Hula Girls
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Lee Sang-il
Yasuko Matsuyuki
Etsushi Toyokawa
Yu Aoi
Shizuyo Yamazaki
Ittoku Kishibe
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
It is 1965 and in Japan, the country has started to shift from coal to oil. One by one the old mining towns begin their long slow decline, but for one small town way up north, one man's vision is to build Japan's first Hawaiian Village as a way to save the town. But what's a Hawaiian Village without a troupe of Hula dancers? The only problem is that no one knows how to do the dance, or even knows what the Hula is! The skepticism and conservatism of the locals is gradually overcome as their daughters fall under the spell of one talented and determined dance instructor from the big city of Tokyo. The coal miners' daughters take a once-in-a-lifetime chance to escape their monotonous lives and become unwitting heroes to their depressed mining town as well as the whole of Japan.
Director
Lee Sang-il
Cast
Yasuko Matsuyuki
Etsushi Toyokawa
Yu Aoi
Shizuyo Yamazaki
Ittoku Kishibe
Sumiko Fuji
Eri Tokunaga
Crew
Lee Bong-ou
Daisuke Habara
Kaleinani Hayakawa
Yoshiaki Hosono
Tsuyoshi Imai
Hitomi Ishihara
Hiroshi Kawai
Lee Sang-il
Jake Shimabakuro
Mitsugu Shiratori
Taiichi Sugiyama
Yohei Taneda
Hideo Yamamoto
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States January 2007
Released in United States October 2006
Released in United States on Video November 6, 2007
Released in United States September 2006
Released in United States Summer July 13, 2007
Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival (2007 Best of Fest, Awards Buzz - Best Foreign Language Film) January 4-15, 2007.
Shown at Pusan International Film Festival (Open Cinema) October 12-20, 2006.
Shown at Toronto International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) September 7-16, 2006.
Based on real events.
Released in United States January 2007 (Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival (2007 Best of Fest, Awards Buzz - Best Foreign Language Film) January 4-15, 2007.)
Released in United States Summer July 13, 2007 (NY)
Released in United States September 2006 (Shown at Toronto International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) September 7-16, 2006.)
Released in United States October 2006 (Shown at Pusan International Film Festival (Open Cinema) October 12-20, 2006.)
Released in United States on Video November 6, 2007
