The Machine Girl

The Machine Girl (Kataude Mashin Gāru, "One-armed Machine Girl") is a 2008 Japanese action-horror-comedy film. It was written and directed by Noboru Iguchi and stars Minase Yashiro, Asami, Kentarō Shimazu, and Honoka. The story follows a Japanese schoolgirl who loses her brother to a Ninja-Yakuza clan. After her hand is severed, she replaces it with a machine gun and seeks revenge.

The Machine Girl
Directed by	Noboru Iguchi
Written by	Noboru Iguchi
Produced by	Yoshinori Chiba Yōko Hayama Satoshi Nakamura
Starring	Minase Yashiro Asami Noriko Kijima Honoka Kentarō Shimazu Ryōsuke Kawamura Kentarō Kishi Ryōji Okamoto Tarō Suwa
Cinematography	Yasutaka Nagano
Edited by	Kenji Tanabe
Music by	Takashi Nakagawa
Production companies	Fever Dreams Nikkatsu
Distributed by	Spotted Productions
Release dates	May 23, 2008 (2008-05-23) (US) August 2, 2008 (2008-08-02) (Japan)
Running time	96 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Special effects were created by Yoshihiro Nishimura, who later directed Tokyo Gore Police. The movie premiered at the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival in March 2008. It was released in theatres in the United States on May 23, 2008, came out on DVD on June 3, 2008, and was released in Japan on August 2, 2008.^[1][2]