Shall We Dance? (1996)
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.
Director:
Masayuki Suō
Writer:
Masayuki Suō
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Koji Yakusho as Shohei Sugiyama |
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Tamiyo Kusakari as Mai Kishikawa |
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Naoto Takenaka as Tomio Aoki |
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Eri Watanabe as Toyoko Takahashi |
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Akira Emoto as Detective Miwa |
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Yuu Tokui as Tokichi Hattori |
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Hiromasa Taguchi as Masahiro Tanaka |
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Reiko Kusamura as Tamako Tamura |
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Hideko Hara as Masako Sugiyama |
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Hiroshi Miyasaka as Macho |
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Kunihiko Ida as Teiji Kaneko |
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Amie Toujou as Hisako Honda |
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Ayano Nakamura as Chikage Sugiyama |
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Tomiko Ishii as Haruko Haraguchi |
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Katsunari Mineno as Keiri-kachô |
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Shūichirō Moriyama as Ryo Kishikawa |
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Kyōko Kagawa as Keiko Kishikawa |
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Maki Kawamura as Eiko Miyoshi |
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Mari Nishino as Wakako Takahashi |
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Koichi Ueda as Torakichi Kumada |
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Masahiro Motoki as Hiromasa Kimoto |
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Ren Osugi as Sugiura |
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Yudai Ishiyama as Hama the Jitterbug |
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Paradise Yamamoto as Band Leader |
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Misa Shimizu as Natsuko |
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Hirotaro Honda as Farewell Party Host |
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Masaaki Takarai as Farewell Party Participant Dancer |
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Goro Kataoka as Jo Blues |
| Directing | Masayuki Suō | Director |
| Production | Kazuhiro Igarashi | Producer |
| Production | Hiroyuki Kato | Producer |
| Production | Shoji Masui | Producer |
| Production | Yuji Ogata | Producer |
| Production | Shigeru Ohno | Producer |
| Production | Yasuharu Urushido | Producer |
| Production | Yasuyoshi Tokuma | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Yoshikazu Suo | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Naoki Kayano | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Jun'ichi Kikuchi | Editor |
| Sound | Kenji Shibasaki | Sound Effects |
| Art | Hikozo Akamatsu | Title Designer |
| Art | Kyōko Heya | Production Design |
| Lighting | Tatsuya Osada | Gaffer |
| Sound | Taeko Onuki | Theme Song Performance |
| Writing | Masayuki Suō | Screenplay |
| Writing | Masayuki Suō | Story |
| Sound | Kiyoshi Yoneyama | Sound Recordist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kunio Nakayama | Costume Design |