Swing Girls Page #2

Synopsis: A tale of delinquent and lazy school girls. In their efforts to cut remedial summer math class, they end up poisoning and replacing the schools brass band.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Director(s): Shinobu Yaguchi
  11 wins & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.7
Year:
2004
105 min
205 Views


This practice is just

a big waste of time

I'm wiped

Blow at the tissue and keep it up

against the glass, as long as you can

I've got my own damned tissues!

This is so ridiculous

Just do it

OK get into position

Ready...

Go

That's it!

Inhale from your stomach,

not your chest

You spotters back there,

make sure their stomachs fill up

Three sets of 30 sit-ups and

back extensions

When you're done,

bottle-blows and mouthpieces

Yes?

Getting a jazz band together?

They're all useless

No, they're doing their best

What's the point?

They just want to cut make-up class

They're not serious about music

Nice catch!

You're hanging in there

We're counting on you

Sure

What on earth do you see in him?

But he's so cool

With his shaved head

All the baseball players

shave their heads

Let's split while he's away

C'mon, OK!

Where do you think you're going?

Bathroom

Liar! You really have to practice

There's only a week left

'til the game!

Won't even let us pee!

Give it back!

You're the loony one!

Thief!

There's no way this kind of practice

will make us musicians

We were hopeless to start

That's right

Look! How come Sekiguchi

can do it and you guys can't?

I think I'm getting the hang of it

Right! Try it backwards now

Starting to enjoy it?

Of course not!

There's just no alternative

Gee, thanks

No big deal

What's up with this?

I went and bought it

I'm bringing it to the game tomorrow

You a rich kid?

Yeah

Get it together

Not bad, huh?

Not bad?

We're actually performing for people

I'm getting butterflies

Oh, here you are

What?

Um... You're all better now?

Yeah

We've heard all about what

you've done. Thanks so much

Been practicing Big Band, right?

Not a bad idea,

coming from you, Nakamura

I'm sorry we sort of forced

you guys into this

But we're fine now

Leave the rest to us, OK?

But, um...

Thank God! I was terrified

we'd actually have to play

Make-up courses are just over

and it all worked out

What! Was that really your scheme

all along?

Of course it was!

And you fell for it

Why take this stuff seriously,

when it's such a dead end!

What a relief

Enough already

Thanks, guys

Shoot

Sekiguchi, what are you doing?

Um, I...

Forget it, c'mon!

Forget it

What's their problem?

Thank you.

For excusing them from make-up

What happened?

Did your teacher die?

Nakamura!

We just ran into each other

Two outs in the last inning, huh?

This is hopeless

Inoue, #15 is up at bat.

What?

Inoue! Go for...

Inoue!

Go for it!

Bring it on!

Strike!

Strike!

It's your last shot! Swing!

Inoue! Swing hard!

It don't mean a thing

if you ain't got that swing!

One more pitch and you're out!

One more pitch and you're out!

Here it comes!

Mine!

You OK?

What?

What's wrong?

Sh*t!

You're all still spacey from

summer vacation. Get with it

What's up? Come in

No.

Where's Nakamura Takuo?

Oh, he quit

What?

You want to join the band, too?

No

Um...

Hello

Hello

Yoshie what's the hold up?

Let's go

Up we go

Want the tenor sax?

No, I'm just looking

Do you have any used ones?

Used ones.

Pawn Shop Ebisuya

30000 Yen

30000 Yen

Of course I won't buy you

anything that expensive

Of course I won't buy you

anything that expensive

Why not? C'mon

Youll never stick with it anyway

Mommy

This is cheap useless

I'm home!

Play Station open!

What's this?

Mommy, my game's missing

What?

There it is!

I'll get a job and buy it back!

Where are you going with that?

You! That's enough!

What's going on?

Stupid, idiotic sister!

But listen, what about instruments?

Can we borrow them from the band?

Not a chance

Steal 'em?

Buy 'em

But aren't they expensive?

If you buy 'em used,

there's lots of cheap ones

I'm not convinced about used ones.

They may be damaged, or retain

their former owners quirks

Then how will we get instruments?

Buy new ones like you,

you rich brat!

That's unfair

"Thats unfair"

I don't talk that way

"I don't talk that way"

You idiot

"You idiot"

Sure, I'm an idiot

You finally caught on

How about a sponsor?

The way soccer players wear

corporate logos?

You know of any booming

corporations around here?

My Dad's business is booming

I'm not wearing

"Kubo Gynecology' on my back

There's no point in our marketing

anything anyway

Not very realistic

Kayo, your Dad works in a bank

Can we get a loan?

They'd fire him for that

Um, I...

Not you

There's lots of part-time jobs

at the supermarket

My sister just got hired as a cashier

That's it!

Off to make money, make money...

That's 1,000 Yen change

Thank you

Welcome.

50% Discount

Me, too

Will you try or new, local wine?

Delicious, I'll take it

Thank you

Please try it

Please try it

Please.

Hurry, it's closing

Watch this

Horse Racing News

The curry flavored one's great

So's the cheese-topped one

Try the chocolate one

We could get in serious trouble

for this

What?

Let's add a little wine

I don't think you should

Why not!

It'll give it class!

Say, you jazz gals.

Are you all working hard?

One of these days you can

perform live outside the store

Let me try one of those

Oh, we're just about to steam them...

What about our salaries.

Not a chance

Don't you ever come back

We're screwed. We'll use what

we've got to buy the best we can

How come?

You're the only ones who got fired

Besides... right?

I already bought some Alba

I bought a Vinton bag and pooh

Tasaki pearls

Our money's almost gone, right?

That's right

Are you serious about the band?

It just seems like such a hassle.

You what's up?

Time to go bowling

Oh, hi, sorry, sorry

Yoshie wanna play?

I can't

Oh, yeah?

Anybody else wanna bowl?

Did you know, there are two kinds

of people in the world?

No.

People who can chill and have a blast

and people who can't... which is better?

I'll go with having a blast!

I've had it!

We'll start our own jazz band

We're stuck.

Can't we get another job?

Um. I.

When I was little, I gathered matsutake

mushrooms on grandpa's mountain

for a really good allowance

Why didn't you tell us?

Got one!

And why am I stuck doing this, too?

It's dangerous for a bunch of girls

to be in the woods

Especially me

I'm definitely pervert bait

More like bear bait

How dare you!

Found another one!

How many do we have?

I'm starting to feel faint.

We should've started with this

I found one, too!

No, that's different

That mushroom's poisonous

That's the prized matsutake

Amazing, does your family own

this whole forest?

No

Just how far can we pick?

How far?

Don't these woods belong

to your grandpa?

No, they belong to my mother's friend's

cousins grandpa

Grandpa...

He isnt really your grandpa!

Japanese can be so vague.

Is this actually legal?

Everybody!

Look!

Warning! Trespassers will

be fined 500,000 Yen

Sh*t! Run!

What about the mushrooms?

Run!

I'm sorry, I'm sorry

Im really sorry! Sorry! So sorry!

Well done

"In Appreciation for Tanaka Naomi'

Curtains for the Big Boar

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Shinobu Yaguchi

Shinobu Yaguchi (矢口 史靖, Yaguchi Shinobu, born 30 May 1967) is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He specializes in feel-good "zero to hero" films, where a group of people take up an unlikely activity, face a number of obstacles, but finally succeed. His film Waterboys was particularly successful and led to a TV series which entered its third season in 2005. He was awarded Best Screenplay at the 2005 Yokohama Film Festival for his film Swing Girls. more…

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