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Shall We Dance?
Shall We Dance?

Shall We Dance?

She's got the moves… but he's got two left feet!

Genres

MusicComedyDramaRomance

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

136 mins

Rating

7.307/10

Release Date

27 January 1996

Country

Japan

Cast

Koji Yakusho

Koji Yakusho

Shohei Sugiyama

Tamiyo Kusakari

Tamiyo Kusakari

Mai Kishikawa

Naoto Takenaka

Naoto Takenaka

Tomio Aoki

Eri Watanabe

Eri Watanabe

Toyoko Takahashi

Akira Emoto

Akira Emoto

Detective Miwa

Yuu Tokui

Yuu Tokui

Tokichi Hattori

Hiromasa Taguchi

Hiromasa Taguchi

Masahiro Tanaka

Reiko Kusamura

Reiko Kusamura

Tamako Tamura

Hideko Hara

Hideko Hara

Masako Sugiyama

Hiroshi Miyasaka

Hiroshi Miyasaka

Macho

Kunihiko Ida

Kunihiko Ida

Teiji Kaneko

Amie Toujou

Amie Toujou

Hisako Honda

Ayano Nakamura

Ayano Nakamura

Chikage Sugiyama

Tomiko Ishii

Tomiko Ishii

Haruko Haraguchi

Katsunari Mineno

Katsunari Mineno

Keiri-kachô

Shūichirō Moriyama

Shūichirō Moriyama

Ryo Kishikawa

Kyōko Kagawa

Kyōko Kagawa

Keiko Kishikawa

Maki Kawamura

Maki Kawamura

Eiko Miyoshi

Mari Nishino

Mari Nishino

Wakako Takahashi

Koichi Ueda

Koichi Ueda

Torakichi Kumada

Masahiro Motoki

Masahiro Motoki

Hiromasa Kimoto

Ren Osugi

Ren Osugi

Sugiura

Yudai Ishiyama

Yudai Ishiyama

Hama the Jitterbug

Paradise Yamamoto

Paradise Yamamoto

Band Leader

Misa Shimizu

Misa Shimizu

Natsuko

Hirotaro Honda

Hirotaro Honda

Farewell Party Host

Masaaki Takarai

Masaaki Takarai

Farewell Party Participant Dancer

Goro Kataoka

Goro Kataoka

Jo Blues

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