Hula Girls: Award-Winning Japanese Comedy Arrives on Darkroom Streaming

Darkroom is bringing the acclaimed Japanese comedy-drama Hula Girls to its streaming catalog, giving audiences another opportunity to discover Sang-il Lee’s award-winning film. Originally released in Japan in 2006, the movie is inspired by the real-life transformation of a declining coal-mining community in Iwaki, Fukushima, where residents turned to tourism in an effort to save their town. The story centers on a group of young women who agree to learn hula dancing for a new Hawaiian-themed tourist attraction. What begins…