Shall We Dance?

Name: Shall We Dance?
Director: Masayuki Suō
Released: 1996
Duration: 136 min
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Kôji Yakusho, Tamiyo Kusakari, Naoto Takenaka, Eri Watanabe, Yû Tokui

1996 · 136 MIN · IMDB 7.7 · 11,982 VOTES · DIR. Masayuki Suō

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,198 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:09 Produced by Daiei, NTV Corp. Hakuhodo & Nippon Shuppan

00:07:37 I have to if we're to pay off the mortgage.

00:15:04 Certainly.

00:19:31 Your weight goes on your right foot.

00:23:32 She's all the sweeter when viewed from afar.

00:28:45 But he does seem to be happier recently.

00:33:55 That fat old bag ruined it.

00:39:40 to think I might lose him.

00:44:18 Can you dance?

00:49:19 is having a relationship whit her.

00:56:31 What are you doing here?

01:01:26 Isn't that Mr. Kimoto?

01:06:12 But it's so creepy.

01:10:49 She's under such pressure lately.

01:16:42 And you want to be my partner?

01:21:40 A weak first step transmits nothing.

01:27:22 Thanks.

01:31:25 I need to work to pay the mortgage.

01:35:28 Number 1 09...

01:43:38 But a quick recovery and a calm return to dancing...

01:50:40 You can just imagine that dirty pervert.

01:55:40 His reaction stunned me.

02:00:14 When I move my left, go back on your right.

02:14:22 Written & Directed by Masayuki SUO

Cast & Characters

Kôji Yakusho Shohei Sugiyama Tamiyo Kusakari Mai Kishikawa Naoto Takenaka Tomio Aoki Eri Watanabe Toyoko Takahashi Yû Tokui Tokichi Hattori Hiromasa Taguchi Masahiro Tanaka Reiko Kusamura Tamako Tamura Hideko Hara Masako Sugiyama Hiroshi Miyasaka Macho Kunihiko Ida Teiji Kaneko

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,198

Dialogue density8.8 lines / min

First line00:00:09

Final line02:14:22

Production Record

DirectorMasayuki Suō

LanguageJapanese

IMDb votes11,982