Shall We Dance?
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Masayuki Suo
Kôji Yakusho
Tamiyo Kusakari
Naoto Takenaka
Eriko Watanabe
Akira Emoto
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Sohei is an ordinary 42-year-old businessman, living a comfortable suburban life with his faithful wife and adorable daughter. Everything seems to be perfect but Shohei feels something is missing. Every night, on the train home from work, he sees a beautiful lady gazing out from the window of a shabby ballroom dance studio. Although Shohei's original motivation for learning to dance is to meet Mai, the young woman in the window, he starts to get involved with the class and enjoys the lessons. He doesn't dare tell anyone about his new hobby... not even his family. Mai notices Shohei's new passion for dancing, and agrees to help coach him for the upcoming competition. At one time, she was one of Japan's finest ballroom dancers, but her father has forced her to stop dancing professionally and teach amateurs so she will discover why she failed at the famous Blackpool competition. By teaching Shohei, she rediscovers the joy of dance...
Director
Masayuki Suo
Cast
Kôji Yakusho
Tamiyo Kusakari
Naoto Takenaka
Eriko Watanabe
Akira Emoto
Yu Tokui
Hiromasa Taguchi
Reiko Kusamura
Hideko Hara
Hiroshi Miyasaka
Kunihiko Ida
Amie Tojo
Ayano Nakamura
Katsunari Mineno
Tomiko Ishii
Maki Kawamura
Takako Matsuzaka
Koichi Ueda
Mari Nishino
Yuri Kawachi
Emiko Hara
Rie Misawa
Mizue Kihara
Taro Ikemura
Kenji Nakagawa
Katsuhisa Shirota
Kaoru Shinoda
Yoko Noma
Kie Sugata
Hanako Onuki
Akiko Hatakeyama
Shuichiro Moriyama
Kyoko Kagawa
Yuji Aikawa
Hisashi Aida
Eriko Aso
Takeo Adachi
Mie Azuma
Akiko Iida
Kumiko Ikemura
Manabu Ishikawa
Yoshiko Izumi
Tsutomu Ichikawa
Kiyomichi Ito
Yuhei Ito
Yoko Ito
Shoichi Imai
Toshinori Iwata
Hiroyuki Iwata
Toshiya Ueda
Toshio Oi
Ayako Osato
Yutaka Oyama
Daisuke Oka
Kimihiko Okazaki
Kazuyo Ogasawara
Norifumi Okada
Seika Okamoto
Yumi Oda
Takashi Onozaki
Masaki Kagawa
Harumichi Katano
Masahiko Kato
Kureha Knazawa
Michi Kaneko
Shigeki Kanemoto
Kunihiro Kawada
Kiichiro Kawachi
Mariko Kawahara
Nobue Kikuchi
Asako Kishimoto
Satoko Kiyohara
Yakari Kudo
Yasuko Kubota
Akira Kume
Daisuke Kodera
Tatsu Gotenba
Thuyoshi Kobayashi
Sumie Sakai
Tatsuyuki Sakai
Jun Sakaki
Yuko Sakaki
Koji Sato
Yuzuko Sawayanagi
Yasuya Sinozaki
Masashi Shinohara
Mariko Shinohara
Atsuko Shimomura
Satoru Shiraiwa
Kotoe Taichi
Mieko Takami
Hiroshi Taguchi
Koichi Takeuchi
Yasushi Takeuchi
Toshihiro Tanaka
Keiko Tanimura
Osamu Tanokura
Ryota Tsuchiya
Chikako Tezuka
Tomoharu Tokunaga
Akihiko Tozaki
Erika Tomiyama
Motohiro Toriki
Eri Nagai
Akira Nakagawa
Hiroko Nagasawa
Junya Nakano
Sadarou Nagawa
Shiho Nagoe
Hidenori Narikuni
Kta Nishihara
Daisuke Nishimura
Tokuo Hagiwara
Chika Hayashi
Toyonosuke Bando
Naomi Hinaga
Yukiko Hirade
Uran Hirosaki
Masaki Hiwatari
Saori Fukuda
Michiru Fukuno
Takenori Fukumoto
Toyoshi Fujiwara
Mitsuyo Hoshino
Mizuyo Horiguchi
Kazuko Honjo
Joji Matsuoka
Erika Mabuchi
Naoki Mitsuoka
Yasuo Miyadera
Taizo Miyamoto
Takayuki Yasufuko
Keitaro Yamauchi
Satoko Yamazaki
Makiko Yamashita
Hiroyuki Yamada
Saburo Yokoo
Aya Yokomori
Kurin Yoshiki
Kotomi Yoshida
Takashi Takemura
Mika Takanishi
Kazunari Hashimoto
Masaaki Takarai
Robert Hoffman
Naena Hoffman
Angelique Roehm
Paradise Yamamoto
Ruriko Sonoda
Maiko Ito
Hiroshi Iida
Atsuko Yoshida
Toru Hasegawa
Nobuko Nemoto
Minoru Ueno
Toyomi Ueno
Tomohiko Murakami
Nobue Murakami
Toyoharu Mine
Mieko Mine
Masao Ugashin
Aoi Ugashin
Kiyoshi Yoshikawa
Mayumi Yoshikawa
Toshikatsu Ariga
Sachiko Motoie
Kiyotaka Imaizumi
Kyoko Miyahara
Hiroyuki Takeshima
Akiko Takeshima
Ritoshi Oda
Keiko Fujiwara
Chintou Nin
Kazuko Amamiya
Kozo Takahashi
Minako Takahashi
Takeo Hashimoto
Hideko Hashimoto
Ken Hasegawa
Tokiko Takamura
Moichi Kikuchi
Michiko Kamoda
Yoshimi Kikuta
Yukari Kikuta
Shinji Obara
Yoko Okabe
Yoshio Tanaka
Hisako Tanaka
Suguru Ichikawa
Shinji Sasaki
Hiroshi Yamagata
Tomohiro Suda
Chiyoko Suda
Kazuhiro Horinouchi
Motoko Horinouchi
Hidekazu Tanaka
Yoko Tanaka
Goro Kataoka
Ren ôsugi
Crew
Koji Abe
Yokouzo Akamatsu
Toshito Akatsuka
Eileen Clough
Oscar Hammerstein Ii
Doreen Harbron
Mikiko Hayama
Carol Hayd-thomas
Kyoko Heya
Kazuhiro Igarashi
Mayumi Igawa
Tetsuya Ikeda
Noboru Ishida
Itsumichi Isomura
Tatsuhiko Itabisashi
Kazuaki Ito
Yasuyuki Jitsuhara
Harumi Kago
Hiroyuki Kago
Tetsuko Kai
Tetsuo Kaneko
Hiroyuki Kato
Yukiko Kawamura
Naoki Kayano
Junichi Kikuchi
Yumiko Kisina
Yoichi Kitamura
Hiroki Kobayashi
Tetsu Maeda
Shoji Masui
Hiroshi Matsuda
Terumi Matsuura
Shoko Miyahara
Cath Morris
Takashi Mukai
Kunio Nakayama
Hiromi Narita
Yuji Ogata
Hiromi Ogi
Shigeru Ono
Taeko Onuki
Kentaro Orito
Tatsuya Osada
Tatsuya Osada
Doc Pomus
Richard Rodgers
Tetsuya Sakurada
Emi Sasaki
Megumi Sasaki
Yoshino Sasaki
Masatoshi Seshimo
Kazuhiko Seta
Kenji Shibazaki
Yukihisa Shichiji
Misa Shimizu
Sachiko Shitara
Mort Shuman
Charles Stenhouse
Itabhisha Suo
Masayuki Suo
Yoshikazu Suo
Yoshikazu Suo
Sophie Talmant
Yasuyoshi Tokuma
Seiji Urushido
Toru Wada
Toshio Watari
Hiroko Yamaguchi
Kazushi Yamaguchi
Gen Yamakawa
Masahiko Yamakawa
Junko Yanagawa
Masahiro Yanagida
Kiyoshi Yoneyama
Naoko Yuasa
Film Details
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Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of a Special Jury Prize at the 1997 Seattle Film Festival's New Directors Showcase.
Winner of the 1997 award for Best Foreign Language Film from the Chicago Film Critics Association.
Winner of the 1997 award for Best Foreign Language Film from the National Board of Review.
Expanded Release in United States August 8, 1997
Expanded Release in United States July 25, 1997
Expanded Release in United States September 5, 1997
Limited Release in United States July 18, 1997
Released in United States 1997
Released in United States January 1997
Released in United States March 1997
Released in United States May 1996
Released in United States on Video March 24, 1998
Released in United States Summer July 11, 1997
Shown at Cannes Film Festival (market) May 9-20, 1996.
Shown at New Directors/New Films in New York City March 21 - April 6, 1997.
Shown at Portland International Film Festival February 13 - March 2, 1997.
Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival April 24 - May 8, 1997.
Shown at Santa Barbara International Film Festival March 6-19, 1997.
Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (New Directors Showcase) May 15 - June 8, 1997.
Released in United States 1997 (Shown at New Directors/New Films in New York City March 21 - April 6, 1997.)
Released in United States 1997 (Shown at Portland International Film Festival February 13 - March 2, 1997.)
Released in United States 1997 (Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival April 24 - May 8, 1997.)
Released in United States 1997 (Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (New Directors Showcase) May 15 - June 8, 1997.)
Released in United States January 1997 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (World Cinema) in Park City, Utah January 16-26, 1997.)
Released in United States March 1997 (Shown at Santa Barbara International Film Festival March 6-19, 1997.)
Released in United States on Video March 24, 1998
Released in United States May 1996 (Shown at Cannes Film Festival (market) May 9-20, 1996.)
Released in United States Summer July 11, 1997
Limited Release in United States July 18, 1997
Expanded Release in United States July 25, 1997
Expanded Release in United States August 8, 1997
Expanded Release in United States September 5, 1997
