880-01 Hula girls [videorecording] / seisaku Shinekanon, Hapinetto, SDP ; purodūsā Ishihara Hitomi ; kyakuhon Ri Sanʼiru, Habara Daisuke ; kantoku Ri Sanʼiru = produced by Cine Qua Non, in association with Happinet and SDP ; producer, Ishihara Hitomi ; written by Lee Sang-il and Habara Daisuke ; directed by Lee Sang-il.
Format:
[videorecording] /
Edition:
Uncut special ed.; anamorphic widescreen format (16:9).
880-02 Matsuyuki Yasuko, Toyokawa Etsushi, Aoi Yū, Yamazaki Shizyuo, Takahashi Katsumi, Kishibe Ittoku, Fuji Sumiko. English language credits from subtitles. Originally produced as a motion picture in 2006. Special features (disc 1): brief filmographies (Yasuko Matsuyuki, Yu Aoi, Etsushi Toyokawa, Ittoku Kishibe, Sumiko Fuji, Lee Sang-il). Special features (disc 2, 81 min.): "'Hula girls' : another story" (making-of featurette, 9 min.); "How to be a hula girl" (featurette on how the actresses were trained to dance and how the dance portions of the movie were filmed, 42 min.); "Hula girls : the real story" (featurette on the real-life inspirations for the film, 22 min.); interview with composer Jake Shimabukuro (5 min.); original Japanese trailers (3 min.).
Summary:
When a coal-mining town in northeastern Japan falls on hard times, its citizens unite to create a "Hawaiian Center", in hopes of boosting tourism. A group of coal miners' daughters devote themselves to the cause, and train to become professional hula dancers.
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