Hula Girls

Hula Girls (2006)

フラガール

They danced their way into the hearts of a nation.

Young women in a small Japanese town look to revive their home's declining fortunes by building a Hawaiian village tourist attraction.

Date of release
2006-09-09
TMDB
6.8 / 10 (60)
Runtime
2h 1m
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Family
Director
Sang-il Lee

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 1 · Nominations: 1. Including: Hōchi Film Award for Best Picture

Hula Girls is a 2006 Japanese comedy film directed by Sang-il Lee and co-written by Lee and Daisuke Habara, and first. Starring Yū Aoi, Yasuko Matsuyuki, Etsushi Toyokawa, Shizuyo Yamazaki, Ittoku Kishibe, Eri Tokunaga, Yoko Ikezu and Sumiko Fuji, it is based on the real-life event of how a group of enthusiastic girls take on hula dancing to save their small mining village, Iwaki, helping the formation of Joban Hawaiian Center, which was later to become one of Japan's most popular theme parks.

Production notes

The dancers spent three months learning and becoming skilled in hula.

The character Madoka Hirayama is loosely based on Kaleinani Hayakawa, the original kumu hula at Joban, who stayed for 32 years, while also becoming the founder of the first hula school in Japan. Her work helped inspire the hula craze in Japan.

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