Rune Ballot is a down-and-out teen prostitute in Mardock City. One day, she's picked up by an ambitious casino manager named Shell who gives her everything she could want. Renewed by a false innocence, a false past, and now the false life Shell has given her, Ballot feels grateful. However, she can't help but be curious about why he's done so much for her, so she does some research about his past on a computer. This turns out to be a mistake which will change her life greatly. When Shell finds out what she's done, he attempts to burn her to death by blowing up her car.
Unfortunately the movie Mardock Scramble: The First Compression is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Directing | Susumu Kudou | Director |
| Art | Masanobu Nomura | Art Direction |
| Sound | Conisch | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Go Nakanishi | Producer |
| Production | Haruka Soya | Producer |
| Production | Tomoyuki Kato | Producer |
| Editing | Manabu Kamino | Editor |
| Art | Jun Nakai | Storyboard Artist |
| Art | Shingo Suzuki | Storyboard Artist |
| Art | Susumu Kudou | Storyboard Artist |
| Camera | Toru Fukushi | Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | Kazuaki Imoto | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Takayuki Uchida | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hiromi Masuda | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Koichi Kikuta | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Jun Nakai | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Shingo Suzuki | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hiroshi Okubo | Key Animation |
| Writing | Tow Ubukata | Screenplay |
| Writing | Tow Ubukata | Novel |
