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Shall We Dance?[Widescreen Subtitle] - DVD

SKU: 6823208 | Release Date: 2/1/2005

Rating: PG for OK For Children, Suitable for Children

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Rating: PG for OK For Children, Suitable for Children
Format: DVD
Theatrical Release: 1995
Length: 119 minutes
Screen Formats: Enhanced Widescreen for 16x9 TV
Genre: General Comedies
Studio: Miramax
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1

Synopsis

Reminiscent of the Australian hit Strictly Ballroom (1992), this romantic comedy from Japan was a hit in its country of origin, despite (or perhaps because of) its tacit criticisms of the restrictive aspects of Japanese culture. Shohei Sugiyama (Koji Yakusho) is a typically strait-laced Japanese businessmen who, passing by in his commuter train one day, glimpses a beautiful young woman, Mai (real-life ballerina Tamiyo Kusakari) through the window of a dance school. Obsessed with her, Shohei enrolls in the school and meets instructor Mai, who at first mistakes Shohei for a philanderer. To her surprise, however, Shohei is a naturally gifted dancer interested in an artistic partnership only, and Mai begins training with him for a competition. Meanwhile, Shohei becomes familiar with his eccentric fellow students, including one person that Shohei already knows, a co-worker (Akira Emoto) who blooms in the dance sessions as a bewigged master of rumba. As dancing is frowned upon in Japan as a frivolous enterprise for a respectable businessman, Shohei keeps his sideline hobby secret, leading his wife to believe that he's being unfaithful and to hire a private investigator to follow him. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide

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Languages/Sound

Japanese

Screen Formats

Enhanced Widescreen for 16x9 TV

Subtitle Languages

Eng/Fre/Spa

Additional Features

cc A look inside Hollywood's Shall We Dance? theatrical release starring Richard Gere and Jennifer Lopez

Chapters

Side #1 --
1. To Dance or Not to Dance [2:34]
2. Mr. Suglyama, Workaholic [6:19]
3. Two Left Feet [11:35]
4. Group Lessons [3:58]
5. "One-Trick Rumba" [7:31]
6. Free Consultation [4:59]
7. Sensei [3:43]
8. Not Giving Up [4:04]
9. Too Good to Dance [8:40]
10. Toyoko's Breakdown [1:05]
11. No Hesitation [6:34]
12. Reason to Dance [6:06]
13. Amateur Competition [3:40]
14. Waltzing for An Audience [10:00]
15. Letter From Mai [6:09]
16. Apologies Accepted [7:14]
17. "Shall We Dance?" [8:54]
18. Credits [4:02]

Cast

Tamiyo Kusakari - Mai Kishikawa
Eriko Watanabe - Toyoko Takahashi
Yu Tokui - Tokichi Hattori
Hideko Hara - Masako Sugiyama
Reiko Kusamura - Tamako Tamura
Shuichiro Moriyama - Ryo Kishikawa
Misa Shimizu - Natsuko
Hiromasa Taguchi - Masahiro Tanaka
Koji Yakusho - Shohei Sugiyama
Akira Emoto - Toru Miwa
Masahiro Motoki - Hiromasa Kimoto
Naoto Takenaka - Tomio Aoki

Crew

Camera Operator: Naoki Kayano
Production Designer: Kyoko Heya
Executive Producer: Seiji Urushido
Sound/Sound Designer: Kiyoshi Yoneyama
Executive Producer: Tasuyoshi Tokuma
Director: Masayuki Suo
Screenwriter: Masayuki Suo
Songwriter: Yoskikazu Suo
Producer: Yuji Ogata
Executive Producer: Shigeru Ohno
Casting: Tetsu Maeda
Producer: Shoji Masui
Executive Producer: Hiroyuki Kato
Editor: Jun'ichi Kikuchi
Executive Producer: Kazuhiro Igarashi
Producer: Tetsuya Ikeda
Songwriter: Yoshikazu Suo
Editor: Junichi Kikuchi

Shall We Dance?: AMG Review
Jonathan Crow , AMG

Phenomenally successful both at home and abroad, Shall We Dance? boasts expert direction and an engaging, often hilarious script. In a role that established him as one of Japan's most popular leading men, Koji Yakusho is flawless, portraying Shohei with a subtle mix of self-consciousness and squashed dignity. Saddled with a family, mortgage payments, and a job in middle management, he is the very embodiment of a long-suffering Japanese salaryman. Shohei is torn between the wife he loves and the fluid perfection of dance represented by the icy beauty of Mai, and director Masayuki Suo wisely renders this conflict shaded and ambiguous. Though the supporting roles are uniformly well-acted, Naoto Takenaka gives a gleefully scene-stealing performance as a ludicrously flamboyant mambo king. Suo's deft touch fashions a narrative that could have been manipulative and maudlin into an elegant work that fuses humor with wistful melancholy. ~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide

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