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Yellow Dragon's Village (2021)

Directed by Yugo Sakamoto

Horror | Action | Road Movie

Overview

Ordinary college students dropped by a strange village on the way to their camp. Persuaded by a seemingly friendly villager to stay over, but brutal killings start to occur in the following morning.

Length 66 minutes

Actors

Atomu Mizuishi | Mayu Suzuki | Takuya Matsumoto | Yuni Akino | Zingi Umemoto | Rikiya Kaidô | Yu Yasuda | Wataru Ichinose | Itsuki Fujii | Masayuki Ino | Kenta Osaka

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
02/07/2023TVStreamingVideo on Demand6 stars
 

Viewing Notes

I know Yugo Sakamoto had four movies with 2021 release dates but this one feels like it was made pre-pandemic as I can’t imagine it was made in 2020 during the pandemic. It’s possible, I suppose but given how locked Japan was in 2020 I doubt it. This is also a movie that is that kind of low budget affair that lands you a BABY ASSASSINS deal (bigger budget and better everything else).

YDV looks like it cost $5000 to make, if that. Not a bad thing, esp. for a homage to V-Cinema. And we all know the story of ONE CUT OF THE DEAD. This is not that but it has its moments. I’m glad it hit Screambox so I didn’t have to wait for a physical release bc it was on my watchlist ever since Baby Assassins hit. I dunno if I’d buy this… it’s just over an hour long and it’s a very much one and done kind of thing. Depends on the release and if it comes with Sakamoto’s other films or shorts.

I did think a lot about Tak Sakaguchi in that I wish he was still making crazy low budget movies like this.

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