Shaolin Girl
2008 Japanese sports action comedy film by Katsuyuki Motohiro
- 26 April 2008 (2008-04-26)
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JP¥1.51 billionShaolin Girl (少林少女, shōrin shōjo) is a 2008 Japanese sports action comedy film inspired by Stephen Chow's film Shaolin Soccer (2001). Unlike the original film, the film focuses on women's lacrosse. It starred Japanese actress Ko Shibasaki and Hong Kong actors Lam Chi Chung and Tin Kai Man return from the original film. The film was released in Japan on April 26, 2008. Stephen Chow, director and star in Shaolin Soccer, was the producer, but is not credited as writer or director.[1]
Plot
The film focuses on young Rin Sakurazawa, who, after having trained at the Shaolin Temple for 3000 days, returns to Japan to find her former dojo abandoned, and her former Shaolin master a cook at a local restaurant. Soon she is introduced to the fictional Seikan International University's Lacrosse Team. Meanwhile, the president of Seikan University, Yuichiro Oba, seems to be following a sinister objective.
Cast
- Ko Shibasaki as Rin
- Toru Nakamura
- Kitty Zhang Yuqi
- Tin Kai Man
- Lam Chi Chung
- Takashi Okamura
- Yōsuke Eguchi
- Naoko Watanabe
- Miyuu Sawai
- Masanori Ishii as Electronics Store Owner
Reception
This film received lukewarm reviews.[2][3]
See also
- University of Shizuoka
References
External links
- Shaolin Girl at IMDb
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Films directed by Katsuyuki Motohiro
- Odoru daisosasen – The Movie (1998)
- Space Travelers (2000)
- Bayside Shakedown 2 (2003)
- Summer Time Machine Blues (2005)
- Shaolin Girl (2008)
- Bayside Shakedown 3 (2010)
- Bayside Shakedown The Final (2012)
- Psycho-Pass: The Movie (2015)
- Maku ga Agaru (2015)
- Laughing Under the Clouds (2018)
- Human Lost (2019)
- Brave: Gunjō Senki (2021)
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