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Tokyo Living Dead Idol: Japanese Zombie/A.ction/Comedy, a member of an Idol band, Yuri (Nana Asakawa) is bitten by a Zombie but that's nothing unusual. In this Tokyo, Zombies have been around for decades, there's even a Zombie Hunters Association. Yuri goes on the run from the police to avoid quarantine, she has 72 hours before she turns into a Zombie. Yuri has read in the local equivalent of the Fortean Times about a cure (full article in the nxt issue) and hires a private detective to help her. But when they get to the magazine offices there's just an empty site, it's been blown up and the staff are dead! A conspiracy emerges whereby the cure is being suppressed, we even get a mad scientist who talks to camera gibing info dumps. Much fighting of Zombies as the quest for the cure continues, a crack School Girl Zombie Hunter,Kisaragi (Hoshi Mamoru), dispatches many of them with her katana but Yuri also deftly wields a baseball bat. The narrative is leavened with songs and quirky scenes but not to excess and the humour is laid on with a light touch. Written & Directed by Yuki Kumagai. Blu-ray on Amazon. 7/10.