# The Machine Girl (2008)

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**Original title**: *片腕マシンガール*
**Runtime**: 96 min
**Genres**: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Horror, Thriller
**Directed by**: Noboru Iguchi
**Written by**: Noboru Iguchi
**Starring**: Minase Yashiro, Asami, Yuya Ishikawa, Kentarō Shimazu, Honoka, Noriko Kohara

> *It's Payback Time!*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

The girl’s bicycle leans against a blood-smeared gate, late summer cicadas screaming.

A black-clad yakuza ninja adjusts a smile under his mask before the door splits in half.

Her new arm whirs to life like the last cherry blossom caught in a fan.

**Mood tags**: 3am-cult, playful, unhinged

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