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Shaolin Girl

2008 · 107 min

A goofy, good-natured sports romp where earnest martial-arts discipline collides with scrappy team comedy, easy to watch and cheer along with.

Directed by: Katsuyuki Motohiro
Genres: Action, Comedy
Starring: Ko Shibasaki, Toru Nakamura, Zhang Yuqi

Overview: A Shaolin-trainer young woman returns to Japan to resuscitate her grandfather's defunct martial arts school.

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Directed by: Katsuyuki Motohiro
Genres: Action, Comedy
Starring: Ko Shibasaki, Toru Nakamura, Zhang Yuqi

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Tone: whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
upliftingstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: sport
found family
identity
coming-of-age
redemption
Places: school
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Humour	6
Realism	4
Romance	2
Tension	3
Darkness	2
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	3

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Genres: action, comedy
Directed by: Katsuyuki Motohiro
Written by: Masashi Sogo, Rika Sogo
Starring: Ko Shibasaki, Toru Nakamura, Zhang Yuqi, Tenky Tin Kai-man, Lam Tze-chung, Takashi Okamura, Yosuke Eguchi, Mami Yamasaki
Music: Yugo Kanno
Cinematography: Akira Sako
Runtime: 107 min
Country: Hong Kong, Japan
Languages: Cantonese, Japanese, Mandarin

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