Plots(1)
Working with five different directors, ZOO features five stories (four live-action, one animated) of fear, sadness and pain. "Kazari and Yoko" The mother of twin sisters, Kazari and Yoko, loves only one of her daughters, and abuses the other. When the abused tries to break free, things take shocking turns. "Seven Rooms" One day, a young boy and his older sister find themselves trapped in a small, concrete room. There are seven rooms in all, each containing a different prisoner. On the sixth day, everyone will be massacred. Can they survive?
"When the Sun Shines" CG animation about a unique man learning about life and death in a world where most of humanity has already died out. "So Far" A young boy's father is convinced that his mother is dead. The mother is convinced the father is dead. The boy is the only person that both father and mother can see. "Zoo" A man kills a woman at an abandoned zoo and takes pictures of her dead body everyday. Then suddenly the zoo is gone and the line between reality and fantasy becomes blurred.
(official distributor synopsis)
Cast
Yui Ichikawa
Japan
Best movies:
Traces of Sin (2016)
Ju-on: The Grudge (2002)
Nana 2 (2006)
Ryūnosuke Kamiki
Japan
Best movies:
Spirited Away (2001)
Your Name. (2016)
Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
Kyōka Suzuki
Japan
Best movies:
Vengeance for Sale (2001)
Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald (1997)
Bullet Ballet (1998)
Miyuki Matsuda
Japan
Best movies:
Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad (2007)
Chihayafuru: Upper Phrase (2016)
Still the Water (2014)
Tetta Sugimoto
Japan
Best movies:
Departures (2008)
Crying Out Love, In the Center of the World (2004)
I Give My First Love to You (2009)
Jun Matsumoto
Japan
Best movies:
Summer of Chirusoku (2003)
April Story (1998)
After the Storm (2016)
Haruka Kinami
Japan
Best movies:
20th Century Boys: Chapter Two - The Last Hope (2009)
Zoo (2005)
Clover (2014)
小林涼子
Japan
Best movies:
Hinokio: Inter Galactic Love (2005)
My Happy Marriage (2023)
Zoo (2005)
鈴木杏樹
Japan
Best movies:
Okko's Inn (2018)
Zoo (2005)