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Title: Kleenex recommended
Review: I rented this movie and will now buy it for my collection. It's listed as a comedy but it is anything but that. It's more of a tear jecker drama which is why I recommend having tissue handy since it is the true story of a group of poor school girls who face an uncertain economic future and decide to join an Hawaiian dance troupe managed by an out of town (and out of place) ex-dancer. Most of the movie covers a myriad of problems the girls must overcome to even put on the first show. However the ending is spectacular and worth watching. I highly suspect Hollywood will re-make this into an English version as was done with Masayuki Suo's "Shall We Dance?". Might as well get a head start and watch the original Japanese version now, plus Yu Aoi is beautiful to see, especially once she dresses up as the Hula troupe lead dancer.
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