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Swing Girls (スウィングガールズ Suwingu Gāruzu) is a Japanese 2004 comedy film directed and co-written by Shinobu Yaguchi, about a group of high school girls who form a big band. The cast includes Yūta Hiraoka, Juri Ueno, Shihori Kanjiya, Yuika Motokariya and Yukari Toyashima. The film ranked 8th at the Japanese box office in 2004, and won seven prizes at the 2005 Japanese Academy Awards, including "Most Popular Film" and "Newcomer of the Year" awards for Yūta Hiraoka and Juri Ueno.
Original Release
09/11/2004
US Release
11/11/2004
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Juri Ueno | Tomoko Suzuki (Tenor Sax) / Tomoko Suzuki |
| Yuta Hiraoka | Takuo Nakamura (Piano) / Takuo Nakamura |
| Shihori Kanjiya | Yoshie Saito (Trumpet) / Yoshie Saito |
| Yuika Motokariya | Kaori Sekiguchi (Trombone) / Kaori Sekiguchi |
| Yukari Toyoshima | Naomi Tanaka (Drums) / Naomi Tanaka |
| Kana Sekine | Hiromi Watanabe |
| Fumiko Mizuta | Yuka Yamamoto (Bass) / Yuka Yamamoto |
| Asuka Yamaguchi | Chika Kubo |
| Chise Nakamura | Emiko Okamura |
| Masae Nemoto | Akemi Otsu |
Directors
Writers
Shinobu Yaguchi, Junko Yaguchi
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Juri Ueno | Tomoko Suzuki (Tenor Sax) / Tomoko Suzuki |
| Yuta Hiraoka | Takuo Nakamura (Piano) / Takuo Nakamura |
| Shihori Kanjiya | Yoshie Saito (Trumpet) / Yoshie Saito |
| Yuika Motokariya | Kaori Sekiguchi (Trombone) / Kaori Sekiguchi |
| Yukari Toyoshima | Naomi Tanaka (Drums) / Naomi Tanaka |
| Kana Sekine | Hiromi Watanabe |
| Fumiko Mizuta | Yuka Yamamoto (Bass) / Yuka Yamamoto |
| Asuka Yamaguchi | Chika Kubo |
| Chise Nakamura | Emiko Okamura |
| Masae Nemoto | Akemi Otsu |
| Madoka Matsuda | Yumiko Shimizu |
| Mutsumi Kanazaki | Rie Ishikawa |
| Nagisa Abe | Reiko Shimoda (Trumpet) / Reiko Shimoda |
| Misa Nagashima | Misato Miyazaki |
| Eri Maehara | Kayo Yoshida |
| Natsuki Nakazawa | Miho Kinoshita |
| Natsuko Tatsumi | Yoko Kobayashi |
| Miho Shiraishi | Ms. Yayoi Itami / Yayoi Itami |
| Naoto Takenaka | Mr. Tadahiko Ozawa (math teacher) / Tadahiko Ozawa |
| Yu Tokui | Karaoke Manager |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Shôji Masui | Executive Producer |
| Yoshishige Shimatani | Executive Producer |
| Shintaro Horikawa | Producer |
| Daisuke Sekiguchi | Producer |
