Swing Girls (PG)

Rating:	★★★★
Category:	Movies
Genre:	Comedy

From the makers of "Shall We Dance?" and "Waterboys" comes "Swing Girls", an inspirational zero-to-hero tale about a group of girls who didn't have a direction & a sense of belonging, until they discover the rhythm within them.

Stuck in remedial summer math class, Tomoko (Ueno Juri) saw an opportunity to lead her fellow remedial classmates to ditch their boring teacher (Takenaka Naoto) by delivering lunch boxes to the school brass band. But instead of doing good, these irresponsible girls cause food poisoning to the entire brass band but Takuo (Hiraoka Yuto).

Out of desperation, Takuo tried to recruit new band members. But all he can get are 2 guitarists, Sekiguchi (Motokariya Yuika), as well as Tomoko & her girls in compensation for causing the entire band to get sick. Beside the fact that nobody knows how to play a wind or brass instrument, there weren't enough members to form a brass band. By chance, Takuo came across a Bing Band record & proposes that the girls form swing band, and take their act all the way to a battle-of-the-bands finale!

In the tradition of "Waterboys", "Swing Girls" is a feel-good movie that shows how people achieve their goal with determination & passion. Also not forgetting the importance of inspiration.

A truly energetic cast of young, cute Japanese girls added sunshine to this fun filled movie. Like the characters they play, many of them were strangers to their instruments when filming began, and learned to play as filming went on.

A great cinema experience that exercise you from head to toes. - The Jap babes in school uniform will keep your eyes busy, the humor will leave your jaw restless, & you'll find yourself toe-tapping to the wonderful Swing music.

A great movie after a stressful day...or after watching a fuck-up movie like - Colour Blossoms!

Director: Shinobu Yaguchi 矢口史靖
Writer: Shinobu Yaguchi 矢口史靖
Cast: Ueno Juri 上野樹里, Motokariya Yuika 本仮屋ユイカ, Takenaka Naoto 竹中直人, Shiraishi Miho 白石美帆, Kanjiya Shihori 貫地谷しほり, Hiraoka Yuta 平岡裕太

2 stars for the Bejean 美人, 1 for making me feel good & 1 for the Swing Band Jazz!