A maid android with a secret murder protocol? Peak cinema, honestly.
Maria has been gifted to a college student, Akiba, by his academic mentor Yoshiyuki, who has died under suspicious circumstances. Little does Akiba known that Maria has been reprogrammed by Yoshiyuki to do battle against the evil Host-Droids – male robots designed by a rival robotics company to take revenge on the female species.
Practical Effects
Robot costumes that look like duct-tape fever dreams.
Writing
Dead mentor revenge plot meets horny robotics. Unhinged.
Director
Naoyuki Tomomatsu
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Pink films typically had 35mm theatrical runs in Japan despite their exploitation status; this one's 63 minutes hits the minimum feature length sweet spot.
Naoyuki Tomomatsu directed dozens of these genre-blenders; the 'Maidroid' series represents peak 2010s Japanese direct-to-video sci-fi sleaze.
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