HIGH KICK GIRL

18-year-old karate champion and idol
Takeda Rina makes her film debut in
the action-packed High Kick Girl! True
to the title, Takeda Rina kicks high –
often in a short skirt – and shows off
her lean, mean karate skills. Directed
by Shaolin Girl producer and Black
Belt action director Nishi Fuyuhiko,
High Kick Girl! may have a young and
cute lead, but the action is plenty
real. The film co-stars Black Belt
stars Akihito Yagi and Naka Tatsuya,
petite karate idol Kobayashi Yuka,
martial arts champion Watanabe Hisae,
D-BOYS member Takahashi Ryuki, and
AKB48’s Akimoto Sayaka, who holds a
black belt in Aikido.
High-kicking 17-year-old schoolgirl
Kei (Takeda Rina) can more than hold
her own against the guys at her karate
dojo, but her master Matsumura
(Akihito Yagi) refuses to grant her a
black belt because she hasn’t learned
all her forms. Leaving in a huff, Kei
joins the combat group Destroyers,
which cares about only one thing –
fighting. Kei is perfectly happy with
the arrangement, until she discovers
that the Destroyers are out to get
Matsumura.