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2005

ミートボールマシン

Directed by Yudai Yamaguchi, Jun'ichi Yamamoto

Synopsis

They come from beyond

Capable of making bio-mechanical weapons out of human flesh, alien parasites grotesquely invade the Earth, turning their hosts into maniacal killers who seek and destroy each other to the bloody death! And yes, it s also a human love story, even though the budding romantics are infested with slimy, tumor-like globules.

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Cast

Issey Takahashi Aoba Kawai Kenichi Kawasaki Tarô Suwa Shoichiro Masumoto Ayano Yamamoto Toru Tezuka Takashi Naha Shuya Yoshimoto

DirectorsDirectors

Yudai Yamaguchi Jun'ichi Yamamoto

ProducersProducers

Chikako Nakabayashi Manabu Shinoda Yukihiko Yamaguchi

WriterWriter

Junya Kato

StoryStory

Yudai Yamaguchi Yukihiko Yamaguchi

EditorsEditors

Yudai Yamaguchi Kôji Misada

CinematographyCinematography

Shinji Kugimiya

LightingLighting

Masao Funabashi

Visual EffectsVisual Effects

Keita Amemiya Shinji Ohagi

ComposerComposer

Tomohide Harada

Studio

King Records

Country

Japan

Language

Japanese

Alternative Titles

Мясорубка, 미트볼 머신, 人肉机器

Genres

Action Horror Science Fiction

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Premiere

14 Oct 2005
  • Meatball Machine (2005) (3)JapanTokyo International Fantastic FilmFestival

Theatrical

23 Sep 2006
  • Meatball Machine (2005) (4)Japan

Digital

04 Sep 2009
  • Meatball Machine (2005) (5)USA

Physical

01 Apr 2006
  • Meatball Machine (2005) (6)USANR

06 Jul 2009
  • Meatball Machine (2005) (7)UK18

09 Aug 2017
  • Meatball Machine (2005) (8)Japan

26 Sep 2017
  • Meatball Machine (2005) (9)USA

12 Apr 2021
  • Meatball Machine (2005) (10)UK18

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14 Oct 2005
  • PremiereTokyo International Fantastic FilmFestival
23 Sep 2006
  • Theatrical
09 Aug 2017
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Meatball Machine (2005) (12)UK
06 Jul 2009
  • Physical18DVD
12 Apr 2021
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01 Apr 2006
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04 Sep 2009
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  • Review by Bunny🐰🪓 ★★★½ 7

    Till 'motor oil' do us part. 🪚🧆🤖

    The narrative unfolds from a hunter's perspective as he embarks on a quest to exterminate bio-mechanical monsters for his own selfish motive. However, as the story progresses, it delves into the life of a shy factory worker, a man of discerning morals who can distinguish between good and evil. He is sensible enough to understand what an irredeemably corrupted soul looks like. It's comparatively easy to fight an asshole with evil intentions towards your loved one, but what will you do if something sinister takes over their entire personality to a point from where there is no return? A question that all of us are afraid to answer.

    MM successfully caters to our…

  • Review by 🎃 c h r i s 🎃 ★★★★½ 8

    Some of them came from the deep ocean, some of them came flying from the sky. nobody knows what they are. are they artificially built or naturally spawned? whatever they are, they here to do one thing…to eat each other.

    facehugger metal-adjacent parasitic beings invade earth, attacking and modifying humans turning them into metal masses of destruction, forced to lose sight of their own identity and gain the urge to kill in the most tumultuous and mutilated ways — just a downgraded less frantic version of Tetsuo: The Iron Man, butI am here for it!meatball machine is one nasty little slice of Japanese splatterfest with practical effects from twisted mind Yoshihiro Nishimura who went full on tentacle-happy, slithering all over…

  • Review by Aberrant Ghoul ★★★★ 3

    A tragic romance splattered with blood and adorned with viscera. A film that feels like a young Peter Jackson teamed up with Shinya Tsukamoto to direct an inversion of Neon Genesis Evangelion. You don't pilot the Eva, it pilots you. Humans transformed into biomechanical abominations, Tetsuo style, and piloted by parasitic aliens who use them to battle each other like Robot Jox.

    The highlight here is obviously the practical effects, courtesy of Yoshihiro Nishimura. And, if you liked Tokyo Gore Police, you're almost certain to love this. It's equally crazy, and the effects are equally stunning. This thing will bore holes right through your eyeballs and plant its nightmarish payload right in your brain. Two biomechanical thumbs up.

  • Review by Naughty aka Juli Norwood ★★★★★ 2

    A Badass Cyberpunk Splatterfest version of Pacific Rim only the Jaeger's aren't gigantic machines, they're humans beings who are tricked out with grotesque body horror armor and weaponry and are piloted by parasitic aliens!

    And "NO" I don't give a (please fill in the blank) if folks think its ripping off the Tetsuo series! There's more than enough room for both thank you very much ;-)

    When I get overwhelmed by the mainstream mediocrity that is being passed off as cinema these days I need to hit the reset button and bombastic films like this do the trick!

    Stunning visually and mentally! If only I could get it in an IV drip then I'd be set for life!

  • Review by Bob McCully ★★★★ 15

    That rare cyberpunk horror flick steeped in romance. In Meatball Machine, love is a battlefield drenched in blood with a loud squish punctuating every bit of metalloid destruction. How sweet.

    Except it's not. It's bleak and dreary. Yoji is a shy underdog who is deeply in love with his co-worker Sachiko, always watching her from afar like a wounded puppy. There are also these mysterious alien parasites viciously murdering people and taking over their bodies to use as a cyborg weapon for further brutality. Just as Yoji and Sachiko's worlds intertwine, so do these demonic creatures. A dismal nightmare of goopy warfare unfolds like a melancholic action film from a depraved universe.

    While admittedly not as exhilarating as some of…

  • Review by jasmin 🌙 ★★★½ 3

    Well, hi there.
    A Sci-Fi a day, keeps the doctor away. And who does Sci-Fi well? Right, Japan! So I stumbled upon this low budget film on my watchlist and it was truly bizarre. In a good way.

    Alien parasites invade Earth, and turn their human hosts into manial killers. And somewhere between those beautiful practical effects hides a love story.

    Now, I didn't really care for the love story because of the build-up but whatever. It was still interesting to watch.
    The film.. picture Tetsuo: The Iron Man although less heavy on the for the lack for a better term: 'headache'.
    It was quite entertaining and boy, it was disgusting. So beautifully disgusting. Amazing work by Nishimura Yoshihiro who…

  • Review by BlakeTourville ★★★★½

    Love stories don't get better than this

  • Review by {Sam} ★★★ 2

    Right when the credits rolled, I wasnt sure how I was gonna come up with words to describe how I felt lol. On one hand, the gore is actually pretty good in a very gross way and it’s basically gore for gore sake. That I enjoyed tho(🤷‍♂️), and much like Tokyo Gore Police, it’s the best part,just not on that level. Basically everything else…. Hahaha. Is actually pretty laughable, yet kinda in a good way(ig??). I mean it’s bizarre as shitBUT it was weird enough to entertain and keep me till the end. 6.4/10👾

  • Review by PT99 ★★★

    Also the name of the baddest son of a bitch to ever frequent your local Subway.

    6/10

  • Review by Bleeding Skull 5

    Just like you and me, directors Yudai Yamaguchi and Juichi Yamamoto grew up on American 80s horror splatter films. If it sprayed, it played, as the saying goes. But they also loved the classic monster and superhero stories of their native Japan, like Kamen Rider. As budding filmmakers, they wondered, what if they could combine body horror with the effects of tokusatsu television shows and America’s obsession with dangerous weapons and senseless violence? And what if, just like Doritos, they could make it extreme? More blood, more gore, more action, more squished heads that explode with strawberry jelly and rotting meat, more everything. The flow of horror had mostly gone from West to East, but Yamaguchi and Yamamoto wanted to…

  • Review by Kaijuman ★★★½ 1

    Rock ‘em Sock ‘em Meat Puppets!

    Now this is what I needed. Balls to the wall b-movie madness! Gooey aliens infesting people to turn them into body-horror industrial weapons to duke it out with others of their kind is batshit insane and I am here for it!

    A true splatterfest never shying away from its crazy, fleshy designs and intense gore. They fucking explode a child all over a van! His sneakers still got his severed feet in them! Guts and sinew and bone and everything else is thrown in your face with gleeful abandon.

    A greatshowcase for wild imaginations, creative gore, and a reckless energy.

  • Review by Ben ★★★½ 1

    If a film where parasitic aliens infect humans and turn them into robot-like creatures with a penchant for destroying everything in their path (especially each other) sounds like a fun viewing experience to you, then look no farther than Meatball Machine. The practical effects are cool, and the presentation generally hits all the right notes to be considered a decent low-budget horror flick. I found some moments less engaging than others, but the film always attempted to push deeper into disturbing and bizarre territory, so I enjoyed the overall experience. It's cyberpunk with a hefty scoop of splatter thrown into the equation, so it's basically a midnight movie tailored to my tastes. While the cyberpunk aspects are less compelling than those of Tetsuo and there are certainly more gore-filled films, too, it was a good enough combination of the two genres.

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