Hula Girls
Hula Girls

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In 1965 the planned closing of a coal mine in Iwaki (northeastern Japan) will put 2,000 people out of work with devastating effects on the community. The mining company plans to build the Hawaiian Center to promote tourism, but the idea meets with resistance by the community's union families who boycott the effort. However, a few of the young women in Joban see the call for dancers to possibly provide a more promising future. Norio Yoshimoto is put in charge of organizing the... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in Hula Girls:

Yu Aoi
Yasuko Matsuyuki
Etsushi Toyokawa
Shizuyo Yamasaki
Shoko Ikezu
Eri Tokunaga

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In 1965 the planned closing of a coal mine in Iwaki (northeastern Japan) will put 2,000 people out of work with devastating effects on the community. The mining company plans to build the Hawaiian Center to promote tourism, but the idea meets with resistance by the community's union families who boycott the effort. However, a few of the young women in Joban see the call for dancers to possibly provide a more promising future. Norio Yoshimoto is put in charge of organizing the center, with Madoka Hirayama, a professional dancer fleeing creditors in Tokyo hired to train the dancers. Kimiko, her friend Sanae, and Sayuri are amongst the handful first showing up for lessons but soon others join them. When Kimiko's mother, Chiyo, discovers that she has skipped school classes to learn dancing the two argue and Kimiko leaves home. Her brother Yojiro, one of the newly out of work miners, comes to be supportive of her dancing as he becomes protective of Madoka. The girls start to tour neighboring communities and dance to promote the center, getting more proficient in the process. After secretly seeing Kimiko practice, and how good she has become, Chiyo helps gather heaters to save palm trees imported from Taiwan from dying from the cold. Her change of heart as head of the union's woman's organization shifts the sympathies of the community as the opening of the center nears. Madoka has molded coal miner's daughters into professional dancers, and Kimiko performs a standout solo dance at the opening.

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Variety - 8/10 by Richard KuipersUtterly predictable but it sure is a lot of fun.
Seattle Times - 8/10 by Jeff ShannonAn irresistible Japanese import, Hula Girls is a crowd-pleaser so comfortable with its own clichà (C)s that it goes down smoother than a mai tai on Maui.
New York Times - 7/10 by Matt Zoller SeitzYou’ve seen this film many times. It always works.
Film Journal International - 6/10 by Frank LoveceWhere the filmmakers fall flat, aside from undistinguished direction and truly poor lighting and cinematography, is in making the characters such cardboard ciphers.
TV Guide - 6/10 by Maitland McDonaghSweet-natured, formulaic and ripe for an American remake.
Murphy's Movie Reviews - 6/10 by Ted MurphyWhile the outline of the film's plot is fairly standard and predictable, director Lee Sang-il and his co-screenwriter Daisuke Habara have concocted enough obstacles ... to keep the audience's interest. When the film reaches its climax ... it arrives there
Combustible Celluloid - 6/10 by Jeffrey M. AndersonWhile he's coasting through on his story, [Lee] concentrates on giving his movie a great big heart. Either that, or this tired old tale simply sounds better in Japanese.
New Zealand Herald - 6/10 by Francesca RudkinLee has created a film that is endearing, heartfelt and at times very funny.
Chicago Reader - 5/10 by J. R. JonesThe dance floor is soon covered with syrupy melodrama.
Urban Cinefile - 5/10 by Urban Cinefile CriticsThis bitter sweet dramedy sits alongside films such as The Full Monty as it follows a group of coalminers' daughters turning into hula girls.

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