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.
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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