One Cut of the Dead

One Cut of the Dead
Theatrical release poster
Japanese name
Kanji	カメラを止めるな!
Literal meaning	Don't Stop the Camera!
Transcriptions Revised Hepburn Kamera o Tomeru na!
Directed by	Shin'ichirō Ueda
Screenplay by	Shin'ichirō Ueda
Based on	Ghost in the Box! by Ryoichi Wada
Produced by	Koji Ichihashi
Starring	Takayuki Hamatsu Yuzuki Akiyama Kazuaki Nagaya Harumi Syuhama Manabu Hosoi Hiroshi Ichihara Shuntaro Yamazaki Shinichiro Osawa
Cinematography	Tsuyoshi Sone[1]
Edited by	Shin'ichirō Ueda[1]
Music by	Nobuhiro Suzuki Kailu Nagai[1]
Production company	Enbu Seminar[1]
Distributed by	Asmik Ace
Release date	4 November 2017 (2017-11-04) (Japan)
Running time	97 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Budget	¥3 million ($25,000)
Box office	¥3.12 billion (Japan) $31.2 million (worldwide)

One Cut of the Dead (カメラを止めるな!, Kamera o Tomeru na!, transl. "Don't Stop the Camera!") is a 2017 Japanese^[1][2] independent zombie comedy film written and directed by Shin'ichirō Ueda. It follows a team of filmmakers and actors who are tasked with making True Fear, a zombie horror film for live television that must be shot in a single take; the first third of One Cut of the Dead depicts True Fear as a film within the film, before going back in time to show the origins of the project, and its eventual shooting from the perspective of the cast and crew.

Made with a low budget of ¥3 million ($25,000) with a cast of unknown actors, the film opened in Japan in a small theatre for a six-day run. Following its international success at its screening at the Udine Film Festival, the film began getting wider exposure, including a re-release in Japan. It grossed US $27,935,711 (¥3.12 billion) in Japan and $30.5 million worldwide, making box office history by earning over a thousand times its budget.^[3] The film also received acclaim from critics, who praised its originality, writing and humor.