Kataude mashin gâru (2008)

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:

Suicide | Extreme Gore | Throat Slitting | Punched In Stomach | Kicked In The Groin

Cast

Minase Yashiro	...	Ami Hyuga
Asami	...	Miki
Kentarô Shimazu	...	Ryûji Kimura / Kimura gang boss
Honoka	...	Violet Kimura
Nobuhiro Nishihara	...	Sho Kimura
Yûya Ishikawa	...	Suguru Sugihara
Ryôsuke Kawamura	...	Yu Hyuga
Demo Tanaka	...	Kaneko / Kimura gang member
Nahana	...	Masako Fujii
Tarô Suwa	...	Kimura gang member
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:

Chile:18 | Peru:18 | Spain:18 | Hong Kong:III | USA:Not Rated | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Germany:18 (cut) | UK:18 | Australia:R (2009) | Canada:18A (Alberta) | New Zealand:R18

Filming Locations:

Japan

Company:

Fever Dreams

Trivia:

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

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When the Machine Girl confronts a group of guys in the beginning, she lunges into the air with her arms spread wide, where you can clearly see that they are both intact. Shortly after landing on the ground she shows that her left arm is actually missing and what remains is a nub.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "30 Rock: Goodbye, My Friend (#3.13)" (2009)

Bloody, Gory But Still Pure Escapist Fun

This film is filled with violence and gore, severed heads and limbs. So, why am I recommending it? Its fun to watch despite all that. The core of the plot is good. Ami, played by the pretty Minase Yashiro, avenges the murder of her younger brother Yu at the hands of a group of sadistic young people who are part of the Kimora clan. Ami's arm is hacked off in her first attempt to kill the son who caused Yu's death, but she manages to escape and is taken in by Miki, whose son Takeshi was also killed by the gang with Yu. It is Takeshi's mother Miki who goes along with Ami on this mission. If you don't like blood and gore, you can't watch this film. I normally do not like it, but this movie moves along at a good pace and Minase Yashiro actually does a good job as Ami. So, if you can handle buckets of blood, I think you'll enjoy it.