Member AlbertV Posted January 8, 2009 Member Share Posted January 8, 2009 I saw the poster and trailer for this new martial arts film. The star, 17-year old Rina Takeda, is a black-belt in karate. The plot is pretty standard, a young woman trains in karate and takes on a group of secret fighters with the help of her sensei. The film is directed by Fuyuhiko Nishi, whose previous screen work includes Kura-Obi and the Hollywood action film Honor. Teaser trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lZjLCZ4xFk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member niro Posted January 9, 2009 Member Share Posted January 9, 2009 I'm not a fan of karate but Japanese films are always good, so might give this a viewing when it comes out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Rebornman Posted January 10, 2009 Member Share Posted January 10, 2009 is it just my pc or is Albert's post blank?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member blue_skies Posted January 11, 2009 Member Share Posted January 11, 2009 there's a short discription, artwork and a trailer ,of which the trailer seems to be missing.:l Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member AlbertV Posted January 12, 2009 Author Member Share Posted January 12, 2009 Ok, I was able to find another pic from the movie plus I just added the link to the teaser trailer via Youtube Sorry about that guys, I thought it would come out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Chinatown Kid Posted January 12, 2009 Member Share Posted January 12, 2009 If this film is anywhere near as good as Kura-Obi then it will be worth seeing. Black Belt was a class film..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member blue_skies Posted January 12, 2009 Member Share Posted January 12, 2009 I hope HKG has lots of action and not too many one kick take downs, but looks worth trying at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member NuLL Posted January 13, 2009 Member Share Posted January 13, 2009 aWwy-NxYhj0 Second trailer for the movie. The fighting kinda looks lame. ________ Toyota Kluger Specifications Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member AlbertV Posted January 13, 2009 Author Member Share Posted January 13, 2009 Yeha but I like how Rina kinda does the Tony Jaa-like spinning kick to the karate guy near the end of the trailer. Should be a fun film to watch. Wish I still had my Shin Karate Baka Ichidai DVDs though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member NuLL Posted January 14, 2009 Member Share Posted January 14, 2009 True. There are some good-looking fights in there. ________ How to roll blunts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Kaal Posted January 14, 2009 Member Share Posted January 14, 2009 I'm not a fan of Japanese films but karate is always good, so might give this a viewing when it comes out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member emacs Posted January 16, 2009 Member Share Posted January 16, 2009 i wonder if this film will be screened at the Toronto International Film Festival later this year (Sept. 10 - 19, 2009). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator KUNG FU BOB Posted January 16, 2009 Administrator Share Posted January 16, 2009 Wish I still had my Shin Karate Baka Ichidai DVDs though What're they Albert? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member AlbertV Posted January 17, 2009 Author Member Share Posted January 17, 2009 They were two V-Cinema karate films I had on DVD and they starred Masaru Nagai (Mirai Sentai Time Ranger) as a karate expert. In the first film, he enters a tournament run by the Yakuza to make some money and ends up taking on Masa Funaki in the finale. The Yakuza are so pissed that in Part 2, they beat the expert's best buddy up but in the meantime, the expert learns a thing or two about the true nature of Japanese martial arts by sparring with a judo expert (Rikiya Yasuoka) who was an old friend of his father's. In the finale, he takes on the Yakuza enforcer, played by wrestling legend Keiji Muto, aka The Great Muta and Shining Wizard. Shot on video but pretty good IMO. The fights kind of remind me of the fights seen here a bit in High Kick Girl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator KUNG FU BOB Posted January 17, 2009 Administrator Share Posted January 17, 2009 They were two V-Cinema karate films I had on DVD and they starred Masaru Nagai (Mirai Sentai Time Ranger) as a karate expert. Thanks for the info Albert! They sound like fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Jiu-Jitsu-Dragon Posted January 20, 2009 Member Share Posted January 20, 2009 judging from the trailer the title certainly isnt misleading Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member vismistananda Posted January 21, 2009 Member Share Posted January 21, 2009 Japanese Martial Arts Film are nice to watch. Is Rina Takeda her true name? Or just her name in the movie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member AlbertV Posted January 21, 2009 Author Member Share Posted January 21, 2009 Rina Takeda is the actress who is playing the High Kick Girl. Not sure what her character name is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Gaijin84 Posted January 21, 2009 Member Share Posted January 21, 2009 is that Megumi Fujii in that one part? (black halter top) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member vismistananda Posted January 22, 2009 Member Share Posted January 22, 2009 Rina Takeda is the actress who is playing the High Kick Girl. Not sure what her character name is. I see, thanks mate. I was searching her true name but couldn\'t get any luck. I hope they released this film on my country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member blue_skies Posted March 22, 2011 Member Share Posted March 22, 2011 I just watched High Kick Girl on you tube and have to say that I would have been so pissed if I had bought the DVD. It's an absolutely awful movie and even though I knew there with going to be plenty of slow motion and doubled takes ,but the whole movie is practically in slow-motion. I really can't understand why they did that? It would make more sense to use it sparingly on a really special move but they were doing it with any old rubbish. And don't get me started on on the double takes when we had just seen a move in slow-motion then a double take. The mind boggles what they were thinking. Practically High Kick Girl is half a movie with the other half taken over by a ridiculously long slow-motion sequences. I reckon if they took 99 per cent of the slow-motion and double takes out of the movie and all the fight sequences were shown at regular pace the movie would be between 35 and 45 minutes long roughly. I also think it would have been far more enjoyable rather than the dross it clearly is. That 's the frustration you can see there's some good stuff they just ruined in slow motion. I have to say I don't think it's worth watching unless the film was released again with all the fights and action at the correct speed. Ok it would be over before you know it but it would certainly be a more satisfying experience. You only need to see the short training video also on you tube to see how much better the film could have looked. Anyway on the positive side Rina Takeda looks great and I could happily watch more films with her kicking ass. It's just a shame this movie wasted all that good material. It's just a shame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator One Armed Boxer Posted March 22, 2011 Moderator Share Posted March 22, 2011 Anyway on the positive side Rina Takeda looks great and I could happily watch more films with her kicking ass. It's just a shame this movie wasted all that good material. It's just a shame. I understand your frustrations with the slow motion and double takes in 'High Kick Girl'...thankfully though they seemed to rectify that problem with the second movie 'Karate Girl'...you can check out my thoughts on it in this thread, post 39 - http://www.kungfucinema.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12389&page=4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member daisho2004 Posted May 31, 2011 Member Share Posted May 31, 2011 Does anyone know if this movie had a BR release? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Takuma Posted May 31, 2011 Member Share Posted May 31, 2011 Does anyone know if this movie had a BR release? It will have in Germany at least: http://www.amazon.de/High-Kick-Girl-Blu-ray-Tatsuya/dp/B004W1JTXM/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member daisho2004 Posted May 31, 2011 Member Share Posted May 31, 2011 OK Thanks Takuma, that means in the near future it will get a US release, Hopefully! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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