"Loaded with underdog heroics and bursting with youthful enthusiasm... it
sure is a lot of fun." —Variety

Based on a true story, HULA GIRLS is a heartwarming comedy about coal
miners' daughters who took a once-in-a-lifetime chance to escape their
monotonous lives, only to become unwitting heroes to their depressed
mining town as well as the whole of Japan.

Directed by Japanese Academy Award winner Lee Sang-il and with original
music by Hawaiian-born ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro, HULA GIRLS is
a crowd-pleasing movie that will stay with your head and heart.

Japan, 2006, 35mm, 110 min, 1:1.85 Ratio, Color, 7 reels, Dolby SRD,
Japanese with English subtitles

Creators:
Director: Lee Sang-il
Cast: Yasuko Matsuyuki, Etsushi Toyokawa, Yu Aoi, Shizuyo Yamasaki
Original soundtrack by Jake Shimabukuro

©Cine Qua Non 2006, in association with HAPPINET and S.D.P

Screenings:

Asian Film Festival, Louisville, KY
Friday, September 12 - Thursday, September 18