Hula Girls (2006)

In 1965, the Joban coal mine - the largest mine in mainland Japan - faces a crisis; massive layoffs are imminent and its once-thriving mainstay industry is barely hanging on by a thread. In a desperate move to revive the town, a plan is developed to create a "Hawaiian Paradise" in this cold, northern region. This featured attraction is to be a hula show, but of course in this isolated place far north of the equator and Hawaii, there are no palm trees, nor are there hula dancers. To train the young coal miners' daughters in hula dancing, a dance instructor is brought in from Tokyo.

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