Dance, Subaru! (DVD) (English Subtitled) (Hong Kong Version) DVD Region 3

Based on Masahito Soda's popular manga, Dance, Subaru is the perfect starring vehicle for singer-actress Kuroki Meisa (Crows Zero) who brings her dancing background to the silver screen. The picture of model beauty and grace, Kuroki plays a tough-cookie ballerina who must overcome many obstacles to fulfill her dancing dreams. Directed by Hong Kong filmmaker Lee Chi Ngai (Sleepless Town, Magic Kitchen), this inspirational dancing film wraps an affecting story of family, friendship, romance, and perseverance in soaring scenes of classical ballet and modern dance. The film co-stars heartthrob Hiraoka Yuta (Swing Girls), plus Korean actress Go Ara (Genghis Khan: To the Ends of the Earth and Sea) and Sano Miku (Sunadokei) as friends and rival dancers. Korean boy band Dong Bang Shin Ki, who sing the film's theme song, also make a special cameo appearance in Dance, Subaru!

Walking her own road from a young age, headstrong dancing prodigy Subaru (Kuroki Meisa) is determined to become a professional ballerina, a dream she carries both for herself and her late twin brother. Despite a tough childhood, Subaru grows as a dancer under the guidance of retired ballerina and cabaret club owner Isuzu (veteran actress Momoi Kaori). Shining through with her vibrant but undisciplined talent, she wins a coveted spot in a ballet production, and enters an international competition to vie for entry into the top ballet companies. But in a competitive world where friends are also foes, a very tough road lies ahead for Subaru.

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Product Title:	Dance, Subaru! (DVD) (English Subtitled) (Hong Kong Version) 舞吧！昴 (DVD) (中英文字幕) (香港版) 舞吧！昴 (DVD) (中英文字幕) (香港版) Dance, Subaru! (DVD) (English Subtitled) (Hong Kong Version) Dance, Subaru! (DVD) (English Subtitled) (Hong Kong Version)
Artist Name(s):	Kuroki Meisa (Actor) | Dong Bang Shin Ki (TVXQ) | Kaori Momoi (Actor) | Hiraoka Yuta (Actor) | Go Ara | Sano Miku 黑木美紗 (Actor) | 東方神起 | 桃井薰 (Actor) | 平岡祐太 (Actor) | Go Ara | Sano Miku 黑木美纱 (Actor) | 东方神起 | 桃井薰 (Actor) | 平冈佑太 (Actor) | Go Ara | Sano Miku 黒木メイサ (Actor) | 東方神起 | 桃井かおり (Actor) | 平岡祐太 (Actor) | Ａｒａ | 佐野光来 Kuroki Meisa (Actor) | 동방신기 | Kaori Momoi (Actor) | Hiraoka Yuta (Actor) | 고 아라 | Sano Miku
Director:	Lee Chi Ngai 李志毅 李志毅 リー・チーガイ Lee Chi Ngai
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Release Date:	2009-10-02
Language:	Japanese
Subtitles:	English, Traditional Chinese
Country of Origin:	Japan
Picture Format:	NTSC What is it?
Aspect Ratio:	1.78 : 1
Sound Information:	Dolby Digital EX(TM) / THX Surround EX(TM), DTS Extended Surround(TM) / DTS-ES(TM)
Disc Format(s):	DVD-9, DVD
Region Code:	3 - South East Asia (including Hong Kong, S. Korea and Taiwan) What is it?
Rating:	IIA
Duration:	115 (mins)
Publisher:	Edko Films Ltd. (HK)
Package Weight:	120 (g)
Shipment Unit:	1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.:	1019854988

* Special Features:
- Theatrical Trailers
- Photo Gallery

Director : Lee Chi Ngai

Adapted from a popular Japanese manga (comic book) of the same title, Dance, Subaru! is a motivating tale about the self-realization of a young ballerina under adversity.
Subaru (Meisa Kuroki) and her twin brother Kazuma share a passion for dance, but they do not have the fortune to receive formal training. Kazuma dies of a brain tumour at the young age of 10. After Kazuma's death, dancing became Subaru's only happiness, but is discouraged by her widower father who expects her to chart a more conventional education. This difference of hearts has alienated the father and daughter relationship ever since.
Subaru's life takes a dramatic turn when she runs into a cabaret owner Isuzu (Momoi Kaori), who is a retired ballerina herself. Isuzu, recognizing the talent in Subaru, takes the kid under her wing and trains her. By the time she turns seventeen, Subaru is performing botched-up ballet numbers regularly at Isuzu's cabaret, which affords Subaru to pay for ballet lessons at Madam Mako's studio. Madam Mako's daughter, Mana (Sano Miku), is Subaru's classmate since early grade school. She loves Subaru as a friend but is also embittered by Subaru's talent.
A third young ballerina, Liz Park (Ara), a Korean American, is a star pupil at the famous American Ballet Theatre in New York. Liz runs away to Tokyo out of boredom from the tedious life as a ballet student. She sees in Subaru a worthy competitor, a catalyst to revitalize her waning enthusiasm for ballet stardom. All three girls end up contesting with one another in Shanghai. Subaru finally discovers Liz's secret agenda. While being upset by Liz's betrayal as a friend, Subaru is more determined to dance to her best ability. Just as Subaru is ready to challenge at Liz's apparent supremacy in the Final, tragic news from home strikes Subaru out of her stride. Nevertheless, for the heartbroken Subaru, the show must go on. The Final literally evolves into a feverish affair when Subaru, suffering from a high fever contracted from a night of mourning in a rainstorm, pitches herself gallantly against Liz in her top form…

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