Movie: Karate Girl
AKA: K.G.
Japanese: カラテガール
Genre: Action, Martial Arts
Director: Yoshikatsu Kimura
Writer: Fuyuhiko Nishi
Release Date: 5 February 2011
Distributor: Toei Video
Runtime: 91min
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan
Cast:
Rina Takeda
Hina Tobimatsu
Richard Heselton
Keisuke Horibe
Noriko Iriyama
Plot:
Real life Ryukyu Shorin-ryu Karate champion turned action movie actress Rina Takeda follows up her debut “High Kick Girl!” with “Karate Girl” (or “K.G.”), offering fans more of the same as she kicks, punches and chops her way through swathes of bad guys while wearing a cute high school uniform. Despite its similar title, the film bears no relation to its predecessor, though it does see original scribe Kimura Yoshikatsu taking the director’s chair, with co-scripter, producer and choreographer Nishi Fuyuhiko also returning. Boasting the same brand of old school, no wires, no CGI high impact martial arts, the film attempts to go one better by teaming Takeda with another young female karate expert in the 14 year old Tobimatsu Hina.
Takeda takes the title role as Ayaka Kurenai, a young girl who happens to be the daughter of one of the great karate dynasties, living under an assumed identity with adoptive parents after her father was murdered, his sacred belt stolen, and her younger sister kidnapped. After giving the game away and ending up on the news by using her skills to stop purse snatchers in the cinema where she works, Ayaka attracts the attentions of her father’s killer, Tagawa Shu (Horibe Keisuke, “King Game”), who now runs an evil empire of karate assassins and is desperate to get his hands on the belt. Realising her true identity, he dispatches a couple of young killers to do away with her, one of whom is Sakura (Tobimatsu Hina), actually her younger sister.
General:
Format.......: Matroska
File Size....: 1398,28 MiB
Duration.....: 1h 31mn
Bitrate......: 2 136 Kbps
Subtitles....: None
Source.......: DVD by Rawdeal
Screenshots (Click for full resolution):
Video:
Video Format......: AVC
Video Codec.......: x264 - core 115 r2008 4c552d8
Bitrate...........: 1 646 Kbps
Frame Rate........: 23.976 fps
Aspect Ratio......: 16:9
Resolution........: 720x400
Audio #1:
Format..........: AC-3
Bitrate.........: 448 Kbps
Channels........: 6 channels
Sampling Rate...: 48.0 KHz
Language........: Japanese