High Kick Girl!

High Kick Girl!
Starring	Rina Takeda
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! (ハイキック・ガール!) is a 2009 martial arts film 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

• 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

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

External links

• Official website (Japanese)
• High Kick Girl! at the Internet Movie Database