The Empire of Corpses
The Empire of Corpses

Movie·2015·2h 0m

The Empire of Corpses

The dead will inherit the Earth.

Directed By

Ryotaro Makihara

Country

Japan

Language

Japanese

CineAI Pitch

Why watch this?

Tap below for a spoiler-free 3-bullet take.

// overview

The Story

Original title: 屍者の帝国

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.

Written By

Hiroshi Seko, Midori Goto

Producer

Keiji Ota, Koji Yamamoto

Cinematography

Koji Tanaka

Music

Yoshihiro Ike

Themes

based on novel or bookgoresteampunkgunfighthistoricalgothicadult animationgovernment agentreanimated corpse19th centuryanimepsychological

Production House

WIT STUDIO
Fuji Television Network
Aniplex
TOHO
Kansai Television
dentsu

Audience Score

62%

128 votes

Skip13%
Timepass30%
Go for it37%
Perfection20%

Where to watch

Region: US

Streaming data via JustWatch / TMDB. Click a provider to open in TMDB.

// cast

Cast

Yoshimasa Hosoya

Yoshimasa Hosoya

John H. Watson (voice)

Ayumu Murase

Ayumu Murase

Friday (voice)

Akio Otsuka

Akio Otsuka

M (voice)

Takayuki Sugo

Takayuki Sugo

The One (voice)

Taiten Kusunoki

Frederick Barnaby (voice)

Kana Hanazawa

Kana Hanazawa

Hadaly Lilith (voice)

Shin-ichiro Miki

Shin-ichiro Miki

Alexei Karamazov (voice)

Daiki Yamashita

Daiki Yamashita

Nikolai Krasotkin (voice)

Jiro Saito

Jiro Saito

Seigo Yamazawa (voice)

Koji Ishii

Koji Ishii

Ulysses Grant (voice)

Houko Kuwashima

Houko Kuwashima

Moneypenny (voice)

Kouji Takeda

Kouji Takeda

Thomas Edison (voice)

Yoshimitsu Takasugi

Yoshimitsu Takasugi

Sherlock Holmes (voice)

Issei Futamata

Issei Futamata

Narrator (voice)

// crew

Crew

Ryotaro Makihara

Ryotaro Makihara

Director

Koji Tanaka

Koji Tanaka

Director of Photography

Keiji Ota

Keiji Ota

Executive Producer

Koji Yamamoto

Koji Yamamoto

Screenplay, Executive Producer

Yoshihiro Ike

Yoshihiro Ike

Original Music Composer

Hiroshi Seko

Hiroshi Seko

Screenplay

Midori Goto

Screenplay

Yoko Matsuzaki

Executive Producer

// more like this

You Might Like