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!!!

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.

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.

The action is pretty phenomenal in this one, and no question the star, Rina Takeda is both exceptionally beautiful and a true master in her martial art. She's fast, precise, and delivers her punches and kicks with power and believability. No gravity defying stunts and nothing that breaks the laws of physics (though I do enjoy anime and some of the Hong Kong style of martial arts too). Her acting isn't bad either! She very wisely tends toward a more "understated" delivery of her dialogue and acting. Whereas a number of the other actors, especially the unintentionally hilarious bad-villain are often way over the top. The overall choreography was also well done, as was most of the photography, though occasionally they resort to some pretty cliched techniques (the old Van Damme double hit or kick for example). Mostly though it's a solid movie and they did a lot with seemed like a little as far as budget.The Good: Aside from what I already mentioned, the actual fight scenes were by and large pretty incredible. As another reviewer said, these felt very real in most instances and the actors on the losing side truly looked like they were hurting pretty badly sometimes. Most of the exterior shots and general setup was well filmed, and of some were less controlled than we are used it, to me it lent a groundedness. The adopted "sister" of the main star also was a good counterpoint to all the action oriented characters. I alos really liked some of the shots that showed everyday life for the characters (like working at a movie theater)The Not So Good (or Bad):The setup is pretty cringe inducing, especially with the WORST sounding cliched voice-over in the opening scenes! It's too bad that someone hadn't taken the time to work out a story that was even a LITTLE more credible. This obsession of a coveted antique black belt (from a famous teacher) made absolutely no sense whatsoever. Having this as the central plot device just left so much kind of hanging by a thread.The other very odd aspect of the movie was that twice we have a situation where the actors are around a number of other people, and then suddenly everyone is gone- all so as to add "drama" to a big fight scene I think. But it's just a jarring transition and not needed at all. I assume that budget had something to do with it too, but still! Pretty much all "bad guys" were cardboard characters, and most of them either couldn't act all and just grimaced or looked "tough"- or like the main villain hammed it up as much as possible.In the end, you like I, probably know what you in for. The only REAL reason we watch it is the martial arts, and for that it's both fun and thrilling.

I really love this DVD! Good story line.

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.

I would like to have her

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

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

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?

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!

I found this to be a very entertaining movie.Even my 5 year old daughter loved it.Just too bad there is no English dubbing yet.