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Shaolin Girl
Shaolin Girl
Directed by	Katsuyuki Motohiro
Written by	Rika Sogo; Masashi Sogo
Produced by	Chikahiro Andō; Chihiro Kameyama; Yoshiaki Nakajima; Fuyuhiko Nishi; Hirotsugu Usui; Stephen Chow
Starring	Ko Shibasaki; Tōru Nakamura; Zhang Yuqi; Tin Kai-man; Lam Chi-chung; Takashi Okamura; Yōsuke Eguchi; Miyuu Sawai
Cinematography	Akira Sakō
Edited by	Takuya Taguchi
Music by	Yugo Kanno
Production; company	Robot Communications
Distributed by	Toho
Release date	26 April 2008;
Running time	107 minutes
Country	Japan
Languages	Japanese; Mandarin; Cantonese
Box office	JP¥1.51 billion

Shaolin Girl (少林少女, Shōrin shōjo) is a 2008 Japanese sports action comedy film inspired by Stephen Chow's film Shaolin Soccer (2001). Unlike the original film, the film 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.^[1]

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.