Kung Fu Girl
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Kung Fu Girl |
| Original title | 少林 少女 |
| Country of production | Japan |
| original language | Japanese |
| Publishing year | 2008 |
| length | 103 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Katsuyuki Motohiro |
| script |
Masashi Sogo , Rika Sogo |
| production | Chikahiro Andō, Chihiro Kameyama, Yoshiaki Nakajima, Fuyuhiko Nishi, Hirotsugu Usui, Stephen Chow |
| music | Yūgo Kanno |
| camera | Akira Sako |
| cut | Takuya Taguchi |
| occupation | |
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Kung Fu Girl ( Japanese 少林 少女 , shōrin shōjo , dt. " Shaolin girl") is a Japanese feature film with martial arts interludes by director Katsuyuki Motohiro from 2008. The work is inspired by the Hong Kong film Shaolin Kickers ( 2001) by director Stephen Chow , who only works here as executive producer . The Japanese Kō Shibasaki plays the leading role .
The film was released in Japan on April 26, 2008. The German DVD premiere took place on August 13, 2009.
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The young Japanese Lin Sakurazawa (in the Anglicised version she is called Rin ) learns traditional Shaolin Kung Fu for 3,000 days in a distant Chinese Shaolin monastery . The petite master student then returns to her small home community to make her martial arts popular in Japan. This concern also corresponds to her late grandfather's wish for life, who once ran a renowned training hall . On her return, however, the highly talented martial arts graduate has to discover that there is no longer any perceptible Kung Fu tradition. The family's premises have fallen into disrepair, and the former students suppress any form of martial arts. Even Lin's former mentor and teacher Iwai, now a chef and owner of an inn, refuses to work. Rather, he urges Lin to give up the planned project.
The self-confident Lin remains stubborn regardless. She meets the attractive Minmin, who offers her to take part in kung fu training, if Lin learns lacrosse in return and joins the student team. The master student reluctantly agrees. Minmin becomes her first student. With special permission from the seedy Mr. Ryūji, a senior administrator at Seikan International University who recognizes Lin's athletic talent, she is eventually accepted into the team. Iwai will be the new coach at a different time. With unusual training methods that seem to have borrowed from Chinese Kung Fu, the newcomer from then on inspires his protégés. For her part, Lin secretly tries to get her teammates excited about martial arts - much to Iwai's displeasure, who vehemently rejects any form of combat. Since Lin initially shows no sense of togetherness, she quickly becomes estranged from her teammates. A break occurs briefly. Gradually, Lin learns a communicative social behavior, as well as some important rules of conduct in team sports . Later, she also approaches the other colleagues. Lin taught them some basics of Shaolin Kung Fu.
When nothing stands in the way of their return to the student selection process, sporting success is promptly achieved. This change does not remain hidden from the sinister businessman and SIU President Ōba Yūichirō. The evil university director has always watched the fighter's development with eagle eyes. He wants to lure out the hidden powers of the young woman and draw her to the dark side of Kung Fu. For this he sends his thugs to provoke Lin and force her to fight. Yūichirō's henchmen kidnap Minmin. A little later, Iwai tries to calm the troubled Lin, as she cannot control her strength properly. At the same time, he doesn't want to lose his girlfriend to evil. Nevertheless, Lin starts a campaign of revenge. Single-handedly she faces a majority of experienced fighters - later supported by two friends. The petite person finally manages to defeat all enemies, later also Yūichirō and save Minmin. Lin's newly discovered power is so great that it ultimately draws all opposition to the good side.
Web links
- Kung Fu Girl in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Kung Fu Girl in the online movie database