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Disillusioned by a depressing consumer culture in which popularity counts more than authenticity, Japanese actress Shina (Ui Mihara) flees to New York in search of something real. After an argument with her boyfriend, she loses herself - and everything she owns. At the same time, unsuccessful director Jack (Estevan Muñoz) is on the brink of disaster in Brooklyn: his leading actress jumps ship on the eve of his first feature film. Two exhausted souls collide in a dark back alley next to a metal bar. She crawls on the floor, vomiting out all her despair - he lights up and recognizes in this moment of revelation the salvation of his film. The next morning, Shina becomes the heroine of his no-budget horror-rom-com LOVE vs. DEATH - a delirious love story between a serial killer and a charming ghost.
With raw intimacy, absurdly funny wit and a rebellious indie spirit, Z-GRADE defies the alienation of cinema in an industrialized world. It is a feel-good rebellion - a tribute to rediscovering passion, to bonding through collaborative creation, to falling in love with filmmaking again. Cameo appearances by Larry Fessenden and Lloyd Kaufman set a tongue-in-cheek tone for cult film fans.
Kenichi Ugana, one of the most prolific and uncompromising directors of contemporary Japanese genre cinema, cements his reputation as the voice of a new, wild and deeply human low-budget cinema with Z-GRADE - alongside four other films from 2024-2025.
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