Humans turn to zombies in new apocalyptic movie

Love and determination are put to the test in "Love You As The World Ends," the movie based on the hit horror-television series co-produced by Nippon TV and Hulu Japan.

The film centers around a group of survivors as they try to stay alive during an apocalyptic zombie outbreak, and maybe even find a cure. It is directed by Shintaro Sugawara, who also directed the original series that topped the Hulu charts for two consecutive years.

Love You As The World Ends follows the journey of survivors Hibiki Mimiya, who had to go through the ordeal of losing his partner Kurumi Ogasawara in the series.

Along with a group of men also searching for their loved ones, Hibiki is hellbent on rescuing the only person he has left, his daughter Mirai. Mirai was kidnapped and brought to Utopia, a refuge from the zombies they call Golems.

Takahashi Fumiya as Shibasaki Yamato

Once a beacon of hope, it's now dilapidated with the group of researchers working on a cure huddled at the top, away from the masses.

Takeuchi Ryoma plays the lead role as Hibiki, a mechanic before the world was plunged into chaos.

Most notable for playing main character Shinnosuke Tomari of the Kamen Rider series, "Kamen Rider Drive," Takeuchi Ryoma has been Hibiki for the Love You as the World Ends series for four seasons. He's also cast as Miyabe Arata in Roppongi Class, a remake of the hit K-drama series "Itaewon Class."

Takahashi Fumiya plays the second protagonist, Yamato, who came across Hibiki by chance when his car broke down while on a date with the girl he wants to be in a relationship with, Aoi.

Ryoma Takeuchi as Hibiki Mimiya

The pair will meet again as fate brings them together on a quest to find and rescue their loved ones. Aoi is up in the top level of Utopia, where the researchers are secluded, her fate unknown to Yamato. As they face unknown dangers higher up in Utopia, Yamato and Hibiki form a tenuous alliance to increase their chances of successfully getting to the top.

In 2019, Takahashi Fumiya was the first Kamen Rider actor to be cast who was born in the 21st century, playing the protagonist role in "Kamen Rider Zero-One." Consistently getting roles in TV drama series, he bagged the lead role for the prime time drama for the first time as Kitada Gaku in "Fermat no Ryōri."

Watch them take the ultimate journey as "Love You As The World Ends" opens in Philippine cinemas on June 12, an Encore Films film distributed by Warner Bros.