"Samurai Girl" (2008) TV series

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Seasons:

1

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

A teenage girl tries to balance a normal life as the adopted daughter of wealthy parents with the Samurai traditions of her ancestors.

Plot Keywords:

Samurai

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Jamie Chung	...	Heaven Kogo (6 episodes, 2008)
Brendan Fehr	...	Jake Stanton (6 episodes, 2008)
Saige Thompson	...	Cheryl (6 episodes, 2008)
Kyle Labine	...	Otto (6 episodes, 2008)
Anthony Wong	...	Tasuke / ... (6 episodes, 2008)
Kenneth Choi	...	Sato (6 episodes, 2008)
Steven Brand	...	Severin (6 episodes, 2008)
Stacy Keibler	...	Karen (3 episodes, 2008)
Linda Ko	...	Mieko Kogo / ... (3 episodes, 2008)
Zen Shane Lim	...	Teddy (3 episodes, 2008)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

ABC Studios

PG action doesn't mean it's not exciting!

It is nearly impossible to find something bad to say about this miniseries. For every one silly thing it does, it immediately makes up for it by doing something really awesome. When they manage to pull a training montage (In the vein of Karate Kid) out very early on in the show, you'll probably want to quit it all together, but then they turn it around and poke fun at how so many movies follow this path. The twists and turns of this show are especially well done. In the beginning, the plot doesn't seem all that intricate, but as the series progresses, the story becomes much stronger and takes a lot more chances. What surprised me the most is the sense of humor throughout - it's not all about the crazy stunt work, they really put a lot of clever jokes into this script. You may lament the fact that it is basically a PG movie (Based on a young adult book series), but I found that the subject matter is suitable for the tameness. Also, even though the title has "Girl" in it, anyone could watch this and enjoy it - not just young girls. The only thing it lacks because of the rating is a ton of blood, and I can respect that they clearly wanted to go a different route with Samurai Girl. I didn't expect to like it as much as I did, but the humor is top notch, the action is intense and fun, and the cast is tremendously likable - it is nice to see so many fresh faces on screen. Star Jamie Chung definitely has a bright future ahead of her in movies, and hopefully in the possible sequel to this series.