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Swing Girls

Swing Girls

There are two kinds of people in the world–those who swing, and those who don't!

20047.81h 45m

Overview

A group of delinquent high school girls form a band when they accidentally poison their school's brass band and have to replace them.

Directed by Shinobu Yaguchi
Written by Shinobu Yaguchi, Junko Yaguchi
Produced by Shintaro Horikawa, Daisuke Sekiguchi
Box Office0Revenue: $18.8M

Top Cast

Juri Ueno

Juri Ueno

Tomoko Suzuki

Yuta Hiraoka

Yuta Hiraoka

Takuo Nakamura

Shihori Kanjiya

Shihori Kanjiya

Yoshie Saito

Yuika Motokariya

Yuika Motokariya

Kaori Sekiguchi

Yukari Toyoshima

Yukari Toyoshima

Naomi Tanaka

Naoto Takenaka

Naoto Takenaka

Tadahiko Ozawa

Nagisa Abe

Nagisa Abe

Reiko Shimoda

Noriko Eguchi

Noriko Eguchi

Musical Instruments Shop Assistant

Hana Kino

Hana Kino

Supermarket Manager

Fumiyo Kohinata

Fumiyo Kohinata

Yasumi Suzuki

Themes & Keywords

japanjazzsummer vacationschoolgirlschool clubjapanese high schoolhigh school bandschool music bandbukatsu

About Swing Girls

Swing Girls is a comedy, music film released in 2004 exploring themes of japan, jazz, summer vacation, schoolgirl, school club, japanese high school. Directed by Shinobu Yaguchi, it stars Juri Ueno, Yuta Hiraoka, Shihori Kanjiya. A group of delinquent high school girls form a band when they accidentally poison their school's brass band and have to replace them.

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