Hula Girls (DVD) (Hong Kong Version) DVD Region 3

From Shall We Dance? to Waterboys to Swing Girls, there's a special place in Japanese cinema for films about underdogs finding their groove. This time our zeroes-to-heroes discover hula dancing in 1960s Japan. Entertaining, dynamic, and bursting with energy, Hula Girls is also a good deal more than a simple youth pop flick. The film is based on the true story about one mining town's inventive decision to save itself through hula. The dated setting and conservative social background bring in extra layers of concerns and complications to the story, and Japanese-Korean director Lee Sang Il (Scrap Heaven) assuredly weaves the different elements into a coherent, compelling film. Hula Girls won over both critics and moviegoers alike, building a wide audience through strong word of mouth.

The sleepy mining town of Iwaki is slowly heading for the hills, so the mining company decides to start a Hawaiian Center amongst the coal mines to attract tourists. As a further gimmick, local girls will give hula performances. Dance teacher Madoka (Matsuyuki Yasuko, Another Heaven) is especially hired from Tokyo, but most of the local girls balk when they realize hula involves hip shaking and mid-riff baring. The motley bunch that remains consists of stubborn Kimiko (Aoi Yu, Hana and Alice), her star-struck friend Sanae (Tokunaga Eri), bespectacled mother Shoko (Ikezu Shoko), and big-boned Sayuri (Yamazaki Shizuyo). None of the girls can dance, Madoka isn't all that interested in teaching, and many of the townspeople are less than happy about this newfangled hula business. The whole idea seems destined for failure, but when Madoka sees the girls' fighting spirit, she becomes determined to teach them how to hula.

Hula Girls was the big winner of 2006. The film won Best Picture, Director, Screenplay, and Supporting Actress (Aoi Yu) at the 30th Japan Academy Awards. At the Blue Ribbon Awards, the film was named Best Picture, and Aoi Yu and Fuji Sumiko won Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress respectively.

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Product Title:	Hula Girls (DVD) (Hong Kong Version) 草裙娃娃呼啦啦 (DVD) (香港版) 草裙娃娃呼啦啦 (DVD) (香港版) フラガール (香港版) Hula Girls (DVD) (Hong Kong Version)
Artist Name(s):	Matsuyuki Yasuko (Actor) | Aoi Yu (Actor) | Toyokawa Etsushi (Actor) | Kishibe Kazunori (Actor) | Fuji Sumiko (Actor) | Yamasaki Shizuyo (Actor) 松雪泰子 (Actor) | 蒼井優 (Actor) | 豐川悅司 (Actor) | 岸部一德 (Actor) | 富司純子 (Actor) | 山崎靜代 (Actor) 松雪泰子 (Actor) | 苍井优 (Actor) | 丰川悦司 (Actor) | 岸部一德 (Actor) | 富司纯子 (Actor) | Yamasaki Shizuyo (Actor) 松雪泰子 (Actor) | 蒼井優 (Actor) | 豊川悦司 (Actor) | 岸部一徳 (Actor) | 富司純子 (Actor) | 山崎静代 (Actor) Matsuyuki Yasuko (Actor) | Aoi Yu (Actor) | Toyokawa Etsushi (Actor) | Kishibe Kazunori (Actor) | Fuji Sumiko (Actor) | Yamasaki Shizuyo (Actor)
Director:	Lee Sang Il 李相日 Lee Sang Il 李相日 Lee Sang Il
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Release Date:	2007-09-28
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:	109 (mins)
Publisher:	Asia Video (HK)
Package Weight:	120 (g)
Shipment Unit:	1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.:	1005038237

* Screen Format: 16:9
* Sound Mix: DTS ES, Dolby Digital EX
* DVD Type: DVD-9

導演︰李相日
Director: Lee Sang-Il

電影描寫常磐Hawaiian Center(現為Spa Resort Hawaiian)由煤礦小鎮轉變為溫泉度假勝地為背景的故事。一群礦工女兒，包括快要高中畢業的紀美子（蒼井優飾），跟隨來自東京的舞蹈老師（松雪泰子飾）學習夏威夷草裙舞(又稱Hula Dance)，以她們的堅毅熱情與曼妙的草裙舞姿，為自己、家庭及小鎮舞出未來 …..

1965 in Iwaki, a coal mining town in Fukushima Prefecture. Sanae (Eri TOKUNAGA) sees a flier recruiting hula dancers and invites Kimiko (Yu AOI) along, insisting that it's their only chance to escape from the town. For generations, the men have worked as coal miners, and the women as ore-dressers. However, with oil gradually supplanting coal as the main energy source, one mine after another is closing down. Faced with an economic crisis, mining company officials and the town leaders has come up with a brilliant idea to develop a resort facility, the "Joban Hawaiian Center."