Fukushima Hula Girls
MovieTitle | がんばっぺ フラガール! ~フクシマに生きる。彼女たちのいま~ |
User score | 0 |
Release date | Oct 29, 2011 |
Genre | Documentary |
Director | Masaki Kobayashi |
Production country | Japan |
Production companies | Asmik Ace, TV Man Union |
Run time | 102 min. |
The Hawaiian Spa Resort in Iwaki, Fukushima prefecture, was heavily damaged by the 2011 Tohoku earthquake. This documentary accompanies their famous Hula dance troupe at their tour through Japan and shows the rebuilding of the resort. The film team also goes with one of the dancers to her former home in the evacuated zone near the Fukushima I nuclear power plant.