The Machine Girl

About The Machine Girl

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.

The Machine Girl is a 2008 comedy crime film directed by Noboru Iguchi. Released in January 2008, it runs 96 minutes.

Its themes are cyborg, man vs machine, schoolgirl, and vomit.

Minase Yashiro stars as Ami Hyuga, Asami as Miki Sugihara, Yuya Ishikawa as Suguru Sugihara, and Kentarō Shimazu as Ryûji Kimura. The screenplay is by Noboru Iguchi. In the United States it streams on Cineverse Amazon Channel, Crunchyroll, and Crunchyroll Amazon Channel.

The Terminator, Ghost in the Shell, and Terminator 2: Judgment Day make useful companions to The Machine Girl, all filed under female protagonist. TMDB voters put it at 6.0 out of 10 across 239 votes.