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Hula Girls

Hula Girls

They danced their way into the hearts of a nation.

2006•2h 0m•6.7/10
ComedyDramaFamily

Ratings

🎬TMDb
6.7/10(56)

Young women in a small Japanese town look to revive their home's declining fortunes by building a Hawaiian village tourist attraction.

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Production

Happinet Pictures, Cinequanon, Stardust Pictures, Nikkatsu Studio

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Yu Aoi

Yu Aoi

Kimiko Tanikawa

Yasuko Matsuyuki

Yasuko Matsuyuki

Madoka Hirayama

Etsushi Toyokawa

Etsushi Toyokawa

Yojiro Tanikawa

Shizuyo Yamasaki

Shizuyo Yamasaki

Sayuri Kumano

Shoko Ikezu

Shoko Ikezu

Hatsuko Sasaki

Eri Tokunaga

Eri Tokunaga

Sanae Kimura

Hiroki Miyake

Hiroki Miyake

Mitsuo Igari

Susumu Terajima

Susumu Terajima

Ishida

Masaru Shiga

Masaru Shiga

Goro Kumano

Katsumi Takahashi

Katsumi Takahashi

Seiji Kimura

Ittoku Kishibe

Ittoku Kishibe

Norio Yoshimoto

Sumiko Fuji

Sumiko Fuji

Chiyo Tanikawa

Ami Ikenaga

Ami Ikenaga

Junko Soma

Natsuhi Ueno

Natsuhi Ueno

Hiroko Miyata

Hiroshi Okochi

Hiroshi Okochi

Union Leader for Miners

Daikichi Sugawara

Daikichi Sugawara

Koji Wakamatsu

Hidekazu Mashima

Hidekazu Mashima

Toru

Kanami Tagawa

Kanami Tagawa

Sumie Muto

Tomori Abe

Tomori Abe

Yoneko Tsutaya

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