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Overview
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Director:
Writer:
Masayuki Suo (writer)
Release Date:
11 July 1997 (USA)
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Tagline:
He's an overworked accountant. She's an accomplished dancer. Passion is about to find two unlikely partners.
Plot:
A successful but unhappy Japanese accountant finds the missing passion in his life when he begins to secretly take ballroom dance lessons. full summary | add synopsis
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51 wins
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3 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(5 articles)
Movie Reviews: 'Ice Princess'
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 18 March 2005)
L.A. Confidential Wins Best Film Award
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 10 December 1997)
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 18 March 2005)
L.A. Confidential Wins Best Film Award
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 10 December 1997)
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Heartwarming film
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Kôji Yakusho | ... | Shohei Sugiyama | |
| Tamiyo Kusakari | ... | Mai Kishikawa | |
| Naoto Takenaka | ... | Tomio Aoki | |
| Eri Watanabe | ... | Toyoko Takahashi (as Eriko Watanabe) | |
| Yu Tokui | ... | Tokichi Hattori | |
| Hiromasa Taguchi | ... | Masahiro Tanaka | |
| Reiko Kusamura | ... | Tamako Tamura | |
| Hideko Hara | ... | Masako Sugiyama | |
| Hiroshi Miyasaka | ... | Macho | |
| Kunihiko Ida | ... | Teiji Kaneko | |
| Amie Toujou | ... | Hisako Honda | |
| Ayano Nakamura | ... | Chikage Sugiyama | |
| Katsunari Mineno | ... | Keiri-kachô | |
| Tomiko Ishii | ... | Haruko Haraguchi | |
| Maki Kawamura | ... | Eiko Miyoshi |
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Also Known As:
Shall We Dance? (UK) (USA)
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MPAA:
Rated PG for mild language.
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Runtime:
136 min | 119 min (cut version)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Japan:U |
Iceland:L |
Italy:T |
Argentina:Atp |
Chile:TE |
Finland:S |
Germany:o.Al. (bw) |
New Zealand:PG |
Peru:PT |
Portugal:M/12 |
Singapore:PG |
South Korea:All |
Spain:T |
Sweden:Btl |
UK:PG |
USA:PG
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The title is written in English as "Shall We Dansu" since in its original Japanese release, the first two words actual appear in English with only the last word appearing in katakana (one of three Japanese writing systems). The Japanese word for "dance" is pronounced "dansu".
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Quotes:
Mai Kishikawa:
A weak first step transmits nothing.
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Movie Connections:
Features Follow Me! (1972)
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Soundtrack:
Save the Last Dance for Me
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This film is about a man who has been too caught up with the accepted convention of success, trying to be ever upwardly mobile, working hard so that he could be proud of owning his own home. He assumes this is all there is to life until he accidentally takes up dancing, all because he wanted to get a closer look of a beautiful girl that he sees by the dance studio everyday while riding the subway on his way home.
His was infatuated with her at first, going to the dance class just to idolize her, but he eventually lets himself go and gets himself into the dancing. It eventually becomes apparent to him that there is more to life than working yourself to death. There is a set of oddball characters also learning in the studio, giving the film a lot of laughs and some sense of bonding between the dejected.
There is also revelations of various characters, including the girl he initially admired, giving some depth to them by showing their blemished past and their struggle to overcome it.
The dancing was also engaging, with the big competition at the end, but it is not the usual story where our underdog come out at the top by winning it. Instead, there are downfalls, revelations and redemption.
All these makes it a moving and fun film to watch.