Hula Girls
Young women in a small Japanese town look to revive their home's declining fortunes by building a Hawaiian village tourist attraction.
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- Released
- 2006
- Country
- Japan
Details
Release year: 2006
Storyline
Young women in a small Japanese town look to revive their home's declining fortunes by building a Hawaiian village tourist attraction.
Top credits
Yasuko Matsuyuki — Madoka Hirayama
Etsushi Toyokawa — Yojiro Tanikawa
Yû Aoi — Kimiko Tanikawa- Shizuyo Yamasaki — Sayuri Kumano
Did you know
• None of the actresses had any dance training prior to the film, so they trained for three months.
• In September 2006, the film was selected as the official submission from Japan in the Best Foreign Language Film category for the 2007 Oscars.
• The people of the area of this mining town speak with accent/dialect. In one scene the dancing teacher(Madooka) can't understand what Yojiro Tanikawa is arguing about because of his accent.
User reviews
Aloha meets Konnichiwa with Struggle, Understanding, Embrace
A round of applause and bouquets for the girls
A Nice Family Drama
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Dolby Digital
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
- Color
- Color
