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Cinematography:
Yasutaka NaganoCast:
Minase Yashiro, Asami Sugiura, Kentaro Kishi, 木嶋のりこ, 杉本凌士, 川村亮介, Honoka Ishibashi, 西原信裕, 屋敷紘子, Kentarô Shimazu, Kensuke SonomuraPlots(1)
Ami (Minase Yashiro, in her film debut) is a tough but otherwise average high school girl, trying to lead a normal life. Her world comes crashing down when her brother and his friend are killed by ruthless bullies. As Ami tracks down the ringleader, she is surprised to discover the bullies' association with a sinister ninja yakuza family. When she goes after her revenge, she soon finds herself in over her head and minus her left arm. Barely surviving, Ami escapes and seeks out shelter from two kindly garage mechanics. They take pity on her, fitting her with a high-powered machine gun where her arm used to be. She then teams up with the chainsaw-wielding mother (Asami) of her brother's slain friend and together they unleash an unholy, non-stop, over-the-top kill fest against the equally creative machinery (drill bra, flying guillotine) of their relentless ninja enemies. (official distributor synopsis)
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Lately I’ve been ignoring most new Asian horror films, but when I read on IMDb that this one was supposed to be a splatter, I made an exception expecting a breath of fresh air after the other current Asian movies, which are mostly boring ghost stories. The Machine Girl was indeed refreshing, but it’s certainly not a quality piece of work. One hour an a half of watching a silly Japanese gang, bad special effects, a stupid story and unfunny excessive gore is really not for me. One star for those several good bits. But don’t take my opinion as a guide, I don’t like Asian cinema in general and that also goes for (possibly) intentionally bad movies.
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