Kataude mashin gâru (2008)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Noboru Iguchi

Writer:

Noboru Iguchi (writer)

Release Date:

23 May 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Horror | Thriller

Plot:

Ami is a typical college girl. She's bright, friendly, popular and athletic, with nothing to set her...

Plot Keywords:

Boy | Girl | Suicide | Violence | Torture

Cast

Minase Yashiro	...	Ami Hyuga
Asami	...	Miki
Kentaro Shimazu	...	Ryûji Kimura / Kimura gang boss (as Kentarô Shimazu)
Honoka	...	Violet Kimura
Nobuhiro Nishihara	...	Sho Kimura
Yûya Ishikawa	...	Suguru Sugihara
Ryôsuke Kawamura	...	Yu Hyuga
Demo Tanaka	...	Kaneko / Kimura gang member
Nahana	...	Masako Fujii
Taro Suwa	...	Kimura gang member (as Tarô Suwa)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Noriko Kijima	...	Yoshie
Kentaro Kishi	...	Yôsuke Fujii (as Kentarô Kishi)
Ryôji Okamoto		(as Ryôji Okamoto)
Erika Terajima
Hiroko Yashiki

Also Known As:

The Machine Girl (International: English title) (USA)
The One-Armed Machine Girl (International: English title) (literal title)

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

USA | Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Certification:

Spain:18 | Chile:18 | Peru:18 | Hong Kong:III | USA:Not Rated | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Germany:18 (cut) | UK:18 | Australia:R (2009) | Canada:18A (Alberta)

Filming Locations:

Japan

Company:

Fever Dreams

Trivia:

The family kami (god) of the killers is Hanzo Hattori. Hatori Hanzo was a famous samurai and is often referenced in various fiction and entertainment.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Near the end, after "Miki" has attached the chainsaw to her missing right foot and screams "Ami!!...Don't give up!!!," she appears to collapse and die. Ami later finds her "dead", however if you look closely, as Ami closes Miki's eyelids, you can plainly see Miki's heartbeat visibly thumping in her jugular at her throat.

Movie Connections:

Featured in The Hajirai Machine Girl (2009) (V)

The Machine Girl...what a refreshingly fun flick!!

Ami (Asami) is out for revenge after her brother Yu is murdered by a gang of young yakuza-ninjas. Unfortunately, while in pursuit of the leaders, she is captured and one of her arms is cut off. Not to worry, a friendly couple who are also out for revenge on the same people have a solution, make her a machine gun arm! After The Machine Girl finished I can safely say this: the Japanese are still producing awesome gore flicks. Noboru Iguchi has created a film that will surely receive cult status and easily go down as one of the goriest films ever made. Firstly, this IS a gore-flick, there is enough blood spray to fill a lake. Secondly, the story is not complex or incredibly challenging, likewise, there is nil character development. Therefore, if you watch this movie thinking along those lines (I would not know why, though, as it IS called The Machine Girl) you will be sorely disappointed. If you do go in expecting outrageous gore and some genuinely funny comedy you will be very pleased! The Machine Girl really should be released theatrically everywhere, it is a fun, exciting and well-made action/comedy/drama and one of the best movies of 2008!

4/5