A blend of the yakuza and zombie film genres, Junk stars Kaori Shimamura as Saki, a member of a group of jewel thieves.

[1] While attempting to deliver stolen goods from a heist to another criminal gang, the thieves must fight to survive against a horde of zombies resulting from secret experiments by the United States military.

Junk was shot in Okinawa, Japan, with the cast and crew making use of real meat from a local market for many of its gore effects.

The woman comes back to life and kills Kinderman by tearing flesh from his neck, before attacking his assistant Sharon.

They escape with Saki and make arrangements to meet a yakuza gang led by Ramon at an old factory, to negotiate selling the stolen goods.

McGriff informs Nakada, who believed that development on DNX had been abandoned two years prior, has continued under the direction of the US military in an old building—the factory where the thieves have arranged to meet the yakuza.

Saki, Akira, and Kabu hear Jun scream and investigate, finding chemical equipment as well as a room containing a number of bagged corpses.

Ramon's two remaining partners pursue Saki and Akira further into the building, and unwittingly cause containers of DNX to spill on the bagged corpses, re-animating them.

Nakada encounters the nude female zombie, whom he recognizes as Kyoko, his wife who died in a car accident.

In the Fangoria interview, Muroga stated, "Since I make gun films with lots of shootouts, I felt that the zombie theme would best fit my style.

[8] For the role of Saki, Muroga wanted an actress reminiscent of Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley in the Alien films.

[8] While writing the film's script, Muroga decided he wanted Kaori Shimamura, a friend who had expressed an interest in working with him, to play Saki.

[5] Author Jim Harper wrote that the US soldiers in the film were locals from Thailand with no known prior acting experience.

[7] Author Glenn Kay, in his review of Junk, complimented Osamu Ehara's performance, and despite referring to elements of its plot as being "unclear and incoherent", called the film "briskly paced, action packed and filled with 'pandemonium'".

"[11] Mark N. Mays wrote that Junk "combines disreputable genres to limited effect",[1] concluding: "The George Romero ethos of working cheaply has proven to produce brilliance with a talented team; however, Muroga lacked such assistance.

"[6] Author Jim Harper wrote that "Muroga keeps the pace moving faster than his zombies, but like his other films the end result is effectively a collection of clips from other movies (including his own), stitched together with occasional ingenuity.

"[3] Beyond its cinematic influences, Junk has been characterized as an attempt to capitalize on the success of the video game series Resident Evil[2][11][12] (known in Japan as Biohazard[2]), which debuted in 1996.