Hula Girls
- Official Website
- Director: Sang-il Lee
- Release Date: September, 2006
- Genre: Comedy ⁄ Drama
- Running Time: 120 min.
- Starring: Yasuko Matsuyuki, Etushi Toyokawa, Yu Aoi, Shizuyo Yamazaki, Jyunko Fujii
- Awards:
- Official’s entry to the 2007 Academy Awards Best Foreign Film
- 2006 Hochi Film Awards ⁄ Best Supporting Actress
- 2006 Nikkan Sports Film Awards ⁄ Best Actress, Best Film, Best New Talent, Best Supporting Actress
- 2007 Japanese Academy Awards ⁄ Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actress
- 2007 Blue Ribbon Awards ⁄ Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress
- 2007 Kinema Junpo Awards ⁄ Best Supporting Actress, Reader’s Choice Award ⁄ Best Director
- 2007 Mainichi Film Concours ⁄ Best Art Direccion, Best Sound, Best Supporting Actress
- 2007 Yokohama Film Festival ⁄ Festival Prize Best Actress
- © Cine Qua Non 2006, in association with HAPPINET and S・D・P
Based on the True Story
It is 1965 and in Japan, Young women in a small Japanese town look to revive their home’s declining fortunes by building a Hawaiian village tourist attraction. A film that is sure to bring tears of joy to even the strongest among us, Hula Girls is a heartwarming true story about a group of vibrant young women who defy the wishes of their community and take the closing of the local coal mine as their chance to make a brighter future for themselves by becoming Hula dancers at the mining company’s new Hawaiian tourist center.
