High Kick Girl!

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]

High Kick Girl!
DVD cover
Japaneseハイキック・ガール!
HepburnHai kikku gāru!
Directed byFuyuhiko Nishi
Produced byKen Nakanishi
Fuyuhiko Nishi
Written byFuyuhiko Nishi
Yoshikatsu Kimura
StarringRina Takeda
Music byTomoo Misato
CinematographyNobuyuki Matsui
Edited byHiroshi Kawahara
Distributed byToei Company
Release date
  • May 24, 2009 (2009-05-24) (Terracotta)
  • May 30, 2009 (2009-05-30) (Japan)
Running time
81 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

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

Reception

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

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
  1. "PIFAN 09 REVIEW: HIGH KICK GIRL". Twitch Film. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
  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. 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.


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