ACF 2033: ZOMBIE TV - latest from gore-master Yoshihiro Nishimura

A crowd of zombies are just looking for a good time in ZOMBIE TV. (All images © 2013 Pony Canyon)

ZOMBIE TV is the splatter-ific new comedy, zombie omnibus film from the fertile and twisted mind of acclaimed cult filmmaker and special effects makeup genius Yoshihiro Nishimura (TOKYO GORE POLICE, HELLDRIVER, THE ABCs of DEATH).

Maki Mizui is the world's first zombie idol in "Pink Zombie"

A Monty Python-esque collection of shorts, animation, sketch comedy, instructional videos and more, ZOMBIE TV showcases the natural evolution of zombies in the 21st century, no longer a frightening menace, but rather an annoying neighbor you realize you simply have to put up with. ZOMBIE TV answers such natural questions as: in a world full of the undead, wouldn’t some of the surviving humans want to join the majority and become zombies themselves? Would becoming a zombie solve the emotional and relationship problems we all have as living, breathing human beings? Do zombies have their own idols? Would zombies worship a zombie god? Who would win in a fight: a cannibal, or a zombie? How did zombies evolve from walkers into runners? And the most burning question of all: how do zombies have sex?

Tomoya Maeno fulfills his last wish with well-endowed zombie Ayumi Kuroki, in "I Want to Be a Zombie!"

Nishimura has created ZOMBIE TV with the assistance of a new pair of filmmakers he’s excited to introduce to the world: award-winning splatter short film director Naoya Tashiro, and artist / animator Maelie Makuno. Bringing very different tastes and styles to their episodes, the trio have created a fun, fast-moving film that captures the feeling of flipping through late-night TV in a world gone mad. Structured to entertain without tiring out its audience, ZOMBIE TV provides food for thought—if that food were human guts and brains. Sure to delight zombie fans old and new, ZOMBIE TV offers a new- found appreciation for our walking dead friends.

Yasu Genki and Iona show viewers—in graphic detail—"How to Zombie Sex"

ZOMBIE TV held its World Premiere at Monsterfest in Melbourne, Australia on Monday, November 24th at 4:30pm local time, and will screen at film festivals across the world in early 2014.

ACF 985: Yoshihiro Nishimura's "Helldriver" will screen at Japan Society

Helldriver © 2010 The Sushi Typhoon / Nikkatsu Corporation

Helldriver
Directed by Yoshihiro Nishimura
Japan, 2010, 116 minutes, HD Cam
In Japanese with English subtitles
When: Thursday, April 28th, 2011 at 7:30 PM
Where: Japan Society, 333 East 47th Street, NYC
Between 1st and 2nd Avenues
Co-Presented with Subway Cinema
New York Premiere
Japan Cuts/NYAFF "Be a Zombie" after-party!
With director Yoshihiro Nishimura and actress Eihi Shiina in person!

In a land where half of the population has become not-so-sexy flesh eaters and the economy gently withers away, all hope seems lost for Japan... until Kika (Yumiko Hara) arrives. A stunning high school girl armed with an artificial heart-powered chainsaw sword, she leads a motley crew of desperados on a secret mission into the zombie-infected wilds to exterminate zombie queen Rikka (Eihi Shiina from Audition and Tokyo Gore Police) and put an end to the plague of the living dead.

But the road is fraught with a thriving zombie culture that, with its own designs on the living half of Japan, refuses to just lay down and die.

Visionary filmmaker Yoshihiro Nishimura's first solo directorial effort since Tokyo Gore Police is an epic, apocalyptic road movie featuring non-stop, over-the-top splatter action. The long-awaited realization of his dreams, Helldriver is Nishimura's bid to create the ultimate zombie film. The showdown for the future of Japan is at hand and no one, living or dead, may survive to see it! Your one chance to see the original director's cut of the film, with more action... and more gore!

The screening is also a very special launch event for Japan Society's 5th Festival of Contemporary Japanese Film (July 7–July 18): Japan Cuts and for the New York Asian Film Festival 2011. It will be followed by a party for ye undead featuring black metal band Vaura. Also at the party, special announcements will be made revealing titles in this year's festivals, and prizes will be given away.

TICKETS:
$12/$9 members, students & seniors
50% of all ticket sales will go to Japan Society's Earthquake Relief Fund.

Buy Tickets Online or call the Japan Society Box Office at (212) 715-1258, Mon. - Fri. 11 am - 6 pm, Weekends 11 am - 5 pm.