High Kick Girl! Explained
High Kick Girl! |
Native Name: | Kanji: | ハイキック・ガール! | Revhep: | Hai kikku gāru! |
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Director: | Fuyuhiko Nishi |
Producer: | Ken Nakanishi Fuyuhiko Nishi |
Starring: | Rina Takeda |
Music: | Tomoo Misato |
Cinematography: | Nobuyuki Matsui |
Editing: | Hiroshi Kawahara |
Distributor: | Toei Company |
Runtime: | 81 minutes |
Country: | Japan |
Language: | Japanese |
is a 2009 Japanese martial arts film directed and co-written by Fuyuhiko Nishi and starring Rina Takeda.[1]
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
Notes and References
- Web site: PIFAN 09 REVIEW: HIGH KICK GIRL. Twitch Film. 2011-03-06. 2011-12-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20111228164757/http://twitchfilm.com/reviews/2009/07/pifan-09-review-high-kick-girl.php. dead.
- Web site: Hisae Watanabe Confirms Plans For April Return. MMARising.com. 2011-03-08.
- News: Kicking out hard, but ultimately collapsing . The Japan Times. 2011-02-14.
- News: Review: High Kick Girl!. Nippon Cinema. 2011-02-23. 2011-01-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20110101095455/http://www.nipponcinema.com/blog/review-high-kick-girl. dead.
- News: High Kick Girl! . The Hollywood Reporter. 2009-03-24. 2011-02-26 . Maggie . Lee.
- News: High Kick Girl! . Variety. 2009-07-29. 2011-02-26 . Derek . Elley.