Shall We Dance? (1996) (Shall we dansu?)

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7.4	Rating (68 ratings)
7.7	IMDB rating

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Directed by

Masayuki Suo

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Kôji Yakusho
Shohei Sugiyama

Tamiyo Kusakari
Mai Kishikawa

Naoto Takenaka
Tomio Aoki

Eri Watanabe
Toyoko Takahashi

Yu Tokui
Tokichi Hattori

Hiromasa Taguchi
Masahiro Tanaka

Reiko Kusamura
Tamako Tamura

Hideko Hara
Masako Sugiyama

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Big Movie about Little Dramas

16 years, 10 months ago at Apr 6 16:22

nataliegoes

1 vote

The story of a Japanese business man who on the spur of the moment finds himself taking ballroom dance lessons, and how he keeps it a secret might seem a little preposterous but it really works. The plot sounds silly, but the movie takes the time to show you how he gets to this place where he has this little secret that grows all out of proportion. The film is just brilliantly written and acted.... read more

Shall We Dance ? Japanese 1996 drama movie

9 years, 3 months ago at Nov 21 18:43

Asiana

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Shall we dance a Japanese drama from 1996 is one of the most beautiful movies I have seen, and I thank my girlfriend to force me to sit down and watch it, it's the movie inspired the Richard Gere movie with the same title from 2004 and also explains the beauty of the black pool dance contest. Shohei Sugiyama is tired of his boring life, every day go to office, every day ... read more

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Release date: 11 July 1997
UPC: 786936262049

Tags: Japan (6), Dancing (4), Comedy (4), Japanese (3), 1990s (3), Family (2), 1996 (2), Secret (2), Love (1), Foreign (1), HQ (1), Spiritual Cinema (1), Sort (1), SnP (1), East Asia (1), Retro Asian (1)

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"25.12. 2024 A shy, married accountant catches the eye of a charming dance school teacher while standing at a train station and decides to finally break out of his daily routine by taking dance lessons. The man becomes more confident as he develops as a dancer, but the balance of his marriage is jeopardized and his feelings for his dance teacher are not reciprocated. "Shall We Dance?" is mainly light entertainment, but it also intelligently and sensitively examines the outdated customs of Japane"