CJS film series: Swing Girls September 28, 2007

SWING GIRLS
(Suuingu garuzu)
2004, 105 min. In Japanese with English subtitles.
Directed by Shinobu Yaguchi.

A light and delightful comedy from the director of My Secret Cache
(1997) and Waterboys (2001).
When the entire brass band at a rural high school comes down with food poisoning, a group of lazy girls taking summer make-up classes are asked to learn how to play and fill in. After the original band members recover however, the girls have to decide whether their newfound love of music is strong enough to continue on their own. Starring Ueno Juri and Takenaka Naoto.

Free

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