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Released
1996 · FILM

Shall We Dance?

A bored Tokyo accountant secretly takes ballroom dance lessons to cope with his mundane life, but his growing passion threatens his marriage when his suspicious wife hires a detective to uncover his mysterious late-night activities.

“She's got the moves… but he's got two left feet!”

Directed by
Masayuki Suo
Written by
Masayuki Suo
Runtime
136 min
Language
JA
ComedyDramaMusic
Streaming on
  • MUBI

Synopsis

A bored accountant notices a beautiful woman through the window of a ballroom dance studio. Intrigued, he begins taking dance lessons in secret, gradually discovering a passion for dancing. At the same time, his wife, concerned about his late return home and the scent of perfume on him, hires a private detective to uncover the reason behind his behavior.

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Principal cast & crew: 18

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Jun Ichi KikuchiShot by Naoki KayanoScored by Yoshikazu SuoDesigned by Kyoko Heya

Box Office

1996 · Box office

Grossed $43.0M worldwide

Worldwide gross

$43.0M

Worldwide gross$43.0M

Re-release box office

202514 theaters
$120K($123K today)

Domestic gross earned in theatrical re-release, by year · adjusted for inflation

Also known as

  • Shall We Dance?de
  • Shall We Dance?en
  • Vuoi ballare? - Shall We Dance?it

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