Shodo Girls (2010)

Original title

書道ガールズ!! わたしたちの甲子園

Directed by

Ryūichi Inomata

Genre

drama film

Country

Japan

Runtime

2h 01m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Three high school girls in a small Japanese town revive their school's calligraphy club. They organize a performance calligraphy competition to help lift their community out of an economic slump.

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What happens

Shodo Girls: Watashitachi no Koshien (Japanese: 書道ガールズ!!　わたしたちの甲子園) is a 2010 Japanese film. This film is based on the story behind the Shodō Performance Kōshien, a performance calligraphy competition in Ehime Prefecture, Japan. Directed by Ryuichi Inomata, this film stars actress Riko Narumi as the head of the school's calligraphy club. Set in Shikokuchuo, a town famous for its calligraphy paper, Shodo Girls tells the story of three high school girls who revived the depression-battered town by organizing a performance calligraphy competition. Shodo Girls was featured at the 2010 Cannes market, an event that runs concurrently with the Cannes Film Festival. It was subsequently released in Japan on 15 May 2010. In total, Shodo Girls grossed a total of US$1,394,221 in Japan and Taiwan. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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