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Shall We Dance?

1996 · 136 min

A gentle, quietly moving story about finding joy and connection through dance, with a bittersweet edge and warm humanism.

Tagline
She's got the moves… but he's got two left feet!
Overview
A bored accountant spots 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 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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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • isolation
  • love
  • family
  • healing
Places
  • big city
  • suburbs
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour5
Realism8
Romance5
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
music, comedy, drama, romance
Directed by
Masayuki Suō
Written by
Masayuki Suō
Starring
Koji Yakusho, Tamiyo Kusakari, Naoto Takenaka, Eri Watanabe, Akira Emoto, Yuu Tokui, Hiromasa Taguchi, Reiko Kusamura
Music
Yoshikazu Suo
Cinematography
Naoki Kayano
Runtime
136 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese, English

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