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‘One Cut of the Dead’ Director Ueda Shinichiro on Turning a Microdrama Into Tokyo Feature ‘Earthlings in Love’

The 30-episode microdrama grew from 76 minutes to 111 minutes after strong online response, with added scenes and reworked pacing for theaters.

Summary by Variety
Director Ueda Shinichiro made a name for himself with filmmaking that has embraced self-reflexivity: the beloved cult zombie film “One Cut of the Dead” was continually transforming, from a single-take horror-comedy into a meditation on the act of filmmaking and then the chaos of actually being on set. His new feature “Earthlings in Love,” showing […]

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The official screening of the film "Koi Suru Chikyuujin -Theatrical Special Edition-" at the 39th Tokyo International Film Festival took place on October 28th at Kadokawa Yurakucho Cinema in Tokyo, with Shinsuke Kato, Yaeko Kiyose, Issei Suzuse, Kino Adachi, and director Shinichiro Ueda in attendance. This film is a re-imagining of a 30-episode vertical drama series that garnered approximately 60 million views on social media... The post Directo…

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Variety broke the news in Los Angeles, United States on Wednesday, October 28, 2026.
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