is a 2008 Japanese sports action comedy film inspired by the Stephen Chow's film Shaolin Soccer (2001). Unlike the original film, the movie focuses on women's lacrosse. It starred Japanese actress Ko 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.

Plot

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.

Shaolin Girl

Cast

Ko Shibasaki as Rin

Toru Nakamura

Kitty Zhang Yuqi

Tin Kai Man

Lam Chi Chung

Takashi Okamura

Yōsuke Eguchi

Naoko Watanabe

Miyuu Sawai

Masanori Ishii as Electronics Store Owner

Reception

This film received lukewarm reviews.

Shaolin Girl

See also

University of Shizuoka

References

External links

2008 films

2000s action comedy films

2000s sports comedy films

Japanese martial arts comedy films

2000s martial arts comedy films

Films directed by Katsuyuki Motohiro

Women's lacrosse

Japanese sports comedy films

2008 martial arts films

Shaolin Temple in film

2008 comedy films

2000s Japanese films

Shaolin Girl