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Dance with Me

2019 · 103 min

A cheerful, silly ride where spontaneous song-and-dance breaks out everywhere, leaving you smiling at its infectious energy.

Directed by
Shinobu Yaguchi
Genres
Comedy, Music
Starring
Ayaka Miyoshi, Yuu Yashiro, Chay
Tagline
The body is a musical.
Overview
Suzuki Shizuka is an office lady at a conglomerate who is hypnotized at a local amusement park and left under the spell. Now she is compelled to sing and dance whenever she hears any melody whatsoever. She heads back to the hypnotist for relief, but he is nowhere to be found. So Shizuka sets off on a journey around Japan to find him and break the spell.

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Directed by
Shinobu Yaguchi
Genres
Comedy, Music
Starring
Ayaka Miyoshi, Yuu Yashiro, Chay
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How it feels

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Tone
  • whimsicalstrength 3 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • freedom
  • music
  • work
  • healing
Places
  • big city
  • road trip
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • musical
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour7
Realism6
Romance2
Tension2
Darkness1
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
comedy, music
Directed by
Shinobu Yaguchi
Written by
Shinobu Yaguchi
Starring
Ayaka Miyoshi, Yuu Yashiro, Chay, Takahiro Miura, Tsuyoshi Muro, Akira Takarada, Daikichi Sugawara, Miyabi Matsuura
Music
Takuji Nomura
Cinematography
Kazuhiro Taniguchi
Runtime
103 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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