Swing Girls (2004)

User Rating:

7.8/10   

Director:

Shinobu Yaguchi

Writers:

Shinobu Yaguchi (written by)
Junko Yaguchi (contributing writer)

Release Date:

17 March 2005 (Singapore)

Genre:

Drama | Comedy | Music

Tagline:

Girls meet Jazz!!!

Plot:

A tale of delinquent and lazy school girls. In their efforts to cut remedial summer math class, they end up poisoning and replacing the schools brass band. |

Plot Keywords:

Summer School | Self Motivation | High School Band | Musical Contest | Mushrooming

Awards:

11 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Juri Ueno	...	Tomoko Suzuki
Yûta Hiraoka	...	Takuo Nakamura
Shihori Kanjiya	...	Yoshie Saito
Yuika Motokariya	...	Kaori Sekiguchi
Yukari Toyoshima	...	Naomi Tanaka
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Nagisa Abe	...	Reiko Shimoda
Noriko Eguchi	...	Shop Assistant at Muscial Instruments Shop
Hana Kino	...	Manager at supermarket
Fumiyo Kohinata	...	Yasumi Suzuki
Fumiko Mizuta	...	Yuka Yamamoto
Naomi Nishida	...	Masumi - student at music school
Mutsuko Sakura	...	Suzuki Mie (Tomoko's Grandmother)
Miho Shiraishi	...	Yayoi Itami
Issei Takahashi	...	Band Leader
Masaaki Takarai	...	Kubota-sensei
Naoto Takenaka	...	Tadahiko Ozawa (math teacher)
Yoji Tanaka	...	Manager of Pinball Parlour
Kei Tani	...	Morishita
Eriko Watanabe	...	Sanae Suzuki
Asuka Yamaguchi	...	Chika Kubo

Runtime:

Japan:105 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

South Korea:12 (re-rating) | South Korea:15 (original rating) | Hong Kong:I | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Yamagata, Japan

Company:

Altamira Pictures Inc.

Trivia:

To promote the movie, the actor and the actresses performed live in concerts in Japan and USA.

Quotes:

Nakamura, Yuta: Where do you think you're going?
Tomoko Suzuki: Bathroom.
Nakamura, Yuta: Liar! You really have to practice. There's only a week left 'til the game!
Tomoko Suzuki: Won't even let us pee!

Soundtrack:

Moonlight Serenade

An enjoyable feel good movie.

I was somewhat pessimistic about how this movie might be, but I was pleasantly surprised. The cast had great chemistry and the overall story was really good. The director for this film also directed "Shall We Dance?" and "Waterboys". I happen to be a musician and thought that the way they produced this film was very professional and believable for the most part(sometimes the girls were actually playing, but when they aren't they do an excellent job of acting like they are). You don't have to be a musician to enjoy this film, this film had memorable characters, comedic moments, and was an overall good experience. I would say give it a try, you might be glad you did.