Swing Girls (2004)

Original title

スウィングガールズ

Directed by

Shinobu Yaguchi

Genre

musical film, comedy drama

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

12

Rating

7.9 of 10 from 164 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of high school girls who are failing their classes end up forming a big band. They start off with no musical skills but slowly learn to play together.

lightheartedupbeatplayfulwhimsicalfunenergeticfeel-goodcomedic

What happens

Swing Girls (Japanese: スウィングガールズ, Hepburn: Suwingu Gāruzu) is a 2004 Japanese coming-of-age teen musical comedy film co-written and directed by Shinobu Yaguchi. The plot follows a group of inept high school girls who form a big band. The cast includes Juri Ueno, Yuta Hiraoka, Shihori Kanjiya, Yuika Motokariya and Yukari Toyashima. The film ranked 8th at the Japanese box office in 2004, and won seven prizes at 28th Japan Academy Prize, including "Most Popular Film" and "Newcomer of the Year" for Yuta Hiraoka and Juri Ueno. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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