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!
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 (2009-05-24) (Terracotta) May 30, 2009 (2009-05-30) (Japan)
Running time	81 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Plot

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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

External links

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

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