Shall We Dance? (1996)
Overview
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.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | ja |
| Popularity | 0.7624 |
Directed By
Masayuki Suō
Crew
Masayuki Suō
Kazuhiro Igarashi
Hiroyuki Kato
Shôji Masui
Yuji Ogata
Shigeru Ohno
Yasuharu Urushido
Yasuyoshi Tokuma
Yoshikazu Suo
Naoki Kayano
Masayuki Suō
Jun'ichi Kikuchi
Kenji Shibasaki
Hikozo Akamatsu
TOP CAST
Koji Yakusho
Shohei Sugiyama
Tamiyo Kusakari
Mai Kishikawa
Naoto Takenaka
Tomio Aoki
Eri Watanabe
Toyoko Takahashi
Akira Emoto
Detective Miwa
Yuu Tokui
Tokichi Hattori
Hiromasa Taguchi
Masahiro Tanaka
Reiko Kusamura
Tamako Tamura
Hideko Hara
Masako Sugiyama
Hiroshi Miyasaka
Macho
Kunihiko Ida
Teiji Kaneko
Amie Toujou
Hisako Honda
Ayano Nakamura
Chikage Sugiyama
Tomiko Ishii
Haruko Haraguchi
Katsunari Mineno
Keiri-kachô
Shūichirō Moriyama
Ryo Kishikawa
Kyōko Kagawa
Keiko Kishikawa
Maki Kawamura
Eiko Miyoshi
Mari Nishino
Wakako Takahashi
Koichi Ueda
Torakichi Kumada
Masahiro Motoki
Hiromasa Kimoto
Ren Osugi
Sugiura
Yudai Ishiyama
Hama the Jitterbug
Paradise Yamamoto
Band Leader
Misa Shimizu
Natsuko
Hirotaro Honda
Farewell Party Host
Masaaki Takarai
Farewell Party Participant Dancer
Goro Kataoka
Jo Blues
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