Netflix has released a poster and trailer for Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead, the Japanese comedy horror based on Haro Aso and Kotaro Takata’s manga of the same name.
Directed by Yûsuke Ishida, the film stars Eiji Akaso as Akira, a young man who has had the life sucked out of him by the abusive company he works for, but when he wakes up one morning to discover that his town has been overran by zombies and he no longer needs to go to work, he begins to feel truly alive again and sets about completing a zombie apocalypse bucket list he has compiled. Watch the trailer below…
Akira Tendo (Eiji Akaso) works at an abusive company where he suffers endless late hours, power harassment from his boss, and illogical tasks. He spends his days feeling more dead than alive. One morning, the town is overtaken by zombies and the familiar landscape is already devastated. Seeing such destruction, Akira shouts with glee that he doesn’t need to go to the office anymore. Showing his innate positivity, Akira comes up with a list of 100 things he wants to do before he becomes a zombie, including cleaning his home and camping on his balcony and sets out to complete his bucket list.
Featuring in the cast of Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead are Eiji Akaso, Mai Shiraishi, Shuntarô Yanagi and Kazuki Kitamura.
Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead arrives on Netflix on August 3rd.
Originally published July 4, 2023. Updated July 31, 2023.
