Directed by:
周防正行Screenplay:
周防正行Cast:
Kōji Yakusho, Tamiyo Kusakari, Naoto Takenaka, Eriko Watanabe, Yu Tokui, Hiromasa Taguchi, 草村礼子, Hideko Hara, Kunihiko Ida, Katsunari Mineno, Tomiko Ishii (more)Plots(1)
Mr. Sugiyama is an awkward and painfully shy middle-aged workaholic leading a mind-numbingly dull existance - until the day he catches a glimpse of a beautiful instructor in the window of a shabby ballroom dancing school. Once he finally gets the nerve to sign up for the lessons, he winds up assigned to an older instructor and her eccentric class of beginners. Bit this is just the first in a series of hilarious missteps he takes while trying to impress the elegant young beauty and keep the ebarrassing details from his family and friends. (StudioCanal UK)
(more)Cast
Kōji Yakusho
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Tamiyo Kusakari
Japan
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Naoto Takenaka
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Eriko Watanabe
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Yu Tokui
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Hiromasa Taguchi
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草村礼子
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Hideko Hara
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Kunihiko Ida
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Katsunari Mineno
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Tomiko Ishii
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Maki Kawamura
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上田耕一
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Shūichirō Moriyama
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Kyōko Kagawa
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Robert Hoffman
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Ren Ōsugi
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Yûdai Ishiyama
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本田博太郎
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Masahiro Motoki
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