Shall We Dance?

Shall We Dance?

136 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance, Music | Jan. 27, 1996

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.

Shall We Dance?

136 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance, Music | Jan. 27, 1996

Shall We Dance?
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.
IMDb rating 7.7
Producers Toho Company, Ltd., Altamira Pictures Inc.
Original title Shall We ダンス?
Directors Masayuki Suo
Writers Masayuki Suo

Cast

Koji Yakusho

as Shohei Sugiyama

Tamiyo Kusakari

as Mai Kishikawa

Naoto Takenaka

as Tomio Aoki

Eri Watanabe

as Toyoko Takahashi

Akira Emoto

as Detective Miwa

Yuu Tokui

as Tokichi Hattori

Hiromasa Taguchi

as Masahiro Tanaka

Reiko Kusamura

as Tamako Tamura

Hideko Hara

as Masako Sugiyama

Hiroshi Miyasaka

as Macho

Kunihiko Ida

as Teiji Kaneko

Amie Toujou

as Hisako Honda

Ayano Nakamura

as Chikage Sugiyama

Tomiko Ishii

as Haruko Haraguchi

Katsunari Mineno

as Keiri-kachô

Shûichirô Moriyama

as Ryo Kishikawa

Kyōko Kagawa

as Keiko Kishikawa

Maki Kawamura

as Eiko Miyoshi

Mari Nishino

as Wakako Takahashi

Koichi Ueda

as Torakichi Kumada

Masahiro Motoki

as Hiromasa Kimoto

Ren Osugi

as Sugiura

Yudai Ishiyama

as Hama the Jitterbug

Paradise Yamamoto

as Band Leader

Misa Shimizu

as Natsuko

Hirotaro Honda

as Farewell Party Host

Masaaki Takarai

as Farewell Party Participant Dancer

Goro Kataoka

as Jo Blues