Synopsis

A bunch of lazy and unmotivated schoolgirls are thrown into the extracurricular music club of their school and not exactly voluntarily. They are trying to cut out the hard stuff - yes, mathematics - and become the replacement crew for the actual musicians in the school club, but slowly come into their own as they learn to handle the instruments and themselves better. Craziness and zaniness ensues, but how is the swing music delivery at the end?

Production Budget Analysis

The production budget for Swing Girls (2004) has not been publicly disclosed.

CAST: Juri Ueno, Yuta Hiraoka, Shihori Kanjiya, Yuika Motokariya, Yukari Toyoshima, Naoto Takenaka DIRECTOR: Shinobu Yaguchi CINEMATOGRAPHY: Takahide Shibanushi MUSIC: Mickie Yoshino, Hiroshi Kishimoto PRODUCTION: Altamira Pictures, dentsu, Fuji Television Network, TOHO

Box Office Performance

Swing Girls earned $18,758,613 in worldwide box office revenue.

Profitability Assessment

Insufficient publicly available data to assess profitability.

INDUSTRY IMPACT

PRODUCTION NOTES

▸ Music & Score

* "Take the A Train" by Billy Strayhorn (rehearsal song). * "In the Mood" by Joe Garland (song for the first performance and later for audition tape). * "Comin Thro' the Rye" (the first song played at the second performance). * "Make Her Mine" by Eric Leese (the second song). * "Moonlight Serenade" by Mitchel Parish / Glenn Miller (the first song played at the concert finale). * "Mexican Flyer" by Ken Woodman (the second song). It is featured in Space Channel 5, which Tomoko's little sister plays early on in the movie. * "Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)" by Loise Prima performed by Benny Goodman (the third song). *"What a Wonderful World" by Robert Thiele (aka "George Douglas") and George David Weiss (shown as movie credits). Performed by Louis Armstrong (The song in mushroom picking forest). *"Recollection" by Kohsuke Mine. *"L-O-V-E" by Bert Kaempfert / Milt Gabler performed by Nat King Cole (the general film tune at the end).