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Eri Tokunaga, Etsushi Toyokawa, Ittoku Kishibe, Junko Fuji, Kojo Miyake
It is 1965 and in Japan, the country has started to shift from coal to oil. One by one the old mining towns begin their long slow decline, but for one small town way up north, one man's vision is to b...( read more
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Id: 10843131
I'm amazed that this film is already in the database. While I was watching it, I thought: "Gotta tell flixster to include this one." And here it is. Even if this weren't based on actual events, this movie would be worth watching if you enjoy dance, and especially if you like ...( read more)
Shame on the cover art! It's actually a gritty drama, a Japanese stylin of Sister Act meets Full Monty and Billy Elliot. Totally universal, very good acting. Havin no audio would not have stopped this from becomin absolutely endearin. Emotional, upliftin, feel-good stuff you won'...( read more)
A brilliant light comedy drama about a mining town doomed to close with one man determined to open a Hawaiian village there in order to generate money and save the town. A teacher from Tokyo arrives and starts training the recruits to become hula dancers who are all coal miners d...( read more)
story itself is kinda japanese version of "Brassed Off".
check the hula of Yu Aoi,who stars in "Riri Shushu no Subete" !
she is wounderful,and Yasuko Matsuyuki as well.
An amazing true story! A well done film that is touching with a feel good ending. A typical inspirational movie, but a little better. Watch it for the story and the amazing dancing!
A nice little feel good story, but with a very Japanese flair. The cultural differences between east and west might take some of the punch out of the delivered story. And even though it is edited fairly well, I never felt very emotionally connected to the characters and the strug...( read more)
