Marie Machida

Set in a future-world vision of Tokyo where the police have been privatized and bitter self-mutilation is so casual that advertising is often specially geared to the "cutter" demographic, this is the story of samurai-sword-wielding Ruka and her mission to avenge her father's assassination. Ruka is a cop from a squad who's mission is to destroy homicidal mutant humans known as "engineers" possessing the ability to transform any injury to a weapon in and of itself. (imdb)

Izumi is married to a famous romantic novelist but their life seems just a simple repetition without romance. One day, she decides to follow her desires and accepts to be a naked model that fakes sex in front of the camera. Soon she meets a mentor and starts selling her body to strangers but at home, she is still the wife she is supposed to be. One day a brutally murdered body is found in the love hotels district. The police tries to understand what happened. (MUBI)

The film is based on the life of the manga comic-strip artist Abe Shinichi and above all his legendary album Miyoko Asagaya kibun (also the Japanese title of the film). Miyoko was the girlfriend, wife and, not lastly, the muse of the manga artist. Asagaya is the district of Tokyo where they lived back then. The district had a certain artistic reputation because a lot of writers lived there. The title represents the feeling of living in Asagaya with Miyoko. (mubi.com)

Seventeen-year-old Shiori's Gothic Lolita garb attracts a lot of fans to her interactive video blog, a stepping stone she hopes will launch her career as a model and actress. One day while handing out promotional pamphlets, she meets Ayumi, a timid 13-year old who is in awe of her and her wardrobe. Shiori is initially wary of the attention but eventually allows the girl to get closer. Their odd friendship takes an unforeseen turn after Ayumi runs away from home... (imdb)

A big secret is intertwined with 5 murders that occur at different times & locations. Firstly a shooting at an apartment. When senior officer Kizaki (Takahashi Issei), rushes over upon hearing gunshots, his senior Omura (Murakami Jun) is already there. Suspects are narrowed down through legwork & forensics, but Kizaki feels that there is more. Before long, a girl (Kaho) with some sort of connection to the case emerges. This is only ep1, from there it gets ever more complicated (DramaWiki & me)

Five years have passed since Japan's Great Zombie Panic. The confusion of those days is gone and people have finally regained their ordinary, peaceful lives. One day, out of nowhere, a zombie appears and becomes trapped in a house. Six people have spotted the zombie, including the home-owner couple, a cheeky high school boy, a boring small-factory owner, a suspicious young intern, and a woman who insists she is the zombie's wife.