

Young women in a small Japanese town look to revive their home's declining fortunes by building a Hawaiian village tourist attraction.
Acting
Yu Aoi's transformation from wallflower to fire.
Direction
Lee finds poetry in factory smoke and swaying hips.
Production
That handmade Hawaiian village built from literal nothing.

Director
Sang-il Lee
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on the real Joban Hawaiian Center in Fukushima, which still operates today—though the 2011 tsunami later forced its own evacuation.
The actresses trained with actual hula masters for months; their blistered feet in the snow-dance sequence? Not acting.
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