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Shall we dansu? (1996)

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User Rating: 7.9/10 (4,857 votes)
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Overview

Director:
Masayuki Suo
Writer:
Masayuki Suo (writer)
Release Date:
11 July 1997 (USA) more view trailer
Genre:
Comedy | Drama | Music | Romance more
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
Awards:
51 wins & 3 nominations more
User Comments:
Heartwarming film more

Cast

 (Cast overview, first billed only)
Kôji Yakusho ... Shohei Sugiyama
Tamiyo Kusakari ... Mai Kishikawa
Naoto Takenaka ... Tomio Aoki
Eriko Watanabe ... Toyoko Takahashi
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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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Dansu wo shimashô ka? (Japan) (informal title)
Shall We Dance? (USA)
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MPAA:
Rated PG for mild language.
Runtime:
136 min | Argentina:118 min (cut version) | Germany:118 min (cut version) | Netherlands:118 min (cut version) | USA:118 min (cut version)
Country:
Japan
Language:
Japanese
Colour:
Colour
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby SR
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
In the first scene, a man's shoe in close-up plunges into a black pool in the street. This symbolizes the world renowned Ballroom Dancing Competition in Blackpool, England, referenced later in the film. more
Quotes:
Shohei Sugiyama: At my age, it's embarrassing to say so, but every day I feel so alive. more
Movie Connections:
Remade as Shall We Dance (2004) more
Soundtrack:
Save the Last Dance for Me more

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21 out of 22 people found the following comment useful:-
Heartwarming film, 26 December 2002
8/10
Author: lwang (l_w_a_n_g@yahoo.com) from New York City

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.

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