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Waterboys
2001
Wood Job!
2014
Linda Linda Linda
2005
A Gentle Breeze in the Village
2007
Kamikaze Girls
2004
Love & Pop
1998
The Taste of Tea
2004
Dance with Me
2019
April Story
1998
Haru
1996
Memories of Matsuko
2006
Waterboys(Movie)Wood Job!(Movie)Linda Linda Linda(Movie)A Gentle Breeze in the Village(Movie)Kamikaze Girls(Movie)Love & Pop(Movie)The Taste of Tea(Movie)Dance with Me(Movie)April Story(Movie)Haru(Movie)Memories of Matsuko(Movie)
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contrary to yaguchi's other movies this is the one that most people seem to be aware even exists outside of japan. not sure why that is. japan does love high school girls, and i guess the jazz-aspect makes it a bit more universally relatable... not that high school girls aren't relatable? well, not to me directly, but still a pretty fun and infectious movie. in terms of yaguchi i'd put this at number 3 before survival family for having a "ragdoll falling off a slope" scene, but after wood job and secret garden for feeling a little less focused. read
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there are two types of people in this world...those who like swing girls and those who haven't seen it yet. wholesome high school comedy that feels like a full tv season crammed into 100m of slapstick gags. the premise gets resolved the first half hour and just becomes a slice-of-life workplace comedy as the swing girls try to get their band off the ground. could have done without the persistent fatphobia, but am otherwise amazed at the complete absence of the usual 00s bigotry. can't believe madagascar stole its intro from this smh read
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Jazz doesnt need saving when this exists. That includes you La La Land read
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Review by Leonard Norwitz
http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film2/DVDReviews44/swing_girls_blu-ray.htm
It may be about life in Japan, but it's not Ozu; and it may be about slacker high school students, but it's not Batttle Royale. No, it's Shinobu Yaguchi returning to the scene of the crime to exploit another collection of slackers who find their way from a pointless existence to meaning and fame. In 2000, it was Waterboys where 16- and 17-year old boys with little more than girls on their minds find meaning in the most unlikely water sport – not coincidentally, one generally reserved for the... read
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