The Machine Girl

"It's Payback Time!"

2008 1h 36m JA

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6.0

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★6.0TMDB · 239

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Synopsis

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The life of a young, Japanese schoolgirl is destroyed when her family is killed by a Ninja-Yakuza family. Her hand cut off, she replaces it with various machines-of-death, and seeks revenge.

“It's Payback Time!”

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Cast

Minase Yashiro
Ami Hyuga
Asami
Miki Sugihara
Yuya Ishikawa
Suguru Sugihara
Kentarō Shimazu
Ryûji Kimura
Honoka
Violet Kimura
Noriko Kohara
Yoshie
Ryosuke Kawamura
Yu Hyuga
Nobuhiro Nishihara
Sho Kimura

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Noboru Iguchi
Writers: Noboru Iguchi
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan, United States of America

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ERA

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Released 18 years ago.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: Japan, United States of America.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Machine Girl Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Noboru Iguchi, shot by Yasutaka Nagano. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Kenji Tanabe shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Minase Yashiro and Asami and Yuya Ishikawa carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "It's Payback Time!".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1050160 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Noboru Iguchi directs. Yasutaka Nagano behind the camera. Kenji Tanabe cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan, United States of America. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 18 years ago.
2International production across 2 countries: Japan, United States of America.
3Part of the "Machine Girl Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Noboru Iguchi, shot by Yasutaka Nagano. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Editor Kenji Tanabe shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Minase Yashiro and Asami and Yuya Ishikawa carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "It's Payback Time!".
8IMDB entry: tt1050160 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 10 themes, including "man vs machine", "cyborg", "vomit", "living machine".