The Empire of Corpses (2015)
Shisha no teikoku
The dead will inherit the Earth.
120 min
The story takes place in 19th century Europe, and revolves around John Watson. He is scouted by the government to become a secret agent. However, Watson lives in a world where "Frankensteins"—human corpses that are re-purposed with a false soul in order to use them as laborers—are used to improve industrial development.
- Release date
- October 2, 2015
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Music
- Yoshihiro Ike
Where to watch
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Trailer
Cast
- Yoshimasa Hosoya as John H. Watson (voice)
- Ayumu Murase as Friday (voice)
- Akio Otsuka as M (voice)
- Takayuki Sugô as The One (voice)
- Taiten Kusunoki as Frederick Barnaby (voice)
- Kana Hanazawa as Hadary Lilith
- Shin'ichiro Miki as Alexei Karamazov (voice)
- Daiki Yamashita as Nikolai Krasotkin (voice)
- Kôji Ishii as Ulysses Grant (voice)
- Houko Kuwashima as Moneypenny (voice)
- Kôji Takeda as Thomas Edison (voice)
- Issei Futamata as Narrator
- Pietro Biondi as L'Uno
- Massimo Bitossi as Frederick Burnaby
- Giorgio Borghetti as Alexei Karamazov
- Stefano Broccoletti as Friday
- Pieraldo Ferrante as Narratore
- Alberto Franco as Nikolai Krasotkin
- Yoshiaki Hasegawa
- Yui Hashimoto
Crew
- Ryôtarô Makihara · Director
- Satoshi Itô · Writer
- Tô Enjo · Writer
- Kôji Yamamoto · Writer
- Midori Goto · Writer
- Noriko Ozaki · Producer
- Jouji Wada · Producer
- Takashi Yoshizawa · Producer
- Yoshihiro Ike · Composer
- Kôji Tanaka · Cinematographer
- Aya Hida · Editor