Hula Girl Movie Review: by Mie
フラについての日本映画、ということで、上映前からとっても楽しみにしてました。
話は石炭から石油へとエネルギー革命が押し寄せ、閉山が相次いでいる東北の街でのこと。長年炭鉱夫として働いてきた人たちが次々にリストラされ、沈んだ雰囲気をハワイアンセンターの設立で何とか危機を乗り越えていこうこうとする、人々の話です。
フラダンスの露出の多い格好やその腰つきで、始めは皆に認められないながらも、少 数の少女とその先生が成長しながら、そのフラに対する真摯な姿で人々の心をつかんでいく様はその過程で何度も泣かされてしまいました。 始めの暗かった街の色彩が ハワイアンを踊る少女たちの華やかさで南国色に変わっていく様がとっても象徴的。
お勧めの映画です。まだ見てない人は是非見てくださいね！
I was looking forward to see that movie before because it is a Japanese movie about hula! The story is about a town in Tohoku. The cole mine is closing the mountain because the community is changing from coal power to oil. The people who have worked as a coal miner are down sized so the atmosphere of the town is very depressing, but people try to get over the crisis by establishing a Hawaiian center.
First everyone didn't want to Hula, because they didn't know what kind of revealing costume they would have to wear; and they thought they would have to dance twisting their waists, but the hula girls and hula teacher's were open minded and that opened people's hearts. That process made me cry many times. The movie was very symbolic. In the begining of the story the color and lighting is really dark, but as the story proceeds, the color changes into the bright colors.
I recommend this movie. If you have not seen it yet, please watch it!