Multiplayer Mode: Loss and Growing Up in Makoto Nagahisa's 'We Are Little Zombies'

An exuberant film filled with vivid visuals and myriad videogame references, We Are Little Zombies captures both the energy of today's tech-saturated world and the escapism enabled by such media forms – especially for young people. It's this canny mix of aesthetic experimentation, thematic rigour and strong storytelling that defines Makoto Nagahisa's game-changing coming-of-age feature debut, writes Anthony Carew.

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