This article is about the Japanese film. For other uses, see Hula (disambiguation).
2006 Japanese film
Hula Girls
Directed by
Sang-il Lee
Written by
Sang-il Lee
Daisuke Habara
Produced by
Bong-Ou Lee
Hiroshi Kawai
Yoshiaki Hosono
Starring
Yasuko Matsuyuki
Etsushi Toyokawa
Yū Aoi
Ittoku Kishibe
Sumiko Fuji
Cinematography
Hideo Yamamoto
Edited by
Tsuyoshi Imai
Music by
Jake Shimabukuro
Distributed by
Cinequanon
Release date
September 23, 2006 (2006-09-23)
Running time
120 minutes
Country
Japan
Language
Japanese
Box office
$9,480,415[1]
Hula Girls (フラガール, Fura gāru) is a Japanese film, directed by Sang-il Lee and co-written by Lee and Daisuke Habara, and first released across Japanese theaters on September 23, 2006. Starring Yū Aoi, Yasuko Matsuyuki, Etsushi Toyokawa, Shizuyo Yamazaki, Ittoku Kishibe, Eri Tokunaga, Yoko Ikezu and Sumiko Fuji, it is based on the real-life event of how a group of enthusiastic girls take on hula dancing to save their small mining village, Iwaki, helping the formation of Joban Hawaiian Center (now known as Spa Resort Hawaiians), which was later to become one of Japan's most popular theme parks.[2][3][4] It received its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Hula Girls was critically acclaimed upon release in Japan[5] and nominated for a total of 12 awards at the 2007 Japan Academy Awards, going on to win five major awards, including that of best film, best director, best screenplay, best supporting actress (for Yū Aoi), and most popular film.[5][6] It also won two major awards at the 80th Kinema Junpo awards, including that of best film and best supporting actress (for Yū Aoi).[6] Since its release in Japan, the film has been shown across theaters and film festivals worldwide.[2][7]
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