High Kick Girl!

High Kick Girl!
High Kick Girl!
	DVD cover
Japanese name
Kanji	ハイキック・ガール!
Revised Hepburn
Transcriptions
Revised Hepburn	Hai kikku gāru!
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
Release dates	May 24, 2009 (Terracotta); May 30, 2009 (Japan);
Running time	81 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

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.

Plot

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

Rina Takeda as Kei Tsuchiya
Tatsuya Naka as Yoshiaki Matsumura
Hisae Watanabe as Shurei
Yuka Kobayashi
Akihito Yagi as Kuuken
Ryuki Takahashi as Ryousuke Nakama
Sayaka Akimoto as Rika

Reception

The Japan Times gave the film a rating of 2.5 out of 5. Nippon Cinema gave the film an average review. The Hollywood Reporter and Variety gave the film a modest review also.

DVD releases

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

↑ "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

Official website (in Japanese)
High Kick Girl! at IMDb

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[1] "PIFAN 09 REVIEW: HIGH KICK GIRL". Twitch Film. Archived from the original on 2011-12-28. Retrieved 2011-03-06.

[return-2] "Hisae Watanabe Confirms Plans For April Return". MMARising.com. Retrieved 2011-03-08.

[3] "Kicking out hard, but ultimately collapsing". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2011-02-14.

[4] "Review: High Kick Girl!". Nippon Cinema. Archived from the original on 2011-01-01. Retrieved 2011-02-23.

[5] Lee, Maggie (2009-03-24). "High Kick Girl!". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2011-02-26.

[6] Elley, Derek (2009-07-29). "High Kick Girl!". Variety. Retrieved 2011-02-26.