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Shaolin Girl is a film of genre Martial arts directed by Katsuyuki Motohiro released in USA on 26 april 2008 with Kō Shibasaki
Shaolin Girl (2008)
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Add to a movie listShaolin Girl (少林少女, shōrin shōjo) is a 2008 Japanese film inspired by the 2001 Hong Kong film Shaolin Soccer. Unlike the original film, the movie focuses on women's lacrosse. It starred Japanese actress Kou Shibasaki and Hong Kong actors Lam Chi Chung and Tin Kai Man return from the original film. The film was released in Japan on April 26, 2008. Stephen Chow, director and star in Shaolin Soccer, was the producer, but is not credited as writer or director.
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The film focuses on young Rin Sakurazawa, who, after having trained at the Shaolin Temple for 3000 days, returns to Japan to find her former dojo abandoned, and her former Shaolin master a cook at a local restaurant. Soon she is introduced to the fictional Seikan International University's Lacrosse Team. Meanwhile, the president of Seikan University, Yuichiro Oba, seems to be following a sinister objective.Actors
Kō Shibasaki
(Rin Sakurazawa)
Toru Nakamura
(Yûichirô Ôba)
Kitty Zhang Yuqi
(Ming Ming)
Lam Chi Chung
Takashi Okamura
(Ryuji Tamura)
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