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《五個撲水的少年》導演矢口史靖最新爆笑作品
日本開畫票房突破一千七百萬美元•原聲大碟勁賣超過13萬張
當女孩遇上…爵士

喇叭書院
Swing Girls

九月一日 絕贊上映 ?
What A Wonderful World

故事簡介

這是一個悶熱的炎夏。

在日本東北遠離城市的小村裡，一群女學生為了逃避沉悶的數學補課，於是自動請纓去送飯盒給為學校棒球隊打氣的管樂隊。

由於天氣炎熱，這群女學生又忘記下車，廷誤了幾個小時才將飯盒送到會場，飯盒變壞了，管樂隊隊員在不知情下吃了那些已變壞的飯盒而集體送院。由於女學生們途中抵不住美食的誘惑吃了一個飯盒，令管樂隊隊員拓雄(平岡祐太飾演)因禍得福，管樂隊隊員只有他一人安然無恙，拓雄遂要求女生們頂替管樂隊以示負責任。在人數不足的情況下，拓雄唯有建議組成爵士樂隊，可是這群女生對演奏樂器一竅不通。

進行了兩個星期的密集訓練，這群女生開始懂得吹奏簡單的旋律，這時原來的管樂隊隊員卻康服回來了，女生們唯有不捨地離開樂隊。她們離去後才發現自己已愛上爵士樂，誓要組成爵士樂隊。這群平日只懂花錢沒有積蓄的女生連買二手樂器的錢也沒有。為了買樂器，她們不惜用盡所有方法賺錢：到超級市場做兼職推銷食物員，可是因貪玩而屢次闖禍；聽聞森林裡的野生蘑菇轉賣會很值錢，沿途卻巧遇最凶猛的野豬…

同時，原來數學老師小澤先生(竹中直人飾演)也是爵士樂痴，於是在小澤先生的領導下，女生們決定努力向她們第一次的舞台表演進發…

演奏全由演員親身演繹

為了配合劇情，導演矢口史靖刻意找全無任何演戲經驗的新面孔，並在拍攝前進行大型的公開面試招募演員，女主角上野樹里更是由1000人中挑選出來的。同時，片中女學生表演的樂器，全是她們自己親身演奏，事前她們並沒有接受過任何樂器訓練，即使是戲末一場比賽的演奏皆由她們親身演繹。在練習過程中以至最後的音樂比賽，他們所演奏出的各首爵士樂曲有不少瑕疵，導演刻意保留這些瑕疵以表現最真實的一面。

日本本土票房衝破一千七百萬美元

《喇叭書院》自2004年9月11日於日本上畫後好評如潮。除連續放映四個月外，票房更衝破一千七百萬美元，原聲大碟勁賣超過十三萬張。本片於被譽為日本奧斯卡的第28屆日本電影學院獎中榮獲「最佳劇本」、「最佳剪接」、「最佳原創音樂」及「最佳音響效果」四項大獎，並榮獲「最佳導演」及「最佳電影」提名，戲中主角平岡祐太及上野樹里更同時獲得「新人徘優賞」。

竹中直人飾演小澤先生

曾主演《談談情跳跳舞》、《五個相撲的少年》及《五個撲水的少年》的竹中直人是日本著名的資深演技派演員，出道至今他已演出了120多部影片，對詮釋不同的角色可謂瞭如指掌。今次於《喇叭書院》中飾演平凡但鍾情爵士樂的數學老師，形像突出，無疑再一次征服了觀�慼C

竹中直人早於1992年被譽為日本奧斯卡的日本電影學院獎中憑《五個相撲的少年》榮獲「最佳男配角」；及於1996年日本電影學院獎憑《談談情跳跳舞》獲「最佳男配角」；1997年憑《東京日和》獲日本電影學院「最佳導演獎」兼「最佳男主角獎」。

上野樹里飾演鈴木友子

1986年出生於日本兵庫縣的上野樹里，中學時代便接拍過不少廣告，2003年參演日劇《晴天家族》而人氣急升。曾主演的電影包括《Jose與虎與魚們》、《Chirusoku的夏天》，《喇叭書院》是其第三部電影演出。

上野樹里於第28屆日本電影學院獎中榮獲「新人徘優賞」，被視為日本當今最具人氣新進女星之一。

平岡祐太飾演中村拓雄

今年21歲的平岡祐太，曾於《藉著雨點說愛你》中飾演竹內結子長大了的兒子。平岡祐太於《喇叭書院》中是唯一一位男孩子，個性懦弱像女孩子，因此很多人也沒為意女孩中有一位男孩。

平岡祐太於第28屆日本電影學院獎中憑《喇叭書院》中榮獲「新人徘優賞」，前途無可限量。

本�漇怹u香飾演關口香織

曾參演《在世界中心呼喚愛》的本�漇怹u香，在《喇叭書院》中害羞內向，但她卻是片中最有音樂天份的人。本�漇怹u香曾參與日本NHK電視台的電視劇 "Fight"的演出。

貫地谷詩穗梨飾演齊藤良江

良江於片中飾演一位常常莫名奇妙就喜歡別人的女孩，常給自己與別人帶來煩惱。吹奏小號的她，因為氣量不夠的緣故，一直無法吹出"sing, sing, sing"中的高音而苦惱不已。今年20歲的貫地谷詩穗梨曾主演的電影有 "Dead Waves"及 "Karaoke - 人生紙一重"。

豐島由佳梨飾演田中直美

在片中負責打鼓的直美身材豐滿，雖然口頭上常說要節食，但卻常常在吃東西....眼神呆滯，但認真地打起鼓來卻讓人眼前一亮，是片中最爆笑的角色之一。

導演矢口史靖

矢口史靖出生於日本神奈川縣，畢業於東京造型大學。早年以美術助理的身份涉足影壇，並開始獨立拍攝8mm電影。1993年以《光腳丫郊遊》一片初次引人注目，2001年自編自導的《五個撲水的少年》獲得了前所未有的成功，於日本本土甚至國外票房成績非常理想。此外，矢口史靖還積極參與MTV、電視廣告、電視劇等製作。

憑執導《五個撲水的少年》一片一炮而紅的矢口史靖曾說他的電影都沒有一個貫穿的主題，但他的目的只有一個，就是讓觀眾開心。《喇叭書院》亦貫徹他一貫的爆笑作風。矢口史靖於2002年憑《五個撲水的少年》獲日本電影學院「最佳導演」及「最佳編劇」提名。今次於《喇叭書院》同樣奪得第28屆日本電影學院「最佳導演」及「最佳編劇」提名，成就再次獲肯定。

《喇叭書院》演職員表

主演︰《Orange Days》上野樹里、貫地谷詩穗梨、白石美帆
　　　《在世界中心呼喚愛》本�漇怹u香、豐島由佳梨
　　　《藉著雨點說愛你》平岡祐太、小日向文世
　　　《五個撲水的少年》竹中直人、谷��
　　　《談談情跳跳舞》渡邊惠理子
音樂︰《漂靈2.15》吉野米奇、岸本チボウ
攝影︰《藉著雨點說愛你》柴主高秀
燈光︰《談談情跳跳舞》長田達也
音響︰《五個撲水的少年》郡弘道
美術︰《盲俠座頭市》磯田典宏
剪接︰《五個撲水的少年》宮島龍治
監製︰《東京日和》關口大輔 《擊浪青春》堀川慎太郎
執行監製︰《談談情跳跳舞》��井省志
企劃︰�T一由 藤原正道 《哈爾移動城堡》千野毅?
劇本審閱︰矢口純子
編劇 / 導演︰《五個撲水的少年》矢口史靖
出品人︰《跳躍大搜查線》龜山千廣
　　　《哈爾移動城堡》島谷能成
　　　《天國之戀火》森隆一

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Swing Girls

A Shinobu Yaguchi Film

Introduction

Shinobu Yaguchi, whose runaway hit, WATERBOYS (2001), cemented his reputation as a youthful star among Japanese film directors, is back with a new film, SWING GIRLS. The delightful story of a group of hapless high school girls who accidentally stumble upon the allure of Big Band Jazz, brims with rousing music and plenty of comic mayhem, to say nothing of giving a few solid tugs to the heartstrings.

Yaguchi ran across an account of a dwindling high school brass band that reinvented itself as a youthful Big Band. He decided to track the band down to the boondocks where he found an ensemble composed almost entirely of girls with bobbed hair breezing through the cool jazz numbers. The startling contrast between the band's look and its sound inspired Yaguchi to create a film packed with charm and humor, set against the abundant seasonal beauty of northeastern Japan. Altamira Pictures, the acclaimed producers of Shall We Dance? and Waterboys produced Swing Girls with Fuji TV.

Swing Girls features a fabulous group of newcomers, all selected from an open call, as members of the Yamakawa High School Big Band. In his dedicated search for a highly original array of performers, Yaguchi completely overlooked the need to cast performers with musical skills. Five of his leading actresses had never even played an instrument before. But several months of intensive practice and rehearsal yielded triumph. The girls themselves recorded every one of the fabulous musical numbers in the film. Get ready for some spirited performances.

SWING GIRLS puts the swing back into Big Band Jazz with the unlikeliest group of musicians, but they pour their souls into every standard. From "Take the A Train" to "Moonlight Serenade" and "In the Mood," you've never seen the great jazz classics played with so much exuberance. The movie is guaranteed to tickle the funny bones and warm the hearts of audiences of all ages, and they may well swing their way out of theaters humming as they go.

The Story

It's a sweltering day during summer vacation in a remote town in northeast Japan…

The Yamakawa High School brass band clambers aboard a bus, off to provide moral support for their team at a local baseball championship. 13 girls, all of them losers, watch from classroom window. They're stuck in remedial math with Mr. Ozawa (Naoto Takenaka), but their minds are miles away and their ability to focus, . . . .huh? One girl, Tomoko Suzuki (Juri Ueno), stares enviously out the window at the musicians as their bus pulls away. Suddenly, she notices that a caterer's van has pulled up. The driver is beside himself when he realizes that he's missed the bus. As Tomoko watches, an idea takes shape in her otherwise vacant mind…

"Teacher, I'm sure those guys are super hungry. I think we should take them their lunches."

Within minutes, the girls have ditched summer school math and boarded a local train, ostensibly off to deliver the lunches. Heady with their newfound freedom, they sample and then gobble down, one of the lunches, doze off and miss their stop. Before long, they're walking back to the stadium in the sweltering heat, complaining every step of the way. By the time they finally deliver the food, it has spoiled in the heat and the whole band, along with its director Itan (Miho Shiraishi), are rushed to the emergency room with stomach cramps. Only Takuya Nakamura (Yuta Hiraoka) escapes this fate, thanks to the girls who devoured his lunch on the train.

Before long the baseball team is practicing for another game, but the band that normally cheers the team to victory is still out of commission. Takuya Nakamura tries to throw together a new brass band, but his efforts only draw the 13 loser-girls plus 3 other misfits. A brass band needs a lot more than 17 players. Takuya's thoroughly discouraged until he realizes that 17 is the perfect number for a jazz Big Band.

Intense training sessions on school band instruments follow. The girls, who have trouble at first even making a sound, gradually start to play entire melodies and manage to limp their way through "Take the A Train." Gradually, what started as a scheme for cutting class gives way to actual enthusiasm for music.

Everything is hunky-dory, until. . . .

One day before the championship baseball game, the regular band troops into the rehearsal room, fully restored and ready to play. They thank the girls for covering for them and the girls feign relief at not having to perform in public. But on the way home, they burst into tears over their shattered dream. The summer ends on a note of frustration.

When school starts up again in the fall, the girls go back to their usual routines but they can't forget the pleasure and satisfaction they found in music. Still, they're too proud to actually join the regular school band.

In an inspired moment, they decide to start their own Big Band, the Swing Girls. Since their former instruments belong to the school band, they'll have to get their own. Brass is pricey and even used horns add up. The first step in getting the band off the ground turns out to be fundraising. The girls try everything, from working part-time jobs at a supermarket, to poaching wild mushrooms in the forest, wreaking havoc wherever they go. Discouraged, some drop out and the Swing Girls dwindle to five, but they finally get their hands on a trumpet, a trombone, drums and a pair of saxes and make a meager start.

Their remedial math teacher turns out to be a jazz enthusiast and he coaches them through the "community noise pollution" stage into some real swing. Excited to see their friends' transformation, others return to the fold, and the Swing Girls finally achieve that Big Band sound. When they hear about a student music competition the girls decide to enter. If their audition video makes the grade, they'll have the chance to play on a real stage. They tape their audition against the spectacular backdrop of snow-capped mountains, but…

If it isn't one thing, it's another. The Swing Girls future hangs in the balance. Will they ever get the break they need. . . .?

The Director

Yaguchi Shinobu made his first film, Down the Drain, when he was only 26. His work won high praise at the 1993 Toronto Film Festival and was included in MOMA's New Directors, New Films in New York. After a brief foray into television, he returned to the big screen with the madcap 1996 comedy My Secret Cache, which debuted at the Berlin Film Festival. Adrenaline Drive (1999) was widely released outside of Japan and enhanced Yaguchi's reputation as a deft and quirky storyteller. Waterboys, his runaway 2001 hit, crystallized his reputation as a talented director who delivers both laughs and box office.

Cast:

Juri Ueno, Shihori Kanjiya, Yuika Motokariya, Yukari Toyoshima, Yuta Hiraoka, Naoto Takenaka, Miho Shiraishi, Fumiyo Kohinata, Eriko Watanabe, Kei Tani

Staff:

Written & Directed by Shinobu Yaguchi
Produced by Chihiro Kameyama, Yoshishige Shimatani, Ryuichi Mori
Executive Producer: Shoji Masui
Co-Executive Producers: Kazuyoshi Seki, Masamichi Fujiwara, Takehiko Chino
Producers: Daisuke Sekiguchi, Shintaro Horikawa
Script Consultant: Junko Yaguchi
Music: Mickie Yoshino, Hiroshi Kishimoto
Director of Photography: Takahide Shibanushi
Lighting Director: Tatsuya OsadaSound Mixer/Editor: Hiromichi Kori
Production Designer: Norihiro Isoda
Editor: Ryuji Miyajima
35mm/Color/105min/Vista size/Dolby Digital
c2004 Fuji Television Network/Altamira Pictures/Toho/Dentsu

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