Shall We Dance? (1997)



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Synopsis:
Sohei is an ordinary 42-year-old businessman, living a comfortable suburban life with his faithful wife and adorable daughter. Everything seems to be perfect but Shohei feels something is missing. Every night, on the train home from work, he sees a beautiful lady gazing out from the window of a shabby ballroom dance studio. Although Shohei's original motivation for learning to dance is to meet Mai, the young woman in the window, he starts to get involved with the class and enjoys the lessons. He doesn't dare tell anyone about his new hobby... not even his family. Mai notices Shohei's new passion for dancing, and agrees to help coach him for the upcoming competition. At one time, she was one of Japan's finest ballroom dancers, but her father has forced her to stop dancing professionally and teach amateurs so she will discover why she failed at the famous Blackpool competition. By teaching Shohei, she rediscovers the joy of dance...

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
7/11/1997
Director Credit
Masayuki Suo Director
Cast Credit
Koji Yakusho Shohei Sugiyama
Tamiyo Kusakari Mai Kishikawa
Naoto Takenaka Tomio Aoki
Eriko Watanabe Toyoko Takahashi
Akira Emoto Toru Miwa--Private Detective
Yu Tokui Tokichi Hattori
Hiromasa Taguchi Masahiro Tanaka
Reiko Kusamura Tamako Tamura
Hideko Hara Masako--Sugiyama's Wife
Hiroshi Miyasaka Maccho
Kunihiko Ida Teiji Kaneko
Amie Tojo Hisako Honda
Ayano Nakamura Chikage--Sugiyama's Daughter
Katsunari Mineno Shinichi Hirayama
Tomiko Ishii Haruko
Maki Kawamura Eiko
Takako Matsuzaka Fusako Hattori
Koichi Ueda Torakichi
Mari Nishino Wakako--Toyoko's Daughter
Yuri Kawachi Marika
Emiko Hara Akiko Hattori
Rie Misawa Suzune
Mizue Kihara Nami Suzuki
Taro Ikemura Yutaka Kawai
Kenji Nakagawa Visitor at Dance Hall
Katsuhisa Shirota Chu
Kaoru Shinoda Shinji
Yoko Noma Fumiko
Kie Sugata Mai--as a Child
Hanako Onuki Student
Akiko Hatakeyama Aya Komatsu
Shuichiro Moriyama Ryo Hishikawa
Kyoko Kagawa Keiko Kishikawa
Yuji Aikawa Dancer
Hisashi Aida Dancer
Eriko Aso Dancer
Takeo Adachi Dancer
Mie Azuma Dancer
Akiko Iida Dancer
Kumiko Ikemura Dancer
Manabu Ishikawa Dancer
Yoshiko Izumi Dancer
Tsutomu Ichikawa Dancer
Kiyomichi Ito Dancer
Yuhei Ito Dancer
Yoko Ito Dancer
Shoichi Imai Dancer
Toshinori Iwata Dancer
Hiroyuki Iwata Dancer
Toshiya Ueda Dancer
Toshio Oi Dancer
Ayako Osato Dancer
Yutaka Oyama Dancer
Daisuke Oka Dancer
Kimihiko Okazaki Dancer
Kazuyo Ogasawara Dancer
Norifumi Okada Dancer
Seika Okamoto Dancer
Yumi Oda Dancer
Takashi Onozaki Dancer
Masaki Kagawa Dancer
Harumichi Katano Dancer
Masahiko Kato Dancer
Kureha Knazawa Dancer
Michi Kaneko Dancer
Shigeki Kanemoto Dancer
Kunihiro Kawada Dancer
Kiichiro Kawachi
Mariko Kawahara Dancer
Nobue Kikuchi Dancer
Asako Kishimoto Dancer
Satoko Kiyohara Dancer
Yakari Kudo Dancer
Yasuko Kubota Dancer
Akira Kume Dancer
Daisuke Kodera Dancer
Tatsu Gotenba Dancer
Thuyoshi Kobayashi Dancer
Sumie Sakai Dancer
Tatsuyuki Sakai Dancer
Jun Sakaki Dancer
Yuko Sakaki Dancer
Koji Sato Dancer
Yuzuko Sawayanagi Dancer
Yasuya Sinozaki Dancer
Masashi Shinohara Dancer
Mariko Shinohara Dancer
Atsuko Shimomura Dancer
Satoru Shiraiwa Dancer
Kotoe Taichi Dancer
Mieko Takami Dancer
Hiroshi Taguchi Dancer
Koichi Takeuchi Dancer
Yasushi Takeuchi Dancer
Toshihiro Tanaka Dancer
Keiko Tanimura Dancer
Osamu Tanokura Dancer
Ryota Tsuchiya Dancer
Chikako Tezuka Dancer
Tomoharu Tokunaga Dancer
Akihiko Tozaki Dancer
Erika Tomiyama Dancer
Motohiro Toriki Dancer
Eri Nagai Dancer
Akira Nakagawa Dancer
Hiroko Nagasawa Dancer
Junya Nakano Dancer
Sadarou Nagawa Dancer
Shiho Nagoe Dancer
Hidenori Narikuni Dancer
Kta Nishihara Dancer
Daisuke Nishimura Dancer
Tokuo Hagiwara Dancer
Chika Hayashi Dancer
Toyonosuke Bando Dancer
Naomi Hinaga Dancer
Yukiko Hirade Dancer
Uran Hirosaki Dancer
Masaki Hiwatari Dancer
Saori Fukuda Dancer
Michiru Fukuno Dancer
Takenori Fukumoto Dancer
Toyoshi Fujiwara Dancer
Mitsuyo Hoshino Dancer
Mizuyo Horiguchi Dancer
Kazuko Honjo Dancer
Joji Matsuoka Dancer
Erika Mabuchi Dancer
Naoki Mitsuoka Dancer
Yasuo Miyadera Dancer
Taizo Miyamoto Dancer
Takayuki Yasufuko Dancer
Keitaro Yamauchi Dancer
Satoko Yamazaki Dancer
Makiko Yamashita Dancer
Hiroyuki Yamada Dancer
Saburo Yokoo Dancer
Aya Yokomori Dancer
Kurin Yoshiki Dancer
Kotomi Yoshida Dancer
Takashi Takemura Announcer at Dancer Competition
Mika Takanishi Pro Dancer at Dance Hall
Kazunari Hashimoto Tetsu Mambo
Masaaki Takarai Student
Robert Hoffman Blackpool Dancer
Naena Hoffman Blackpool Dancer
Angelique Roehm Blackpool Dancer
Paradise Yamamoto Band Leader
Tokyo Latin Mood Deluxe Band
Ruriko Sonoda Band Member
Maiko Ito Band Member
Hiroshi Iida Dancer
Atsuko Yoshida Dancer
Toru Hasegawa Dancer
Nobuko Nemoto Dancer
Minoru Ueno Dancer
Toyomi Ueno Dancer
Tomohiko Murakami Dancer
Nobue Murakami Dancer
Toyoharu Mine Dancer
Mieko Mine Dancer
Masao Ugashin Dancer
Aoi Ugashin Dancer
Kiyoshi Yoshikawa Dancer
Mayumi Yoshikawa Dancer
Toshikatsu Ariga Dancer
Sachiko Motoie Dancer
Kiyotaka Imaizumi Dancer
Kyoko Miyahara Dancer
Hiroyuki Takeshima Dancer
Akiko Takeshima Dancer
Ritoshi Oda Dancer
Keiko Fujiwara Dancer
Chintou Nin Dancer
Kazuko Amamiya Dancer
Kozo Takahashi Dancer
Minako Takahashi Dancer
Takeo Hashimoto Dancer
Hideko Hashimoto Dancer
Ken Hasegawa Dancer
Tokiko Takamura Dancer
Moichi Kikuchi Dancer
Michiko Kamoda Dancer
Yoshimi Kikuta Dancer
Yukari Kikuta Dancer
Shinji Obara Dancer
Yoko Okabe Dancer
Yoshio Tanaka Dancer
Hisako Tanaka Dancer
Suguru Ichikawa Dancer
Shinji Sasaki Dancer
Hiroshi Yamagata Dancer
Tomohiro Suda Dancer
Chiyoko Suda Dancer
Kazuhiro Horinouchi Dancer
Motoko Horinouchi Dancer
Chofu Amateur Dance Association Dancer
Nobukazu Tanaka Dance School Dancers
Hidekazu Tanaka Tokihiko Okada
Yoko Tanaka Naoko
Goro Kataoka Jo Blues
Ren Ôsugi Sugiura
Yudai Ishiyama Hama Jitterbug
Hirotaro Honda MC at Mai's Farewell Party
Masahiro Motoki Hiromasa Kimoto
Misa Shimizu Natsuko
Neil Dewar United Kingdom Dancer
Lorraine Kuznik United Kingdom Dancer
Alan Shingler United Kingdom Dancer
Donna Shingler United Kingdom Dancer
Erik Barekmann United Kingdom Dancer
Eva Furedi United Kingdom Dancer
Mark Shutlar United Kingdom Dancer
Jayne Brown United Kingdom Dancer
David Trueman United Kingdom Dancer
Helen Trueman United Kingdom Dancer
Mark Lucas United Kingdom Dancer
Delia Crosseley United Kingdom Dancer
Thomas Persson United Kingdom Dancer
Samantha Harris United Kingdom Dancer
Peter Urankar United Kingdom Dancer
Bojana Rangus United Kingdom Dancer
Anton DuBeke United Kingdom Dancer
Claire Butler United Kingdom Dancer
Timothy Howson United Kingdom Dancer
Joanne Bolton United Kingdom Dancer
Kevin Clapson United Kingdom Dancer
Diane Smith United Kingdom Dancer
Dramatic Authors Society Blackpool Dancers
The James K Moore Band Blackpool Band
Production Credits Credit
Yasuyoshi Tokuma Producer
Hiroyuki Kato Executive Producer
Shoji Masui Associate Producer
Yuji Ogata Associate Producer
Itsumichi Isomura Producer
Seiji Urushido Executive Producer
Shigeru Ono Executive Producer
Kazuhiro Igarashi Executive Producer
Production Companies Credit
NTV Network Production Company
Hakuhodo, Inc. Production Company
Nippan Production Company
Altamira Pictures Production Company
Distribution Companies Credit
Miramax Records Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Miramax Home Video Domestic Video Distributor
Writer Credit
Masayuki Suo Screenplay
Art Department Credit
Kyoko Heya Production Designer
Toshito Akatsuka Set Decorator
Noboru Ishida Set Decorator
Yoichi Kitamura Set Decorator
Casting Credit
Tetsu Maeda Casting
Doreen Harbron Casting
Film Camera Credit
Tatsuya Osada Lighting
Naoki Kayano Director of Photography
Music Credit
Hyogo Yokouchi Music Performer
Toru Wada Music Producer
Taeko Onuki Song Performer
Yoshikazu Suo Song
Yoshikazu Suo Music
Richard Rodgers Song
Katsuhiko Kitramura Music Performer
Tokyo Latin Mood Deluxe Song Performer
The Drifters Song Performer
Oscar Hammerstein II Song
Tetsuko Honma Music Performer
Doc Pomus Song
Misa Shimizu Song Performer
Yoko Ueno Music Performer
Mort Shuman Song
Eri Kawai Music Performer
Naoya Izumi Music Performer
Itabhisha Suo Song
Udai Yotsuya Music Performer
Aiant Song
Izumi Misawa Music Performer
Mikio Obata Music Performer
Toshiyuki Yoshida Music Performer
Katsutoshi Kotani Music Performer
Hisao Ishizuka Music Performer
Junichiro Nagatsuka Music Performer
Takuo Kon Music Performer
Tomoko Okada Music Performer
Production Management Credit
Tetsuya Ikeda Line Producer
Tetsuko Kai Script Supervisor
Gen Yamakawa Assistant Director
Sophie Talmant Location Manager - United Kingdom location manager
Yoshino Sasaki Production Manager
Yukihisa Shichiji Assistant Director
Charles Stenhouse Production Manager
Tatsuhiko Itabisashi Assistant Director
Masahiko Yamakawa Assistant Director
Sound Credit
Kiyoshi Yoneyama Sound Recordist
Kenji Shibazaki Sound Effects
Koji Abe Rerecording - sound re-recording
Visual Effects Credit
Yasuyuki Jitsuhara Special Effects
Yokouzo Akamatsu Titles - title design
Hiroshi Matsuda Special Effects
Wardrobe Hair Makeup Credit
Kunio Nakayama Costume Supervisor
Mikiko Hayama Hair - hair/make-up
Eileen Clough Hair - hair/make-up
Carol Hayd-Thomas Hair - hair/make-up
Cath Morris Hair - hair/make-up

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