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Japanese Sequel to Shaolin Soccer
Posted by: GoonBefore Stephen Chow made his breakout hit Kung Fu Hustle he directed Shaolin Soccer. It was another comedy that centered around a rag tag team of goofballs who were up against some serious soccer all stars in a tournament. Needless to say, it was a fantastic little film that really did not get the attention it deserves because the Weinstein's shelved it and gave it a very small release.
Today news is coming out that Stephen Chow is now getting involved in a direct sequel to his film, Shorin Shojo which roughly translates to Shaolin Girl. The main difference this time is the protagonist will be a female actress Shibasaki Ko and it will be directed by Motohiro Katsuyuki.
According to Ryuganji, Shibasaki plays Rin, who returns to Japan after undergoing nine years of training in order to take over her grandfather’s Shaolin kung-fu dojo in China and ends up helping out a sport science university’s lacrosse team. Of course some of Chow's regulars will be on board as well including Lam Tze Chung and Kai Man Tin.
Shooting is expected to begin later this month and will run until mid-July. The release date right now is hazy but it looks like it will be released overseas in late 2008.
