Winner of 2007 Japanese Academy Awards for Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actress; Winner of 2007 Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Film, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress; Winner of 2007 Kinema Junpo Awards for Best Film and Best Supporting Actress; Winner of 2006 Hochi Film Awards for Best Film and Best Supporting Actress.
Based on a true story, HULA GIRLS is a heartwarming comedy about coal miners daughters who took a once-in-a-lifetime chance to escape their monotonous lives, only to become unwitting heroes to their depressed mining town as well as the whole of Japan.