Hula Girls
Japanese Title: Hula Girl
Release Year in Japan: 2006
Director: Lee Sang-Il
Casts: Yasuko Matsuyuki (Dance instructor Madoka Hirayama),Yu Aoi (Kimiko
Tanikawa), Etsushi Toyokawa (Yojiro Tanikawa), Shizuyo Yamazaki (Sayuri
Kumano), Sumiko Fuji (Chiyo Tanikawa)
Based on the real story. A declining mining town in 1965 Northern Japan
tries to revive the town by building a Hawaiian Resort. They invite an
instructor from Tokyo to teach local minors' daughters how to Hula, but
conservative townspeople would not let their daughters dance with their
bellybutton exposed. The story depicts the fight of the determined girls
and the teacher for their own way, and how they slowly melt people's heart
just as the spring sun melts their cold snow away.
People say the story is predictable, but still quite enjoyable. With Jake
Shimabukuro's impressive Hawaiian music, the movie got good reviews and
recorded a medium size hit in box office.
The film is submitted as the Oscar Foreign Language Film entry from Japan
in 2006.
(January, 2007)
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