Film
Fukushima Hula Girls
2011Directed by Masaki Kobayashi
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- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
About Fukushima Hula Girls
- Documentary
Synopsis
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.
- Director
- Masaki Kobayashi
- Original title
- 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～
