*TICKETS ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE TO THIS EVENT

Monday, December 21st
Hula Girls starts: 12:15pm
At VIZ Cinema

NEW PEOPLE proudly hosts our very first SENIOR MOVIE DAY teaming up with Kimochi-kai and Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California. We have invited 125 senior guests from the Japanese American community to view the award-winning film HULA GIRLS this coming Monday at 12:15 pm.

Complementary tickets to the movie have already been distributed among Kimochi-kai and JCCCNC, and we look forward to a full house for this screening event. NEW PEOPLE is grateful for Japantown and the Japanese American community for supporting us through our construction and opening process, and this is a small gesture of our appreciation. Thank you!

Featured Film
Hula Girls

Based on a true story, HULA GIRLS is a heartwarming comedy about coal miners’ daughters who took a once-in-a-lifetime chance to escape their monotonous lives, only to become unwitting heroes to their depressed mining town as well as the whole of Japan. A must see!

Creators:
Director: Lee Sang-il
Cast: Yasuko Matsuyuki, Etsushi Toyokawa, Yu Aoi, Shizuyo Yamasaki
Original soundtrack by Jake Shimabukuro

Winner:
Japanese Academy Awards / Best Director, Best Screenplay and more

For more information about the movie, visit Hula Girls’ official site.

Watch the trailer!

© Cine Qua Non 2006, in association with HAPPINET and S.D.P

“Loaded with underdog heroics and bursting with youthful enthusiasm… it sure is a lot of fun.” —Variety