Swing Girls

Japanese Title:Swing Girls
Release Year in Japan: 2004
Release Year in the U.S.: n/a

Director: Shinobu Yamaguchi
Cast: Juri Ueno (Tomoko Suzuki), Naoto Takenaka (Teacher Ozawa)

"Sister Act" Japanese rural style, with no mafias involved. Funny and feel-good story of the low-self-esteem high school girls' revelation of fun and friendship through Jazz music. The actresses who acted jazz girls actually started learning all the instruments from scratch for the movie, and if you think about it, the ending performance by them is just amazing and moving. Combining the jazz music in the background, the movie really made me swing with them.

(November, 2005)
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"Eiga Seikatu" fan score (Japanese): 69.9% (Nov 05)
Official Site: Swing Girls (Japanese)
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