# I Am a Hero (2016)

> A timid manga artist must trade his pencil for a shotgun when a bizarre epidemic turns Japan into a battlefield of grotesque undead.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/163552

## Facts

- Runtime: 126 min
- Genres: Action, Horror, Drama
- Director: Shinsuke Sato
- Cast: Yo Oizumi, Kasumi Arimura, Masami Nagasawa, Hisashi Yoshizawa, Yoshinori Okada, Yuu Tokui, Nana Katase, Makita Sports
- TMDB rating: 7.5/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3775202/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: visceral, tense, darkly comic, zombie movie night, horror marathon

## Synopsis

In a world overrun by the undead, survival becomes a daily struggle against the horrors of a new reality.

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