Mutant Girls Squad
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| Directed by |
Noboru Iguchi Yoshihiro Nishimura Tak Sakaguchi |
| Produced by | Yoshinori Chiba Toshiki Kimura Gen Satō |
| Written by | Noboru Iguchi Jun Tsugita |
| Starring |
Yumi Sugimoto Yuko Takayama Suzuka Morita Naoto Takenaka Chiharu Kawa |
| Music by | Takashi Nakagawa |
| Cinematography | Shu G. Momose |
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Nikkatsu
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85 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Mutant Girls Squad (戦闘少女 血の鉄仮面伝説? Sentō Shōjo: Chi no Tekkamen Densetsu, literally translated as "Fighting Girls: Legend of the Blood of the Iron Mask") 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 aim to take revenge on humans for persecuting their race. The film had its international premiere at the New York Asian Film Festival in 2010.
Rin (Yumi Sugimoto), a young high school student, is an unassuming and awkward girl who is bullied at school. One day, while being bullied, she feels a sharp pain in her hand. Later, Rin learns that she is a descendant of the ancient Hiruko clan, whose members are mutants gifted with superpowers. No sooner does she learn of this, than her home is raided by anti-Hiruko soldiers. Rin's parents are killed and Rin barely escapes with her life. After killing an entire shopping district out of misunderstanding and grief-fueled rage, Rin meets Rei (Yuko Takayama), another mutant. Rei introduces Rin to a small rag-tag group of mutant rebels led by a transvestite samurai named Kisaragi (Tak Sakaguchi), who is bent on restoring the Hiruko clan's place in the world.
Under the instruction of Kisaragi and Rei, Rin begins training, wearing an iron mask until she can control her powers. While in training, the tentacle-armed Yoshie (Suzuka Morita) tells Rin about Rei's past; only three years ago, Rei had been a freak show attraction at a circus, and the only person to show her compassion and acceptance was a human boy who gave her a gold cross necklace. When the townsfolk killed the boy for loving her, Rei's hatred for humans was born. Rin later finds the necklace after Rei accidentally drops it after a training session.
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