Zero Woman: The Accused

"She'll Kiss You DEADLY..."

1997 1h 17m JA

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5.2

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4.3

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★5.2TMDB · 6★4.3IMDB · 64

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Synopsis

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Rei, the deadly but reluctant assassin for the Zero Division of the Tokyo Police Department, befriends a young man after she sees him cruising a gay bar looking for johns. After he gets beaten up by a group of street thugs, she takes him in to live with her. When a series of vicious murders takes place, she begins to suspect that the killer may actually be her friend taking revenge on everyone who has abused him. Will she uphold her duty to the police, or protect her only friend?

“She'll Kiss You DEADLY...”

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Cast

Mai Tachihara
Rei
Yujin Kitagawa
Mitsuru
Tetsu Watanabe
Tadokoro
Daisuke Yamazaki
Bar Patron
Ayana Inoue
Rieko Saitoh
Ryohei Kunieda
Reiko Kojima
Maki Meguro

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Daisuke Gotô
Writers: Yuka Honcho
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 77-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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29 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Zero Woman Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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CAST

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Mai Tachihara and Yujin Kitagawa and Tetsu Watanabe carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "She'll Kiss You DEADLY...".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0292380 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 6 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Daisuke Gotô directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 77-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
229 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Part of the "Zero Woman Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Mai Tachihara and Yujin Kitagawa and Tetsu Watanabe carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "She'll Kiss You DEADLY...".
7IMDB entry: tt0292380 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 6 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Runtime: 77 min · 1h 17m
Status: Released
Original language: JA
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Zero Woman: The Accused (1997)
IMDB rating: 4.3/10 · 64 votes
MPAA: R

Part of

Zero Woman Collection

The series chronicles the adventures of a woman Rei, who, working for a fictional Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department secret agency called Zero Division, goes undercover to infiltrate and assassinate drug kingpins, mercenaries, and various criminals and their henchmen.