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Hula Girls
Topic Started: Nov 26 2007, 12:44 AM (480 Views)
Angel	Nov 26 2007, 12:44 AM Post #1
C_Beyond ((chunsa oppa)) Posts: 10,993 Group: Admin Member #8 Joined: June 22, 2003	Posted Image [dohtml]<object width="425" height="373"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/tcooCDNISE0&rel=1&color1=0xd6d6d6&color2=0xf0f0f0&border=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tcooCDNISE0&rel=1&color1=0xd6d6d6&color2=0xf0f0f0&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="373"></embed></object>[/dohtml] HULA GIRLS (Japan, 2006) Iwaki is a remote mining town in northern Japan that would be right at home in America’s rust belt, and with its coal mine closing, its future looks grim. In a desperate attempt to save the local economy the town elders decide to cash in on the Polynesian craze that’s sweeping the world (the movie is set in 1965) and so they announce they’re building a Hawaiian theme park, complete with a hula dancing troupe. The only problem: no one in Iwaki knows how to dance the hula. Also: no one in Iwaki has ever been to Hawaii. Actually, no one in Iwaki has ever really left the city limits. And once they import an alcoholic hula teacher from Tokyo who’s on the run from bad debts, things get worse as the respectable local women refuse to participate in “indecent” hula dancing and the only people who sign up for the classes are a handful of misfits. Do these kids get it together and become a crack hula team? You bet! Korean-Japanese director Lee Sang-Il (Scrap Heaven) rewrites the conventions of the "team of underdog" genre (see: The Full Monty) and reminds us of why they worked in the first place. The movie's secret weapon is Yu Aoi in the lead role as a teenager whose parents disapprove of her dancing. She's a veteran of Shunji Iwai's All About Lily Chou Chou and Hana & Alice, and she lights up the screen like a 1000 watt bulb every time she appears. Itąs not hard to see why this flick rocked the Japanese box office and swept the Japanese Academy Awards: it's managed the neat trick of telling an old story in a new way and reminding its audience that there's nothing to be ashamed of if you come out of a movie feeling good about life and wanting to put on a lei and a tapa and swing your hips to a hula mele. (above summary credit:) New York Asian Film Festival site Posted Image --my thoughts: this movie had lots of funny moments, but it was such a tearjerker mostly...very touching and uplifting...great great movie ^_^



Yo-Tai-Keizuke	Nov 29 2007, 01:28 AM Post #2
H.O.T's Wu Jiok Posts: 8,472 Group: Advanced Members Member #18 Joined: June 23, 2003	Tearjerker like The Classic, My Sassy Girl, or Windstruck?
	"though the ocean is big...but it can wave and do a lot of tricks." -Val- Xbox Live Gamertag credits: Thanks to Jess (Shouling) Caliente like a volcano But beautifully bright as the sun She's my angel sistah Her name is lady Madison Yo-Tai-Keizuke Ukaji A.K.A (Also Known As) Edwin Express Love: (Kuai Ti Ai Qin) Hurry now Don't wait for time to pass you by Find a way to keep the sparks, alive alive Hurry now Don't let that someone pass you by Make the passion esscalate


Angel	Nov 29 2007, 08:58 PM Post #3
C_Beyond ((chunsa oppa)) Posts: 10,993 Group: Admin Member #8 Joined: June 22, 2003	omg, i really need to see those >_<



Yo-Tai-Keizuke	Dec 4 2007, 04:15 AM Post #4
H.O.T's Wu Jiok Posts: 8,472 Group: Advanced Members Member #18 Joined: June 23, 2003	YOU HAVEN'T SEEN ANY OF THOSE!?
	"though the ocean is big...but it can wave and do a lot of tricks." -Val- Xbox Live Gamertag credits: Thanks to Jess (Shouling) Caliente like a volcano But beautifully bright as the sun She's my angel sistah Her name is lady Madison Yo-Tai-Keizuke Ukaji A.K.A (Also Known As) Edwin Express Love: (Kuai Ti Ai Qin) Hurry now Don't wait for time to pass you by Find a way to keep the sparks, alive alive Hurry now Don't let that someone pass you by Make the passion esscalate


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