Judging by the rousing applause and cheers during the Hawaii premiere of THE MACHINE GIRL at the HIFF Spring Showcase 2008, there is no question that fans of Japanese splatter and body horror films will worship the blood-spurting violence, the inconceivable depravity and the sexual weirdness of TOKYO GORE POLICE.

What else would you expect from the creative team behind TGP? Director Yoshihiro Nishimura was the special effects master behind the berserk splatterfest that is THE MACHINE GIRL. He has also worked with Sion Sono on several horror and ero guro (erotic grotesque nonsense) hits including SUICIDE CLUB, STRANGE CIRCUS and EXTE: HAIR EXTENSIONS. 

Now factor in the writer of TGP, Kengo Kaji, who co-wrote the mind-bending horror film UZUMAKI. And Tak Sakaguchi, the star of VERSUS and DEATH TRANCE, who handled the film’s fight choreography.

The lead character of TGP is played by Eihi Shiina, who is internationally known for her role as the twisted Asami Yamazaki in Takashi Miike’s AUDITION. Shiina plays Ruka, a beautiful and beguiling police officer bent on exterminating a host of freaky mutants genetically engineered by a mad scientist known only as “The Key Man.” The sexy but extremely deadly Ruka is determined to avenge the death of a family member. And she’ll have to cut a bloody swath through a freaky crew of monsters and misfits!

Factor in a few gimp masks, sera-fuku (sailor suit uniforms), and hot mutant chicks with tentacle eyes (including one with a certain male appendage for a nose) and things are bound to get pretty weird. We don’t want to ruin the fun for you. Suffice it to say, the film’s cartoonish violence and grotesqueries could only come from the darkest corners of Yoshihiro Nishimura’s psyche. HIFF is proud to present TOKYO GORE POLICE, one of the goriest, craziest and whacked-out films to ever come out of Japan!