This is one of my favorite Jazz movies! I'm glad to see the Japanese do an excellent portrayal of Jazz musicians. And also a great movie of normal everyday girls who overcome their obstacles and make music. Such a great film!
I love all these girls and it seems like I know them. I have the DVD and they bring great joy to us and we appreciate your hard work and thank you all.
Thank you for posting these videos. I am American and love this music. Those girls are amazing. I am sure all of Japan is proud of them. They are wonderful !
Exceptionally delightful, touching, and enjoyable 2004 film co-written and directed by Shinobu Yaguchi.....these girls did play the instruments, and had nothing but the ususual exposure to music as students growing up who took piano lessons, etc. Of course, being a film, there was plenty of chance to fix any errors in the live performance, but this was not a group of professional musicians by any means. Creativity, Love and Exuberance equals solid win.
Wow, if people want to mention their favorite actresses in this movie, Yuika Motokariya is seldom mentioned. I'm glad you did. Honestly, my favorite is Shihori Kanjiya (I have a crush on her). But almost every main character has a loveable characteristic. Tomoko's lightheartedness. Yoshie's lovestruck and vanity. Naomi's dry humour. Kaori's ever optimism. Nakamura's strength of character. Not to mention the punk girl's interest to try jazz too. Simply a great movie. I wish to see them in person.
Very impressive, especially when you know they played all songs in the movie by themselves! Okay, they practiced ~5 months, but still very very good...I'm currently going to school in japan and japanese seem to be so talented in may things! I like this movie, I got new faith for practicing on my own instrument trough this.
I visited Japan in '68; was super impressed. My favorite city was by far Kyoto. I was treated like a rock star or movie star and of course I was not. Honesty was the rule of the day then and I hope now. They worked hard and played hard. They will do anything for a friend or just to help a person in need of help. I found a girl I liked in Kyoto and wanted to go back but lost here photos and cannot remember the spelling of here name. I have dreamed about her for over 40 years. Go "SWING GIRLS!"
The Japanese have taken the best of American culture to heart and, to their credit, ignored the rest. Swing music is one of our best cultural innovations. When the rock-n-roll Fifities and Sixties rolled in and jazz was side-lined, jazz performers like Anita O'Day found eager audiences in Japan.
That's interesting to know. I think I also read about this somewhere as well. I love the fact that the director wanted the girls' success to carry to the audience. That is fantastic. I would love to see one of their live performances.
@ingraleat - Excellent point Ingraleat. I remember reading about that too. It just makes the film even more beautiful. I'd love to see them play it live.
I think they're actually playing, I watched it in my Japanese class and I think my teacher said that they were actually playing. Lots of hot asian chicks in that jazz band :D
I'm happy to learn that the girls shown in the movie are actually players of their instruments. But in popular music movies/videos, the sound track is seldom produced as it is enacted by the actors. I readily believe that Ueno Jyuri can play, and in fact DID play what we hear. But, as a saxophonist myself (musicians notice these things) she is not fingering in synchronization with what we hear. She is "lip-synching" her own solo (which was recorded earlier.) There is no shame in that.
@RadioOperator01 - Have you watched this movie? You stated that you bumped into this while listening to the original "sing sing sing" by Benny Goodman. I mentioned that this is a good Swing/Jazz film because it was made by a Japanese director & they do a pretty good portrayal. Also since international films are never given respect & are ALWAYS over looked (in the USA), I think it's a GOOD THING to mention this film & being a respectable entry into Jazz filmography
Ueno is playing Tenor. Tenors have that curve on the bocal type thing (bassoon thing, but....) Alto do not have the bend. And bari's are the weird curvey ones.
@JazzyZenBrotha Actually Sing Sing Sing was mostly Swing and then jazz. Most favourite just before WW2 to the swing kids. If I had to choose between an awesome fim that would be.....the swing kids xD. Now that's one interesting film!
in the credits it says alto sax... I maybe wrong.. it's been a while since I've seen this movie but I kinda wanted to know who acts for the girl who plays the sax. In credits they don't use the name of the person in the movie but use the name of the instrument that they play ;)
@libertasdon If Swing is not Jazz, then what form of music is it? Just as Bop is Jazz, Fusion is Jazz, Dixieland is Jazz, Swing is a (very important) aspect of Jazz. Jazz is Life - and just as varied.
Professional musicians do this all the time. Many of you have heard of Chris Botti-- a popular American trumpet player. On his DVD "Chris Botti and Friends Night Sessions: Live in Concert" it is obvious that Botti does the same thing. In several places he breathes while we still hear trumpet sound. Once we see him take the horn off his lips... while we still hear trumpet. It's just a reality that film production sometimes requires this pantomime for visual reasons.
@JazzyZenBrotha Might I add on, @benjamintrb, that the entire cast had almost no musical background when they started filming the movie. They took six months of practise, training and pure hard work to make this movie a hit success. After which they even went on tour to play their music live. Thumbs up for the Japanese :)
2020年 また聴いてます🎵
皆カッコいい😍💕
映画も面白かったしまた観たくなってきたな～♪
これ全員マジで演奏してるって知った時、驚愕した。凄すぎる！
ラストの彼女たちの達成感あふれる表情！
それを見て、
「ああ、本当にこの子たちが演奏したんだなぁ。」
と、思いました。
たった４ヶ月で、どんだけ練習したらこのレベルの演奏ができるんだ。人間の集中力は恐ろしい！
This is one of my favorite Jazz movies! I'm glad to see the Japanese do an excellent portrayal of Jazz musicians. And also a great movie of normal everyday girls who overcome their obstacles and make music. Such a great film!
this has become one of my favorite movies very talented
皆さんご存知だと思いますが、この映画の演奏シーンは全て吹き替え無し！ご本人が直接演奏してるのです。それが感動を呼びますねぇ。このシーンの前の曲「ムーンライト・セレナーデ」も。
I love all these girls and it seems like I know them. I have the DVD and they bring great joy to us and we appreciate your hard work and thank you all.
Thank you for posting these videos. I am American and love this music. Those girls are amazing. I am sure all of Japan is proud of them. They are wonderful !
何回もこの動画みてるせいで
メロディ口ずさみながら途中途中出てくる 先生！！ とかのセリフもしっかり言っちゃうw
Without hesitation I love you all, such great expression with the instruments.
Their has Never been a more talented Swing Band outside America!
Man, if these girls are playing for real, they're the best big band going right now!! Not only are they talented, they're beautiful.
WOW, these kids are not only very pretty but their music is great. Love the twirling of the trumpets.
一曲目から二曲目にうつる時のドラムめちゃくちゃかっこよくて好き
I love the guy who plays the sensei on this movie! He also played the role of the trainer in Waterboys. Great movie Swing Girls
トランペットのソロ何回見ても鳥肌でるほどかっこいい！！
あの高音はなかなか出ませんよね
ひとりひとりが努力家の強者揃い
Tenor saxophones are amazing! I happen to play one myself. I wanna watch this movie so bad!
"sing, sing, sing" is my third favorite swing. "In the mood" is my second and "A train" is the coolest of them all.
awesome. i have always loved this song.
ドラムのテンポの変え方めっちゃ上手くないか...？
Louis Prima would be PROUD. He wrote the song Sing, Sing , Sing which is played here in 1936 in America. The girls did a great job. ;)
一番かっちょいいわ ソロの部分とか特に
Exceptionally delightful, touching, and enjoyable 2004 film co-written and directed by Shinobu Yaguchi.....these girls did play the instruments, and had nothing but the ususual exposure to music as students growing up who took piano lessons, etc. Of course, being a film, there was plenty of chance to fix any errors in the live performance, but this was not a group of professional musicians by any means. Creativity, Love and Exuberance equals solid win.
テナーとトロンボーンとトランペット🎺かっこいい
Wow, if people want to mention their favorite actresses in this movie, Yuika Motokariya is seldom mentioned. I'm glad you did. Honestly, my favorite is Shihori Kanjiya (I have a crush on her). But almost every main character has a loveable characteristic. Tomoko's lightheartedness. Yoshie's lovestruck and vanity. Naomi's dry humour. Kaori's ever optimism. Nakamura's strength of character. Not to mention the punk girl's interest to try jazz too. Simply a great movie. I wish to see them in person.
I started playin the trumpet cuz of this movie! and watta ya know, im first chair in the highschool band!
Really great! This is the first time I've ever heard of this film,
but I'm sure it won't be the last.
OMG, I am so impressed... Now I like the movie even more.
Very impressive, especially when you know they played all songs in the movie by themselves! Okay, they practiced ~5 months, but still very very good...I'm currently going to school in japan and japanese seem to be so talented in may things!
I like this movie, I got new faith for practicing on my own instrument trough this.
What a fabulous band!!!
this movie is by far one of the best movies i have watched.
Not only good music but this movie also be a true inspiration for people
なんだろう…目から汗が出るじゃねぇか(これが青春か…)
本当にやったんだからすごい
3、4ヶ月でこのレベルのソロ吹けるとか化け物揃いだな…
I love this movie ! Haha ! It really made me know more about music around the world. Let's Swing ! Haha :D
何が素晴らしいかは、貫地谷しほりの顔が物語っている。
High B♭は素晴らしい！
can't get enough of this movie!
5:29 そして吹奏楽部の部長は何気に若き日の高橋一生。
この時はこんなにキャーキャー言われると思ってなかったな…
ずぶの素人から「シング・シング・シング」を物にするのは、大変だったでしょう。樹里ちゃん、ユイカちゃん、しほりちゃんもまだあどけないですね。現在グラビアをセクシーに彩る、辰己奈都子さんもいます。そういう意味では、みんなこの映画が出発点だったんですねぇ。
Love these girls!!!!! Just Awesome.....
トランペットのソロ最高です！
JAZZやるべ（笑）
今観ても感動する映画です
吹き替えなしで彼女たち(＆彼)の生音にこだわったところがすごいし
山形県内での合宿も大変だっただろうし
方言の練習と楽器の練習と両方とも本当に苦労したと思います
しかしTpのHighBは数か月の練習で中々出ないでしょうによく出たなと感心します
I visited Japan in '68; was super impressed. My favorite city was by far Kyoto. I was treated like a rock star or movie star and of course I was not. Honesty was the rule of the day then and I hope now. They worked hard and played hard. They will do anything for a friend or just to help a person in need of help. I found a girl I liked in Kyoto and wanted to go back but lost here photos and cannot remember the spelling of here name. I have dreamed about her for over 40 years. Go "SWING GIRLS!"
The great thing is, all the girls in the band, learned to play their instruments!
14 people don't appreciate how good these women are.
本仮屋ユイカちゃん可愛い💕クラリネット担ですがトロンボーンかっこいい💕
この映画が, 私もとてもすきだよ！
my favorite movie!!
これきりでなく続けてほしいな。
楽器は素晴らしいよ
Rapidly becoming one of my favorite versions of this classic song.
Very Good!Excepctional talent!Bravo!
Oh ! GOD , Unbelievable they are excellent performed ( So , They are really Gorgeously )
terrific performance! they are a very good orchestra.
The Japanese have taken the best of American culture to heart and, to their credit, ignored the rest. Swing music is one of our best cultural innovations. When the rock-n-roll Fifities and Sixties rolled in and jazz was side-lined, jazz performers like Anita O'Day found eager audiences in Japan.
That's interesting to know. I think I also read about this somewhere as well. I love the fact that the director wanted the girls' success to carry to the audience. That is fantastic. I would love to see one of their live performances.
When I was flying back from Japan on ANA this was one filmed they featured. I must have pplayed this seen a dozen time or more. Great film.
この流れでのエンディング曲
ナットキングコールの『ラブ』
も最高でした❤❤
hello
I love this movie too!
this was very very good :)
thanks for the video,I enjoying it alot :P
best wishes
I enjoyed every minute of this video!
@ingraleat - Excellent point Ingraleat. I remember reading about that too. It just makes the film even more beautiful. I'd love to see them play it live.
wow that trumpet swing flash was so cool
The movie kickt ass
my girlfirned loved givin the fact that shes on the sax and im trumpet... its a kick ass movie
トランペットやってました。貫地谷さんすごい！
@vonKyle777
The number is not an example of jazz. It Is swing -- the most popular music form in American from approximately 1935 to 1955.
this is the best thing ever i played that trombone solo and she did like 1000 times better than i did
Tbソロ最高！
トランペットのソロよすぎる
I think they're actually playing, I watched it in my Japanese class and I think my teacher said that they were actually playing. Lots of hot asian chicks in that jazz band :D
Bouken Yellow Can do Swing Jazz 😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲 Wowwww Sugoiiiiiii 💖💖💖💖💖💖💗💖💖
I'm happy to learn that the girls shown in the movie are actually players of their instruments. But in popular music movies/videos, the sound track is seldom produced as it is enacted by the actors. I readily believe that Ueno Jyuri can play, and in fact DID play what we hear. But, as a saxophonist myself (musicians notice these things) she is not fingering in synchronization with what we hear. She is "lip-synching" her own solo (which was recorded earlier.) There is no shame in that.
@RadioOperator01 - Have you watched this movie? You stated that you bumped into this while listening to the original "sing sing sing" by Benny Goodman. I mentioned that this is a good Swing/Jazz film because it was made by a Japanese director & they do a pretty good portrayal. Also since international films are never given respect & are ALWAYS over looked (in the USA), I think it's a GOOD THING to mention this film & being a respectable entry into Jazz filmography
Ueno is playing Tenor. Tenors have that curve on the bocal type thing (bassoon thing, but....)
Alto do not have the bend. And bari's are the weird curvey ones.
Piano : Yuta Hiraoka
Drums : Yukari Toyoshima
Guitar : Kana Sekine
Bass : Fumiko Mizuta
Saxophone : Juri Ueno (lead), Asuka, Chise Nakamura, Masae Nemoto, Madoka Matsuda
Trombone : Yuika Motokariya (lead), Eri Maehara, Natsuko Tatsumi, Natsuki Nakazawa
Trumpet : Shihori Kanjiya (lead), Nagisa Abe, Mutsumi Kanazaki, Misa Nagashima
このスイングガールズバージョンを正確にコピーした高校生バンドをいまだ知らない
この３曲メドレーを正確にコピーすれば、どこへいっても大うけ、拍手喝さいのはずなんだが
ジャズのソロはどうしてもオリジナルって概念ですからねー
完コピでも素晴らしいのに
The beginning of the trombone solo reminded me of "Ring, ring, ring, ring banana phone." =P
Outstanding WOW fantastic
It's probably a tenor Sax, right?
Does anyone know if Ueno Jyuri is playing a Tenor or Alto Sax? I can't tell.
Tenor
i like this movie very much!
同じく鳥肌立ったｗｗ
特にトロンボーンのソロのところ(ﾟωﾟ)
I LOVE THIS MOVIE!!!!
@OsannaInExcelsis And they also have pretty good showmanship, too which is nice to see since the rarity of big bands kinda makes you miss it a lot
@JazzyZenBrotha Actually Sing Sing Sing was mostly Swing and then jazz. Most favourite just before WW2 to the swing kids. If I had to choose between an awesome fim that would be.....the swing kids xD. Now that's one interesting film!
lol i used to dislike music like this but because of this movie i started to like it XD
O_O
holy shit. really?
woot. this makes the movie even more awesome.
These girls are beyond the level of my highschool any day of the week
トロンボーンかっこいい～♡
このソロ吹いてみたい(*´-`)
中一で、ｔｂやってます!!
初めてこれを見たとき、感動して、泣いてしまいました(笑)
いま、文化祭にむけて、猛練習中です(＠ ＠）
Luv the little mouse on the girls trumpet! Is that actually possible?
Watched this movie in my Japanese class yesterday. It was kinda fun, but most of the time it hurt my brain pretty bad.
in the credits it says alto sax...
I maybe wrong.. it's been a while since I've seen this movie but I kinda wanted to know who acts for the girl who plays the sax.
In credits they don't use the name of the person in the movie but use the name of the instrument that they play ;)
i love them all especially the trombonies!! cause i play trombone 2!!! yay!!
@libertasdon
If Swing is not Jazz, then what form of music is it?
Just as Bop is Jazz, Fusion is Jazz, Dixieland is Jazz, Swing is a (very important) aspect of Jazz. Jazz is Life - and just as varied.
one of my favorite moovies
Professional musicians do this all the time. Many of you have heard of Chris Botti-- a popular American trumpet player. On his DVD "Chris Botti and Friends Night Sessions: Live in Concert" it is obvious that Botti does the same thing. In several places he breathes while we still hear trumpet sound. Once we see him take the horn off his lips... while we still hear trumpet. It's just a reality that film production sometimes requires this pantomime for visual reasons.
@JazzyZenBrotha Might I add on, @benjamintrb, that the entire cast had almost no musical background when they started filming the movie. They took six months of practise, training and pure hard work to make this movie a hit success. After which they even went on tour to play their music live.
Thumbs up for the Japanese :)
あらためて あの頃の 感動 甦りました。フジテレビさん 全編ノーカットで 再放送 お願いします。
아직도 최고인 영화야 나에게 ㅠㅠ