Shaolin Girl (2008)

Shaolin Girl is an action-comedy movie directed by Katsuyuki Motohiro. It is considered a Japanese follow-up to Stephen Chow’s 2001 smash-hit Hong Kong film Shaolin Soccer and Chow served as executive producer. It was released by Toho and Gaga Communications in Japan on April 26, 2008.

Kou Shibasaki stars as Rin, a girl who has trained in the art of kung fu for 9 years so that she can take over her grandfather’s Shaolin dojo in China.

Upon returning to Japan she ends up teaching her skills to the lacrosse team of a sports science university. However, the stoic university president has special plans for Rin and enacts a dangerous plan meant to drive her over the edge and unleash her hidden power.