english title | Swing Girls |
year | 2004 |
country | Japan |
director | YAGUCHI Shinobu | |
actor | UENO Juri - 上野樹里 | Suzuki Tomoko |
TAKAHASHI Issei | ||
KINO Hana | ||
KANJIYA Shihori | Saito Yoshie | |
TAKENAKA Naoto - 竹中直人 | Tadahiko Ozawa | |
WATANABE Eriko | Suzuki Sanae | |
HIRAOKA Yuta | Nakamura Yuta | |
NISHIDA Naomi | ||
scriptwriter | YAGUCHI Shinobu | |
artistic director | ISODA Norihiro | |
cinematographer | SHIBANUSHI Takahide |
genres | drama romance musical |
duration | 104 minutes |
distributor | Toho |
production studio | Toho |
13 high school girls suddenly develop a craze for Jazz. In order to buy their instruments, the girls try everything, from working part-time jobs at a supermarket, to poaching wild mushrooms in the forest, wreaking havoc wherever they go. They finally get their instruments and make a meager start. Their Mathematics teacher turns out to be a jazz enthusiast and he coaches them through the "community noise pollution" stage into some real swing. Now, they are heading for their first performance in a local music festival...
(source : DVD)