High Kick Girl! (Japanese: ハイキック・ガール!, Hepburn: Hai kikku gāru!) is a 2009 Japanese martial arts film directed and co-written by Fuyuhiko Nishi and starring Rina Takeda.[1]
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| Japanese name | |||||
| Kanji | ハイキック・ガール! | ||||
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| Directed by | Fuyuhiko Nishi | ||||
| Written by | Fuyuhiko Nishi Yoshikatsu Kimura | ||||
| Produced by | Ken Nakanishi Fuyuhiko Nishi | ||||
| Starring | Rina Takeda | ||||
| Cinematography | Nobuyuki Matsui | ||||
| Edited by | Hiroshi Kawahara | ||||
| Music by | Tomoo Misato | ||||
| Distributed by | Toei Company | ||||
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Running time | 81 minutes | ||||
| Country | Japan | ||||
| Language | Japanese | ||||
Plot edit
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A brown belt girl who desperately wants to get a black belt and believes she can qualify for it by facing a group of black belt holders.
Cast edit
- Rina Takeda as Kei Tsuchiya
- Tatsuya Naka as Yoshiaki Matsumura
- Hisae Watanabe[2] as Shurei
- Yuka Kobayashi
- Akihito Yagi as Kuuken
- Ryuki Takahashi as Ryousuke Nakama
- Sayaka Akimoto as Rika
Reception edit
The Japan Times gave the film a rating of 2.5 out of 5.[3] Nippon Cinema gave the film an average review.[4] The Hollywood Reporter and Variety gave the film a modest review also.[5][6]
DVD releases edit
First Look Studios (America)
- Aspect Ratio: Widescreen (1:78:1) anamorphic
- Sound: Japanese (Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround), English (Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround)
- Subtitles: English
- Supplements: "Making of High Kick Girl!" featurette, "Rina's Action Techniques" featurette, "Naka's Action Techniques" featurette
- Region 1, NTSC
References edit
- ^ "PIFAN 09 REVIEW: HIGH KICK GIRL". Twitch Film. Archived from the original on 2011-12-28. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
- ^ "Hisae Watanabe Confirms Plans For April Return". MMARising.com. Retrieved 2011-03-08.
- ^ "Kicking out hard, but ultimately collapsing". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2011-02-14.
- ^ "Review: High Kick Girl!". Nippon Cinema. Archived from the original on 2011-01-01. Retrieved 2011-02-23.
- ^ Lee, Maggie (2009-03-24). "High Kick Girl!". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2011-02-26.
- ^ Elley, Derek (2009-07-29). "High Kick Girl!". Variety. Retrieved 2011-02-26.
External links edit
- Official website (in Japanese)
- High Kick Girl! at IMDb
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