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Shall We Dance? (1996)

Directed by Masayuki Suo

Comedy | Romance | Music

Overview

A bored Japanese accountant sees a beautiful woman in the window of a ballroom dance studio. He secretly starts taking dancing lessons to be near her, and then over time discovers how much he loves ballroom dancing. His wife, meanwhile, has hired a private detective to find out why he has started coming home late smelling of perfume.

Rated PG | Length 136 minutes

Actors

Koji Yakusho | Tamiyo Kusakari | Naoto Takenaka | Eri Watanabe | Akira Emoto | Yu Tokui | Hiromasa Taguchi | Reiko Kusamura | Hideko Hara | Hiroshi Miyasaka | Kunihiro Ida | Amie Toujou | Ayano Nakamura | Tomiko Ishii | Katsunari Mineno | Shûichirô Moriyama | Kyôko Kagawa | Maki Kawamura | Mari Nishino | Kôichi Ueda | Masahiro Motoki | Ren Osugi | Yudai Ishiyama | Paradise Yamamoto | Misa Shimizu | Hirotaro Honda | Masaaki Takarai | Goro Kataoka

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
03/15/2005TVVHSLibrary8.5 stars
 

Viewing Notes

Incredible movie. Love love love this movie. Probably as close to a perfect film as it gets for a good balance of comedy, drama and romance. So glad my Japanese teacher recommended.

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