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Hula Girl - Hula Girls
Release Year in Japan: 2006
Time: 2 hours (6 parts)
Director: Lee Sang-Il
Cast:
Yasuko Matsuyuki (Dance instructor Madoka Hirayama)
Yu Aoi (Kimiko Tanikawa)
Etsushi Toyokawa (Yojiro Tanikawa)
Shizuyo Yamazaki (Sayuri Kumano)
Sumiko Fuji (Chiyo Tanikawa)
Based on a true 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.
"Hula Girls" is a great, "feel good" movie that celebrates Hula and shows that the "Aloha Spirit" (which in addition to meaning hello, goodbye or love, can also refer to resolving any problem, accomplishing any goal) can transcend cultural differences and prosper in as diverse a setting as Fukushima, Japan.
Release Year in Japan: 2006
Time: 2 hours (6 parts)
Director: Lee Sang-Il
Cast:
Yasuko Matsuyuki (Dance instructor Madoka Hirayama)
Yu Aoi (Kimiko Tanikawa)
Etsushi Toyokawa (Yojiro Tanikawa)
Shizuyo Yamazaki (Sayuri Kumano)
Sumiko Fuji (Chiyo Tanikawa)
Based on a true 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.
"Hula Girls" is a great, "feel good" movie that celebrates Hula and shows that the "Aloha Spirit" (which in addition to meaning hello, goodbye or love, can also refer to resolving any problem, accomplishing any goal) can transcend cultural differences and prosper in as diverse a setting as Fukushima, Japan.
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