Hula Girls

Finding a New Calling in Grass Skirts

“Hula Girls,” a melodrama from the Japanese-born, ethnically Korean director Lee Sang-il, aims to be “The Full Monty” in grass skirts. It's set in Iwaki, Japan, in 1965. With the local coal industry in decline, the town elders hope to exploit international fascination with Polynesian culture by building a Hawaiian-theme resort as bait for Japanese tourists and promoting it by training local girls as hula dancers and sending them on a bus tour across Japan. [...]

di Matt Zoller Seitz, articolo completo (1382 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The New York Times 13 Luglio 2007