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, its leaders and mining company officials have
come up with an idea to develop Japan's first Hawaiian Village. And
what's a Hawaiian Village without a troupe of Hula dancers?
The only
problem is, no one knows how to do the dance, or even knows what the
Hula is! In this hilariously touching comedy, the scepticism and
conservatism of the locals is gradually overcome as their daughters
fall under the spell of one talented and determined dance instructor
from the big city of Tokyo.
Based on a true story, HULA GIRLS is
a heart-warming 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.
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