Karate Girl (DVD)

I first saw the trailer for this film on youtube as I was searching for martial arts techniques. Then I went ahead and rented the film elsewhere, and was blown away by the story! The beginning sequence is well done in terms of providing motivation to get this story moving forward to its resolution. I enjoyed the action displayed by Rina Takeda and the other martial artists. It wasn't too unbelievable and it wasn't ruined by bad cinematography. To sum up the story, we see the bad guy come into a dojo to steal a black belt. I still don't understand why. He sends his gang in on the rampage who kill the head Karate Sensei and his students. They even attack his two daughters! Believing that one child is dead, he kidnaps the other, I guess so that he can raise her using his style of Karate? Before dying the Karate Sensei manages to resuscitate his daughter, helping her breathe again. She's, played by Rina Takeda, who grows up to become phenomenal at Karate. Meanwhile the bad guy takes notice of her and seeks to finish his revenge upon her fallen father. I think that's enough to sum it up. Don't want to ruin it for viewers. I highly recommend this film! It's good!!!

Karate Girl has been referred to as High Kick Girl 2 in some circles. It's better and more polished than HKG 1. Rina has progressed in her acting and her martial arts skills have improved or the choreography has improved. KG has an A-movie feel to it ,partly due to the soundtrack sounding more professional and fits better with the movie. I bought KG when it first came out in Japan , so I'm looking forward to the english version when it comes out in April. I gave it 4 stars , because I think Rina will only get better with time.

Rina Takeda’s martial arts prowess is on full display in this action-packed drama!

I Really enjoyed this movie i like action and martial arts movies. I'm a martial artist myself i saw this movie on netflix and checked it out and i liked it the action is good and the story is as well it's about the spirit and the tradition of karate i'm glad for that so bought this movie.Rina Takeda her karate is very good this is my first time seeing one of her movies she's the real deal there's also another girl in the movie i don't know her name but her karate is very good as well.If you like action and martial arts movies and a strong female character this movie is for you.

A weak story line but thats not the worst of it. The fight scenes are so unbelievable it's scary. They really resemble a karate demonstration thrown together for halftime at a high school basketball game. A lot of high kicks from a couple of little girls supposedly knocking a room full of powerfull men silly. Really! This movie and others like it are stricktly for the I never made it past yellow belt crowd. I'm all for creativity in a movie but let's try to make the battles somewhat within the realm of possibilty.

Its was good, not great but not bad. Seemed almost the same as One- Chanbara (bikini samurai girls) as far as the sister being split up and fighting against each other. Could have had more realistic confrontations to make the fight action sequences much better. My four stars was because it wasnt in english dub, well the version i got. Don't get me wrong, english dubbed is only perfectly great if they have right voices for the right characters and the voice actors truly know how to speak their acting parts right. So far my all time best new girl/ female martial arts movie is Chocolate. Theres nothing more entertaining then watching so called hard attitude people male or female getting their butts handed to them by a little autistic/mentally challenged girl. No disrespect intended.

Luv me some Rina Takeda!!! Since I am a 4th dan I'm going to beat her up and force her to marry me. She's GREAT!!! Better than frosted flakes. On the serious side, no wires, no springboards, no weird camera angles, no stunt doubles, nothing fake or tricky. Not only does Rina perform her own action sequences but so does every character in the film.

Perhaps I got this movie for the wrong reason, hoping that Tatsuya Naka would have a major role in it, as he did in High Kick Girl. I found the story on this movie to be no more or less stupid than High Kick Girl's, but there was less for those of us interested in great Japanese/Okinawan karate and more for those who are big fans of Rina Takeda and taekwondo-style acrobatic kicking. Because I don't find her martial arts abilities nearly as compelling as Naka-sensei's, I was disappointed that he had only a minor role. I don't find the acrobatics and somewhat laughable scenarios involving children fighting adults in this movie interesting, but if you are a fan of acrobatics and taekwondo-style kicking, you will likely enjoy this movie. If you are looking for something more along the lines of a comic book story with great traditional Shotokan karate action by the hero, check out High Kick Girl. If you are looking for a more serious and thoughtful karate film with many of the same actors and production team, I can't recommend Black Belt highly enough.

The actress is a real martial artist and possesses the sotokan karate style. For all the fans of martial arts, this movie is a must buy recommendation!

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Wonderful film and wonderful girl.... Film mitico, scene fantastiche, musiche divine, grandi contenuti e bellissima ragazza. Assolutamente imperdibile e impareggiabile.

Très bon film avec rina takeda qui donne son potentiel dans se kenpo, comme d ailleurs tout ses hautre film

It's one of the movies i wanted cause this actor rina takeda she played on her first movie, high kick girl. so i googled her and she have more movies. And i might get more of her movies someday?