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Comedy, Science Fiction, Action, Horror  •  2012  •  91 min

Dead Sushi (2012)

Dead Sushi poster

Dead Sushi (2012)

Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Female Combat: Yes
Family Values: Leans Progressive
Viewer Rating
7.1

Overview

Dead Sushi is a Japanese splatter-comedy from director Noboru Iguchi in which a vengeful researcher unleashes serum-infected, flesh-eating sushi on a group of hapless guests. The lead is a young woman trained in martial arts who fights her way through the chaos, which gives the film a female-driven action core. Her arc also involves pushing back against her father's rigid expectations around the family's sushi tradition, a quietly progressive family dynamic. Beyond those two signals, the film is politically inert. It is kaiju-grade absurdism with raw fish. The progressive and neutral pulls roughly cancel out, landing the label where it belongs: Neutral.

Starring Cast

Rina Takeda  •   Kentarô Shimazu  •   Takamasa Suga

Where to watch

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Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Center

Primary

Political: Center
Confidence: High

The film's central subject matter of killer sushi and a mad scientist is inherently apolitical, and while subtle themes of corporate greed or the value of tradition exist, they are secondary to the film's overwhelming focus on absurd horror-comedy and a protagonist's personal journey, resulting in no dominant political bias.

Diversity: Moderate
Confidence: Medium

The film features a cast that aligns with its Japanese origin, without explicit race or gender swaps of roles traditionally associated with other demographics. Its narrative centers on a horror-comedy premise involving sentient sushi and a mad scientist, rather than offering critical portrayals of traditional identities or making DEI themes central to its story.

Secondary

Female Combat: Yes
Confidence: High

The film features Keiko, a martial artist, who repeatedly engages in and wins close-quarters physical fights against various male opponents, including mutated creatures and human antagonists, using her combat skills.

Family Values: Leans Progressive
Confidence: High

The film portrays a challenging father-daughter relationship where the daughter questions and ultimately subverts her father's rigid authority and traditional gender expectations within their family's sushi-making legacy, leaning towards a progressive view of family dynamics.

LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: High

The film 'Dead Sushi' is a horror-comedy centered on a young woman fighting killer sushi. Based on available plot summaries and character descriptions, there are no identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes depicted within the movie's narrative.

Trans: N/A
Confidence: High

Dead Sushi does not feature any identifiable transgender characters or themes. The narrative focuses on a young woman fighting against mutated, flesh-eating sushi, with no elements related to transgender identity or experiences present in the plot or character arcs.

Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High

The film "Dead Sushi" is an original production featuring characters created specifically for this movie. There are no pre-existing source materials, prior adaptations, or historical figures from which characters' genders could have been altered.

Race Swap: No
Confidence: High

The film "Dead Sushi" is an original Japanese horror-comedy and not an adaptation of any prior source material with pre-established characters. Therefore, no characters had a canonical race to be altered.

Hinduism: N/A
Confidence: High

Not depicted in the film.

Viewer Rating Breakdown

7.1

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

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5.7
The Movie Database logo
5.7

Critic Ratings

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10.0
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N/A

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