

Shall We Dance?
1996-01-27 · 136 min · ★ 7.5
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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Production details
- Directors
- Masayuki Suō
- Production companies
- Altamira Pictures, TOHO
- Countries
- Japan
- Status
- Released
- Revenue
- USD 43,000,000
Top Cast
Koji YakushoShohei Sugiyama
Tamiyo KusakariMai Kishikawa
Naoto TakenakaTomio Aoki
Eri WatanabeToyoko Takahashi
Akira EmotoDetective Miwa
Yuu TokuiTokichi Hattori
Hiromasa TaguchiMasahiro Tanaka
Reiko KusamuraTamako Tamura
Hideko HaraMasako Sugiyama
Kunihiko IdaTeiji Kaneko
Ayano NakamuraChikage Sugiyama
Tomiko IshiiHaruko Haraguchi
Shūichirō MoriyamaRyo Kishikawa
Kyōko KagawaKeiko Kishikawa
Maki KawamuraEiko Miyoshi
Koichi UedaTorakichi KumadaTitle information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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