Episode #49 – Swing Girls (スィングガールズ)
Swing Girls (2004)
スィングガールズ [Suingu Gaaruzu]
Perry is joined by returning guest Ashley Stockdale to talk about the crowd-pleasing Swing Girls. A group of delinquent students are forced to fill in for the school’s brass band and in the process, discover a love of swing and jazz. Though not a very deep movie, it’s one that’s universally beloved for its humor and use of music.
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Directed by Shinobu Yaguchi
Written by Junko Yaguchi
A tale of delinquent and lazy school girls. In their efforts to cut remedial summer math class, they end up poisoning and replacing the school’s brass band.
Cast
Juri Ueno – Tomoko Suzuki
Yuta Hiraoka – Takuo Nakamura
Shihori Kanjiya – Yoshie Sato
Yuika Motokariya – Kaori Sekiguchi
Yukari Toyoshima – Naomi Tanaka
Naoto Takenaka – Tadahiko Ozawa
Nagisa Abe – Reiko Shimoda
Swing Girls – Japan On Film
Perry is joined by returning guest Ashley Stockdale to talk about the crowd-pleasing Swing Girls. A group of delinquent students are forced to fill in for the school's brass band and in the process, discover a love of swing and jazz. Though not a very deep movie, it's one that's universally beloved for its humor and use of music. — Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/japanonfilm/message
