09 Sep 2006
Hula Girls
Young women in a small Japanese town look to revive their home's declining fortunes by building a Hawaiian village tourist attraction.
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高橋英樹 Kiroku Nanbu
川津祐介 Suppon "Turtle"
加藤武 
玉川伊佐男 Principal
松尾嘉代 
Junko Asano Michiko
Keiichi Ishikawa 
高橋明 
宮城千賀子 Yoshino Nanbu
浜村純 
佐野浅夫 Kensuke Akashi 荒井岩衛 Hiroyuki Atami Hiroshi Chiyoda 長弘 福原秀雄 Yūzō Harumi 
日野道夫 Akira Hisamatsu
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