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| In Tokyo, a high school girl named Rin (Sugimoto Yumi) is told on her sixteenth birthday by her father that he is a mutant and Rin is half-mutant. After learning this, soldiers barge in to Rin's home and open fire on everyone. Rin escapes and begins killing a large population of her entire town due to misunderstanding and grief-fueled rage. Rin meets Rei (Yuko Takayama). Rin joins a squad of other mutant girls (called Hirukos) led by Kisaragi (]), a transvestite samurai who puts Rin under the instruction of high-school student Rei (Takayama Yuko). Rei tells Rin that she must wear an iron mask until her powers are fully developed. Rin is assigned to kill Defence Minister Koshimizu Hiroaki (Naoto Takenaka), who set up the special anti-Hiruko unit, and also gets the chance to kill Tadokoro Mina (Wagawa Miyu), leader of the school bullies. Being only half-mutant, Rin starts to feel that the Hiruko's anti-human war is morally wrong. Rin leads a counter-revolution against Kisaragi's Hiruko clan, influencing Yoshie and Rei to join her cause.<ref name="fba-review" /><ref name="fantasia" /> | |||
| A girl named Rin (Yumi Sugimoto) is told on her sixteenth birthday that she is a mutant from her father. Rin and her family are surprised at the arrival special forces who are armed with nose-mounted machine guns shoot up her birthday party and kill her guests. Rin fights them off with her mutant powers. | |||
| After nearly killing her entire town due to misunderstanding and grief-fueled rage, Rin meets Rei (Yuko Takayama). Rei introduces Rin to a small rag-tag group of mutant rebels called Hurokos, who are the latest a species slated for extinction in Japan. Fed up with their persecution, the mutants decide to enact vengeance on the rest of the country. | |||
| ==Cast== | ==Cast== | ||
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2010 Template:Film Japan film| Mutant Girls Squad | |
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| Directed by | Noboru Iguchi Yoshihiro Nishimura Tak Sakaguchi |
| Written by | Noboru Iguchi Jun Tsugita |
| Produced by | Yoshinori Chiba Toshiki Kimura Gen Satô |
| Starring | Yumi Sugimoto Yuko Takayama Suzuka Morita Naoto Takenaka Chiharu Kawa |
| Cinematography | Shu G. Momose |
| Music by | Takashi Nakagawa |
| Production company | Nikkatsu |
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| Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | Template:Film Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Mutant Girls Squad (Sentô shôjo: Chi no tekkamen densetsu 戦闘少女 血の鉄仮面伝説) is a Japanese film by Noboru Iguchi, Yoshihiro Nishimura and Tak Sakaguchi. The film is about Rin, a sixteen year old mutant girl who meets a gang of rebel mutants who want to take revenge on humans who have been persecuting their race. The film had it's international premiere at the New York Asian Film Festival in 2010.
Plot summary
In Tokyo, a high school girl named Rin (Sugimoto Yumi) is told on her sixteenth birthday by her father that he is a mutant and Rin is half-mutant. After learning this, soldiers barge in to Rin's home and open fire on everyone. Rin escapes and begins killing a large population of her entire town due to misunderstanding and grief-fueled rage. Rin meets Rei (Yuko Takayama). Rin joins a squad of other mutant girls (called Hirukos) led by Kisaragi (Tak Sakaguchi), a transvestite samurai who puts Rin under the instruction of high-school student Rei (Takayama Yuko). Rei tells Rin that she must wear an iron mask until her powers are fully developed. Rin is assigned to kill Defence Minister Koshimizu Hiroaki (Naoto Takenaka), who set up the special anti-Hiruko unit, and also gets the chance to kill Tadokoro Mina (Wagawa Miyu), leader of the school bullies. Being only half-mutant, Rin starts to feel that the Hiruko's anti-human war is morally wrong. Rin leads a counter-revolution against Kisaragi's Hiruko clan, influencing Yoshie and Rei to join her cause.
Cast
- Sugimoto Yumi as Rin
- Takayama Yuko as Rei
- Morita Suzuka as Yoshie
- Kanji Tsuda as Rin's father
- Ito Maiko as Sayuri, Rin's mother
- Sakaguchi Tak as Kisaragi
- Asami as female samurai with eyepatch
- Kentarō Shimazu as Nonagase
- Takenaka Naoto as Defence Minister Koshimizu Hiroaki
- Wagawa Miyu as Tadokoro Mina
- Hayasaka Rie as Sumire
- Nagano Naoi as Chiako
- Izumi Cay as Sachie
- Mizui Maki as astro-mutant
Production
At the 2009 New York Asian Film Festival, directors Noboru Iguchi, Yoshihiro Nishimura and Tak Sakaguchi met and agreed to make a film together. Each director directed one third of the film with Sakaguchi directing the first part, Iguchi the second and Nishimura the third.
A year later they finished work on Mutant Girls Squad. For the Japanese DVD release of the film, Noboru Iguchi created a short prequel film titled Yoshie Zero that focuses on Suzuka Morita's character.
Release
Mutant Girls Squad was the second film to go into production, but the first to be released from Nikkatsu's cult film label Sushi Typhoon. The film was first shown in Japan on May 22, 2010. The film had it's American premiere at the New York Asian Film Festival on July 3, 2010. It's Canadian premiere was at the Fantasia Festival on July 10, 2010. At the Sitges Film Festival, Mutant Girls Squad won the award for Best Motion Picture in the Midnight X-Treme section.
Reception
Fangoria gave the film a positive rating of three out of four, calling the film "a must-see just for the experience, and those audiences who do find themselves reveling in its madness will find a flick they’ll happily revisit." Twitch Film gave a positive review, saying that "The film features ridiculous, completely over the top and borderline offensive content that may not be for everybody" and "Mutant Girls Squad may feel a little too familiar, but fortunately there are enough unique comedic elements scattered throughout the film that make it still totally enjoyable." A review in The Montreal Gazette said he could not "assign a rating to Mutant Girls Squad...if you like this sort of extreme, gonzo gore then you'll be pleased with the carnival of tongue-in-cheek, perverted horrors on display here. If not, you'll probably dismiss it as Grand Guignol put on in a reform school, before you throw up." Film Business Asia gave the film a seven out of ten rating, describing the film as being both part of and a parody of it's genre and that if the film "is remembered for anything, it will be for the character of a girl who can produce a chainsaw from her arse."
Notes
- ^ Frater, Patrick (October 17, 2010). "Asian films score at Sitges". Film Business Asia. Retrieved October 19, 2010.
- ^ Elley, Derek (October 20, 2010). "Mutant Girls Squad (戦闘少女 血の鉄仮面伝説)". Film Business Asia. Retrieved October 20, 2010.
- ^ Davis, Mitch. "Mutant Girls Squad". Fantasia Film Festival. Retrieved October 19, 2010.
- ^ "Mutant Girls Squad (Japan, 2010)". New York Asian Film Festival. Retrieved October 19, 2010.
- "Mutant Girls Squad (Sentô shôjo: Chi no tekkamen densetsu )". Calgary Film Festival. Retrieved October 19, 2010.
- Brown, Todd (July 28, 2010). "Tentacle Arms Abound in Noburu Iguchi' Mutant Girls Squad Prequel Yoshie Zero!". Twitch Film. Retrieved October 19, 2010.
- Brown, Todd (April 21, 2010). "More Girls! More Mutant! It's the full Mutant Girls Squad Trailer!". Retrieved October 19, 2010.
- "戦闘少女 血の鉄仮面伝説 Official Website". Sentoshojo.jp (Official website) (in Japanese). Archived from the original on October 20, 2010. Retrieved October 20, 2010.
- Zimmerman, Samuel (July 9, 2010). "Mutant Girl Squad (Review)". Fangoria. Retrieved October 19, 2010.
- Umstead, Ben (July 1, 2010). "NYAFF 2010: Mutant Girls Squad Review". Twitch Film. Retrieved October 19, 2010.
- Kratina, Al. "Fantasia 2010: Mutant Girls Squad". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved October 20, 2010.