With everything ready, the movie quickly began filming.
Filming a science fiction movie is quite costly, as it requires a substantial amount of CGI for special effects. Even Duanmu Huai finds it somewhat overwhelming to afford this. After discussing with Director Qing Shui, they ultimately decided to shoot parts without special effects on location.
In fact, with technological development today, CGI in movies is practically limitless. With enough money, you could create the effect of a group of actors traveling to Arizona in a modestly equipped film studio. However, shooting at the actual location costs significantly less than producing effects.
The entire movie is broadly divided into three scenes.
One is post-catastrophe Kyoto, where the protagonists pass through the streets and ancient capital of Kyoto while gathering supplies and fighting mutated creatures and zombies.
Then there is the survivor camp, and finally, the villain's biochemical research institute.
