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Hula Girls

Hula Girls

They danced their way into the hearts of a nation.

20066.72h 0m

Overview

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

Directed by Sang-il Lee
Written by Daisuke Habara, Sang-il Lee
Produced by Hitomi Ishihara
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Top Cast

Yu Aoi

Yu Aoi

Kimiko Tanikawa

Yasuko Matsuyuki

Yasuko Matsuyuki

Madoka Hirayama

Etsushi Toyokawa

Etsushi Toyokawa

Yojiro Tanikawa

Shizuyo Yamasaki

Shizuyo Yamasaki

Sayuri Kumano

Shoko Ikezu

Shoko Ikezu

Hatsuko Sasaki

Eri Tokunaga

Eri Tokunaga

Sanae Kimura

Hiroki Miyake

Hiroki Miyake

Mitsuo Igari

Susumu Terajima

Susumu Terajima

Ishida

Masaru Shiga

Masaru Shiga

Goro Kumano

Katsumi Takahashi

Katsumi Takahashi

Seiji Kimura

Themes & Keywords

dancinghopemining townbankruptcytourist attractionhulashōwa era (1926-89)

About Hula Girls

Hula Girls is a comedy, drama, family film released in 2006 exploring themes of dancing, hope, mining town, bankruptcy, tourist attraction, hula. Directed by Sang-il Lee, it stars Yu Aoi, Yasuko Matsuyuki, Etsushi Toyokawa. Young women in a small Japanese town look to revive their home's declining fortunes by building a Hawaiian village tourist attraction.

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