinese
Although this is sometimes called Mr Vampire 5 and Lam Ching Ying returns, he is a policeman (although does his share of Taoist ghostbusting) fighting a witch who raises the dead for her own ends. - DirectorJeffrey LauStarsCorey YuenSandra Kwan Yue NgLowell LoThe rays of the moon bring a coven of female zombies back to life. A special police squad is assigned to stop them.aka Mortuary Blues
Chinese - DirectorJohnnie ToStarsMichelle YeohAnita MuiMaggie CheungWhile one tough woman with an invisible robe has stolen 18 babies for her powerful master, two other tough women and the cops try to stop her.Chinese
- DirectorWilson YipStarsJordan ChanEmotion CheungSam LeeA group of young shoppers and employees must band together when a zombie outbreak over runs their Hong Kong shopping center in the middle of the shopping day.aka Bio-Zombie
Chinese - DirectorWai-Man ChengStarsStephen FungSam LeeAlice ChanCIA Anent Harry is bitten by a man who was part of a deadly experiment involving the ability to withstand pain. The bacterium has a virus, causing the victim to become a zombie. Upon Harry's arrival in Hong Kong, after rejection from his ex-girlfriend, the virus begins to take effect. He kills a call girl and is arrested after a gang fight. When he is in prison, Harry transforms into a Zombie King and transforms nearly an entire Triad gang into his personal horde. Soon, the police department becomes a House of the Dead. It's up to a police officer named Marco, Harry's ex, and a Triad member named Cheap to stop them before it's too late.aka Bio-Cops
Chinese - DirectorAman ChangAdrian KwanStarsSam LeeJerry LambAngela Ying-Ying Tongaka Scaremonger
Chinese - DirectorWellson ChinStarsKen ChangMichael Man-Kin ChowSuet LamIn 19th century China, an evil monk awakens a nest of vampires hell-bent on devouring human life. Now, a quartet of heroes and their master must use their unique powers to destroy the Vampire King and its lethal coven before it's too late.Chinese
- DirectorDouglas KungStarsChia-Hui LiuSiu-Wong FanMan Kit CheungThe plot thickens as the heroes, Pak and Hak, discover a horrible plan by the evil genius "DR.Magma" as he makes the evil dead come to life and fight the Shaolin monks that have mastered the art of fighting.Chinese
- DirectorCub ChienStarsSam LeeTommy YuenElanne KongDown-on-his-luck gambler Kan Au (Sam Lee) owes a big sum of money, and needs to go on a winning streak soon or the loan sharks will take the interest from his hide. Luckily, Kan finds a blessed coin that allows him to draws the unbeatable "13 Unique Wonders" hand of mahjong on 13 consecutive nights, which should be enough for him to pay his debts. The problem: every time he uses the coin to win,somebody dies a gruesome, gory death. Meanwhile, fetching Luk Wing (Elanne Kwong) wakes up one morning to discover her family being eaten! Everyone around her has become a zombie, and Wing has to pick up an axe and fight back, or her heart will be come lunch for the living dead. Finally, slacker Chan (Tommy Yuen) signs up for "Scare 2 Die" a reality game show with a prize purse of $130,000. He's supposed to survive a haunted house, but for some reason, the game show's manufactured scares are following him everywhere - even to his apartment! Is "Scare 2 Die" trying to surprise Chan, or are real ghosts trying to take him out of the game early?Chinese
- DirectorXia YongStarsSi ChanLi Chung-YanSek-Ming LauA beautiful woman is kidnapped by zombies from a hospital and finds herself imprisoned in a terrorist laboratory. she must fight to survive, and escape becoming a zombie herself.aka Zombies Reborn or Endless Crime
Chinese - DirectorWai-Lun LoStarsCelina JadeChinese
I also love flying guillotines, so it was like this film was made just for me (if so, thank you) and rather than just relying on it being a one-note joke, they really go to town with the idea. Love it and now I want to see this as a full-length film.
Watch on YouTube (English subtitles):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKAlmpKxj_U - DirectorSamuel LeongStarsSamuel LeongJack ChanCash LeeA group of thieves break into an industrial complex to pull off a jewelry heist, but stumble upon a hidden laboratory where unorthodox SARS and Ebola experiments are taking place on stolen cadavers, who soon mutate into blood-thirsty zombies.Chinese
- DirectorAngel LabraStarsChiquitoRonnel VictorMichael LocsinFilipino
- DirectorT.A. AciertoStarsLorenz AbayReynard AbayRosillo AbayRomy and Peewee are teenage orphans in the Philippines with an unusual job; they loot the cemeteries and steal precious belongings left for the dead. The townspeople are fed up with their disrespect for the dead that a hefty reward awaits for their capture. Desperate to flee the town, the sail to a desolated island only to encounter a greater foe - THE UNDEAD, victims of contagious alien virus that were unleashed from an ancient meteorite discovered by the obsessed American Scientist named William Seabrook. Trapped on an island and left with nothing to defend themselves, the grave bandits must use their wits to battle the swarm of flesh eating ghouls!Filipino
- DirectorBen FeleoStarsDolphyPanchitoRolly QuizonJoin detectives Kalabog and Bosyo in their wacky misadventures while trying to stop crimes and fight against a mad scientist who is determined to create the most powerful beast in the world.Filipino
- DirectorMauro Gia SamonteStarsCharito SolisRicky DavaoStella Suarez Jr.An overbearing mother asks a witch doctor to help bring her dead son back to life, which leads to disastrous results.Filipino
- DirectorJose Javier ReyesStarsMark Anthony FernandezJomari YllanaEric FructuosoA group of teenagers heads for an adventure in a secluded area. Along the way they meet a group of vampires who are infesting the place. They then find ways to survive the night fighting against the vampires.Filipino
- DirectorRogelio SalvadorStarsRodney ShattaraThou ReyesPaul BurnsFive ordinary kids are given the ability to transform into the Super Ranger Kids, to which they must use their newfound powers to fight against the forces of the evil Diabolika and her bumbling partner Satano.Filipino
- DirectorTeddy GomezPhillip KoStarsMonsour Del RosarioCarmina VillaroelNiño MuhlachJack, Vera, and Dino are sent into a magical world where they are chosen to save it from the threat of the evil Lucas Diablo and his monstrous minions.Filipino
- DirectorRico Maria IlardeStarsMonsour Del RosarioKlaudia KoronelMark GilFilipino
- DirectorJohnny ManahanStarsChristopher De LeonShaina MagdayaoAngel AquinoAna (Shaina Magdayao), an orphaned girl, searches for her long-lost father with her guardian angel's help.Filipino
- DirectorFelix E. DalayStarsRamon 'Bong' Revilla Jr.Dennis PadillaPrincess PunzalanFilipino
- DirectorToto NatividadStarsLito LapidMark LapidMaynard LapidThe father and sons triumvirate play three oppressed Filipinos during the Spanish regime-a cowardly farmer (Lito), a mentally challenged man (Mark), and a hunchback bellringer (Maynard). Because of their sufferings, they were blessed with powers to help their fellowmen.Filipino
- DirectorJoel LamanganStarsZsa Zsa PadillaBb GandanghariPops FernandezA gay barber swallows a large rock from the sky that turns him into a sexy superheroine. She soon finds herself fighting against a giant frog, a zombie outbreak, and a group of warriors who plan to turn the world's males into females.Filipino
- DirectorAto BautistaCathy Garcia-SampanaFrasco MortizStarsSam ConcepcionAJ PerezRobi DomingoA creative horror movie made up of five unique short films tied together by a similar theme.Filipino
- DirectorChris MartinezAndoy RanayDominic ZapataStarsRichard GutierrezJillian WardRhian RamosA novelist is searching for a girlfriend as he writes his next book, a trilogy of love stories (Soulmates, BFF, and Gunaw). His little sister and pseudo cupid adds cuteness and light banter. Philippines Filipino movie.Filipino
- DirectorKeshu RamsayStarsRajan SippySwapnaAalokaA man moves in with his wife to a Mansion as a caretaker and finds out that not only some thugs have invaded that place but also a mummy walled in the dungeon with a dark past.Indian
- DirectorKrishna D.K.Raj NidimoruStarsSaif Ali KhanKunal KemmuVir DasA group of friends, just looking to have a good time in a rave party on a remote island in Goa, find out that the island is infested with Zombies.Indian.
India's first zom-com. - DirectorLuke KennyDevaki SinghStarsLuke KennyKirti KulhariAshwin MushranA heartbroken wildlife photographer throws himself into his work, only to find himself experiencing strange transformations.Indian
- Indian (via Canada)
- DirectorNayato Fio NualaStarsMpok AtiekSisca JessicaReymond KnuliqThree medical students are doing an internship at a hospital. As part of their new responsibilities, they have to take charge of the morgue.Indonesian
- DirectorYoyok SubagyoStarsAzis GagapArumy BachsinAndreano PhilipIndonesian
- DirectorNuri DahliaStarsZacky ZimahDerry DrajatFebriyanie FerdzillaKakek Pacul was Nenek Gayung's husband. When he died, Kakek Pacul's body was not properly buried. Duta, Coki, Danu, Thalia, and Miki had to deal with an angry Kakek Pacul who demanded a proper grave.Indonesian
- DirectorOfer PedutStarsRoi CalvoEhoud EitanKaren LipsteinAfter a deadly chemical conflict in the Middle East, zombie terror rules the streets of TLV. Are you infected?Israeli
Israel's first, I believe, but not the last:
http://forward.com/the-assimilator/185456/whats-behind-israels-zombie-outbreak/
Watch here on IMDB - DirectorDidi LubetzkyStarsDavid ShaulOrna ShifrisArtur PerryDanny is left alone in an army base that is full of elite zombie soldiers on Passover night.Israeli
- DirectorEitan GafnyStarsLiron LevoYafit ShalevRoi MillerDoron, a security operative, who takes on one last mission: to capture, number 3 in the terrorist organization of Hezbollah, in Lebanon. With an elite force, Doron enters Lebanon to complete his last mission. Very soon he discovers that reality is not so simple, and that a new and unknown enemy is to be dealt with - and Hezbollah are the last thing on his mind. Doron has to deal with a ticking clock in the form of extensive I.D.F attack and a bloodthirsty enemy, Now that their enemy has changed its face, it's up to him and his unit to wage a new war, a different war, to find an antidote, get back across the border, before the middle east conflict is changed forever.Israeli
The first full-length Israeli zombie movie and despite there being a sudden rash of zombie films from there no one has used the obvious title: Dead Sea. They need to sort that out asap!! - DirectorEitan ReuvenStarsLarry ButchinsZach CohenSusanne GschwendtnerIn a post-apocalyptic future, a biological warfare program gone wrong leaves only four survivors defending themselves from "the infected" - mindless killers. As they struggle to survive and make sense of what is happening, they find another survivor, intent on revealing the truth.Israeli
- DirectorHiroki MatsunoStarsKikko MatsuokaYasunori IrikawaMasumi OkadaAbout a young woman living in a seaside town haunted by the ghosts of a ship's crew murdered by modern-day pirates.aka The Living Skeleton
Japanese - DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsShin'ichi ChibaKenji SawadaAkiko KanaCenturies ago, a samurai survives the massacre of 35,000 Christians and denounces God for ignoring the pleas of the believers. He sells his soul to the devil and receives the power to resurrect the dead to join him on a murderous rampage.Japanese
- DirectorNobuhiko ÔbayashiStarsMorio KazamaKumiko AkiyoshiTsurutarô KataokaA recently divorced writer is reunited with the ghosts of his parents who died when he was a boy. However, every time he sees them he loses more life energy. Now, he must choose between starting a new life or staying forever in the past.aka Summer Among the Zombies or The Discarnates
Japanese
Not what anyone would really class as a zombie movie but here for the sake of completeness. See also: "Yomigaeri". - DirectorKazuo 'Gaira' KomizuStarsKatsuhiro FukudaToshiya ItoShinobu KandoriWhen a meteor crashes into Tokyo Bay, a toxic cloud covers the city and a new, alien virus causes the dead to walk and feast on the living. To make matters worse, punk gangs terrorize the city and the Japanese military suspiciously will not control the situation. It's up to Keiko (Cutei Suzuki), a one-woman army, to bring some order and save her home from the ghouls and gangs.aka Battle Girl: The Living Dead in Tokyo Bay
Japanese - StarsMichael GoldwasserVincent BagnallTakehito KoyasuNorikazu is a computer expert who digs up a computer that was used in World War II. Because of this, he and his friends end up in an alternative world inside the computer, where hideous, horny zombies roam.Japanese
- DirectorRyûhei KitamuraStarsMasami MiyataKohji GotohYoshihiro OkamotoThe long-time entertainment of the company of scumbags is that they kidnap people and take them to the forest, where they release and begin to hunt them. However, they do not suspect that this forest is unusual, and those killed in it at any moment can return to life in order to avenge themselves.Japanese
The short film that was the precursor to Versus (2000). - DirectorTetsuro TakeuchiStarsGuitar WolfDrum WolfBass WolfOnly legendary Japanese garage rock band Guitar Wolf can stand between a race of aliens from destroying earth with an army of zombies.Japanese
- DirectorShinji AoyamaStarsKôjirô HongôMasatoshi MatsuoYutaka MatsushigeAfter the head of the corpse of a teenager she's restoring is stolen, an embalmer encounters the organ black market and a necrotomic religious cult.Japanese
- DirectorRyûhei KitamuraStarsTak SakaguchiHideo SakakiChieko MisakaThere are 666 portals that connect this world to the other side. These are concealed from all human beings. Somewhere in Japan exists the 444th portal.... The forest of resurrection.Japanese
- DirectorAtsushi MurogaStarsKaori ShimamuraYûji KishimotoShû EharaA team of jewel thieves are caught between a yakuza gang and a mass of zombies when they enter an abandoned factory once used as a site for secret experiments by the U.S. military.Japanese
- DirectorAtsushi ShimizuStarsKyôko AkiyamaIio HidekiTakeru HironoJapanese
- DirectorNaoyuki TomomatsuStarsNorman EnglandTomoka HayashiYukijirô HotaruGirls surrounding 17 years old are affected by an illness that make her to be 'Stacies': they feel a strange and momentary happiness until they become zombies.Japanese
Naoyuki Tomomatsu might be fighting for the crown as Japan's George Romero, but this, his first zombie film, is still his best. It is downhill from here. - DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsKenji SawadaKeiko MatsuzakaShinji TakedaA family moves to the country to run a rustic mountain inn when, to their horror, the customers begin befalling sudden and unlikely fates.Japanese
- DirectorAkihiko ShiotaStarsTsuyoshi KusanagiYûko TakeuchiYuriko IshidaWhen the dead come back to life, an inspector is sent to the town of Aso.aka Resurrection
Japanese
Along the same lines as "Summer with the Zombies" - not really what you'd class as a zombie movie. - DirectorYûdai YamaguchiStarsTak SakaguchiAtsushi ItôHideo SakakiBattlefield Baseball is a tough game--it doesn't end until all the members on the opposing team are dead. In this game the Gedo High team is composed of blue-faced zombies, and their opponents on the Seido High team know they don't have a chance at beating them unless they can bring back a star pitcher who has a lethal pitch called the Super Tornado, but who has hung up his cleats and has no desire to return to the game.Japanese
- DirectorHideyuki HirayamaStarsYôsuke KubozukaKumiko AsôTetta Sugimoto37,000 Peasants perished in the Shimbara Revolt: among them, the leader of that uprising, Shiro Amakusa. Amakusa is resurrected from hell bent on revenging the death of his fellow comrades by over throwing the Shoganate. Shiro resurrects an army of living dead swordsmen by "Makai Tensho" (Demonic transmigration). Only the Legendary Samurai Jubei Yagyu, stands in his way!aka Samurai Resurrection
Japanese - DirectorSeiji YamadaStarsTaiji DoiKazuhiro HashimotoBaranosuke ItabashiJapanese
- DirectorNaoki KuboTerry ItoStarsShinya HashimotoSonimShirô SanoHashimoto plays a professional wrestler whose wife involuntarily turns into a mermaid.aka Oh! My Zombie Mermaid
Japanese
To the best of my knowledge, this is the only film to include a zombie mermaid. - DirectorKôji ShiraishiKazuhiro YokoyamaStarsAyaka MaedaMoe KarasawaYoshiyuki MorishitaThe unimaginable happens. Sayuri is pronounced 'dead' by her doctor, but her body continues to function. Her wounds begin to fester and her body begins to rot. Her once loving mother, father and sister are repulsed as their home starts reeking of decomposing flesh. Unable to bear it any longer, they corner Sayuri holding a can of gasoline.... She flees for her life, but is snatched away by a strange man who runs a freak show, where Sayuri is forced to exhibit her putrefied body and dance before an audience of men dressed in black. Isolated in the desolate hills, Sayuri thinks she has escaped them, but she's wrong....Japanese
- DirectorSakichi SatoStarsTadanobu AsanoShô AikawaErika OkudaA horror-comedy about two blue-collar factory workers (who happen to be jiu-jitsu experts) dealing with a ravenous, flesh-eating zombie uprising in Tokyo.aka Tokyo Zombie
Japanese - DirectorNaoyuki TomomatsuStarsKenji AraiDai AsakiNorman EnglandTraining mission turns to terror. A blood soaked battle against the living dead begins.aka Nihombie 1
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All three films are available in one pack called "Zombie Triple-Feature." It also has "Nihombie" across the front but that is less likely to come up in the search. - DirectorKiyoshi YamamotoStarsSayaka HosakaHitomi MiwaKazunori TaniNanami and Daisue join their high school's occult research club to investigate a curse surrounding a student who committed suicide after being possessed by the spirit of a doll. They go to "The Doll Cemetery" - but will they leave alive?Japanese
- DirectorTakashi MinamotoStarsHiroki NarimiyaYû YamadaShûgo OshinariSet in Tokyo's otaku mecca Akihabara, "Akihabara@DEEP" tells the story of five otaku who drop out of society and end up founding their own successful IT venture called Crook. But Nakagomi, president of an influential electronics company called Digital Capital, will do anything to get his hands on Crook.Japanese
- DirectorKôji KawanoStarsSasa HandaYuria HidakaAyumu TokitôThe new girl at school helps the swim team battle their infected teachers and classmates.aka Nihombie 2 or Attack Girls Swim Team vs the Unliving Dead
Japanese - StarsTakahiro SakuraiHouko KuwashimaKen'ichi SuzumuraMichiru Kita possesses a gift that allows her to see who's about to die. She discovers that two of her classmates are both zombies (and zombie hunters), they invite her to join them at Zombie-Loan, a sort of credit agency for zombies.aka Zombie Loan
Japanese - 20081h 26mNot Rated5.2 (474)DirectorKen'ichi FujiwaraStarsLisa KudôTakeshi YamamotoMai MinamiRika never expected to encounter the living dead as she skipped school to visit her grandfather. She is forced to survive and discovers incredible zombie fighting skills.aka Nihombie 3 or Zombie Hunter Rika
Japanese - DirectorTak SakaguchiStarsMitsuru FukikoshiIssei IshidaTak SakaguchiA family is kidnapped by a couple who have guns. Wandering lost, they get together in a place where there are zombies in samurai armor. Encountering zombies and police, reunited family struggle and get to confront a tragic secret.Japanese
- DirectorYôhei FukudaStarsEri OtoguroTomohiro WakiTarô SuwaIn the year 20XX a mysterious scientist discovers a way to bring back the dead . . . only it turns one town into a zombie-infested hellhole. But when the world falls into ruin, only one woman, her trusty katana and sexy bikini can save them. And as she takes down one zombie after another, she also pursues the younger sister she wants to take to task for killing her father.aka Chanbara Beauty or OneChanbara: Bikini Samurai Squad
Japanese - DirectorHiroshi KanekoStarsMayuko ArisueRin AsukaMizuho Hata17 year old schoolgirl Sakura visits a Samurai theme park called Survival Land with her friends where they're supposed to go up against some cosplayers dressed as samurai but things go horribly wrong when one of the cosplayers gets infected after finding a strange flower in the theme park's grounds and cutting it with his sword. Some black liquid sprays him in the face and the next thing we know he's infecting the rest of his colleagues as they turn into zombies. Soon the game turns deadly as the undead cosplayers start attacking the girls with real weapons. They need to find a way to escape from the place.Japanese
- DirectorHiroshi KanekoStarsMayuko ArisueRin AsukaRyôsuke KawamuraJapanese
- DirectorKanzou MatsuuraStarsAi KawanakaKeisuke UrushizakiTôru Ômuraaka Zombie Dead
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On DVD with Slit-Mouthed Woman.