BATTLE GIRL: THE LIVING DEAD IN TOKYO BAY
(バトルガール)
dir. Kazuo 'Gaira' Komizu, 1991
73 mins. Japan.
In Japanese with English subtitles.

FRIDAY, JULY 1 - MIDNIGHT
SATURDAY, JULY 9 - 10 PM
FRIDAY, JULY 15 - MIDNIGHT
THURSDAY, JULY 28 - 7:30 PM
SATURDAY, JULY 30 - MIDNIGHT


A meteor lands in Japan and the fallout creates a "shield" around Tokyo, encasing the city in a foggy darkness. A state of martial law is declared. People are in a panic as violent crime and corruption spreads throughout the region and punk gangs are ruling the streets. As if things weren't bad enough, a chemical reaction from the meteor unleashes a deadly virus and now the dead are coming back to life as flesh-eating zombies!

Okay... so this isn't technically about an android. But it might as well be!

Far less coherent than the synopsis suggests, BATTLE GIRL: THE LIVING DEAD IN TOKYO BAY plays like a live action Saturday morning cartoon for the midnight crowd - a smattering of vibes and aesthetics cobbled together from decades of sci-fi and horror movies, lovingly shoved into a meat grinder + sprinkled with fantastic(-ally cheap) and impressive practical effects.