Getting into the swing of things.

bmwracer wrote:

Getting into the swing of things.

i don't remember this part, its not for the movie?

The_Lyrics wrote:

i don't remember this part, its not for the movie?

You need to watch the movie again.

It's right after Sekiguchi "got it" at the traffic light.

bmwracer wrote:

Sekiguchi.

too bad she's not in the First and Last concert..

bmwracer wrote:

i like Ueno Juri's hair here..
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slashersam016 wrote:

too bad she's not in the First and Last concert..

Yeah, I noticed that... Other commitments, I suppose.

Just before the news broadcast.

And after.

I finally borrowed the dvd form my friend and watched it straight away when i got home

Just as expected, this movie is also entertaining. I'm not very fond of jazz, but listening to their music somehow got me carried away although there are some scenes that bothered me a bit.

eto....i was wondering whether Juri was chosen to play Nodame because of her role here
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i forgot to ask this.

Which dialect are they using in this movie? Kansai?
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qnuy wrote:

i forgot to ask this. Which dialect are they using in this movie? Kansai?

The dialect used is from the Yamagata prefecture.

qnuy wrote:

although there are some scenes that bothered me a bit.

Eh?

ei bmw already watch the First and Last concert?
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slashersam016 wrote:

ei bmw already watch the First and Last concert?

Yup... Didn't you see my post earlier?

What I downloaded from eMule looks like only half of the concert: the video started with Mizuta Fumiko () speaking, then starting to play her bass guitar.

bmwracer wrote:

Yup... Didn't you see my post earlier? What I downloaded from eMule looks like only half of the concert: the video started with Mizuta Fumiko () speaking, then starting to play her bass guitar.

didnt see it..

i see.. wrong download?
mine is.. it starts from the movie opening..then cuts to the concert.
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slashersam016 wrote:

i see.. wrong download? mine is.. it starts from the movie opening..then cuts to the concert.

Then I guess I only got half of the concert....

Being searching the 'net for reviews of Swing Girls and they've all been overwhelmingly positive...

http://www.lovehkfilm.com/panasia/swing_girls.htm

http://www.beyondhollywood.com/reviews/swinggirls.htm

http://www.asianmovieweb.com/en/reviews/swing_girls.htm

http://lenalok.multiply.com/reviews

http://www.moviereviewindex.com/reviews/74633/

http://www.dragonsdenuk.com/reviews/swing_girls.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/collective/A5682035

http://www.whaleofatale.net/wordpress_reviews/2005/04/05/swing-girls-by-yaguxhi-shinobu-2004/

http://www.filmsasia.net/gpage107.html

yesterday, I got the DVD of "Swing girls" from rental video shop.
This is light comedey for ordinary Japanese, and I guess for foregine people , it is very good text of rural Japan.
But for me, I know the place of this high school , dialect and also the model high school. They belong to my youth age...
Then this movie is not light comedey for me.

But I recommend it.

Article from October 3, 2004:

Swing Girls Invade New York

We just got this wacky notice about Swing Girls , a new film about a bunch of Japanese girls transformed into a swing band:

Take a ragtag group of 17 high school girls (and one boy), and throw them reluctantly into summer school in a sleepy Northern Japanese town. Next, throw a bunch of big band jazz instruments into the mix, put it all into the capable hands of acclaimed director Shinobu Yaguchi (Also known for Waterboys), and you�fve got Swing Girls. After the oddball story of a high school synchronized swimming team, Yaguchi brings this hilarious new tale of teamwork and triumph head to head with a rocking swing jazz soundtrack!

On Tuesday October 5 there will be a video shoot with the girls from 12pm - 2pm at the Central Park Bandshell. That evening there will be a free screening and live performance at 10pm at the Tribeca Grand Hotel, 2 Ave. of the Americas. rsvp to: [email protected]. Go to http://www.newyork-tokyo.com/SG/swinggirls.htm for the straight dope...

snowmackerel wrote:

Then this movie is not light comedey for me.

Doshite?

bmwracer wrote:

...That evening there will be a free screening and live performance at 10pm at the Tribeca Grand Hotel...

And now (or in the last quarter of 2006), the Tribeca Cafe was associated with "Nodame Cantabile". Coincidence, or divine intervention?