Hula Girls (2006) - Feel Good Drama from Japan

[xradman]

LoveHKFilm Review

This feel-good drama won Best Picture at the Japanese Academy Awards. A group of coal-miners daughters turn hula girls to save their town when the local mine closes. This blu-ray from Taiwan distributor Deltamac has couple of issues. The picture is often soft and has poor contrast at times. However, it's real highdef and not a DVD upconvert. More serious problem is with the English subtitles. About 1 hour into the movie, the English subtitles lose synchronization with the audio dialog. The subtitles are displayed ~ 7-10 sec after the corresponding dialog. This quickly becomes frustrating and annoying and make it difficult to recommend this release.

Region: All
Video: AVC encoded 2.35:1 1080p24
Audio: Japanese in Dolby TrueHD 7.1 or dts HD MA 7.1
Subtitles: Optional Chinese, English, or Japanese (see above regarding subtitles issues)
Extras: Trailer and some data sheet

[Howie Munson]

I should have read your warning earlier as I can confirm the sub issue. I ordered the Japanese disc and there are no issues. In fact the picture quality is also better imo and it's a region-free disc, so recommendation for that release!