Slideshow
Masayuki Suo's
SHALL WE DANCE?
Friday, May 30 – Thursday, June 12
U.S. PREMIERE OF THE COMPLETE DIRECTOR’S CUT
Japan, 1996
Directed by Masayuki Suo
Starring Tamiyo Kusakari, Kōji Yakusho, Naoto Takenaka
Approx. 137 min. 4K restoration.
“One night as he is taking the train home after work, a man (Kōji Yakusho) sees a beautiful woman (Tamiyo Kusakari) standing alone at a second floor window, lost in thought. The second night, she is there again. The sign on the window advertises ballroom dancing lessons. The third night, the man gets off the train at an unaccustomed stop and climbs the stairs to the dance studio. With these simple and direct shots, Suo establishes loneliness, mystery and allure… A well-crafted character study that, like a Hollywood movie with a skillful script, manipulates us but makes us like it.” – Roger Ebert. Kinema Junpo (Japan’s Oscars®) award winner for Best Film, Best Actor, and Best Screenplay, plus over 50 international awards. A worldwide sensation, SHALL WE DANCE? was released in the U.S. in a version cut by 19 minutes. This new 4K restoration is the complete 137-minute version.
Restored by Kadokawa Corporation.
Presented with support from the Reginald S. Reinhardt, Ling-Makekau Fund for Asia-Pacific Films
A FILM MOVEMENT RELEASE
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Reviews
“COMPLETELY ENTERTAINING.”
– Roger Ebert
“AN IMPLAUSIBLY CHARMING COMEDY.”
– Anthony Lane, The New Yorker
"Funny and poignant, this is entertainment in it's kindest and swishiest form.”
— Ian Freer, Empire Magazine
SHALL WE DANCE?
Post-film Q&A with Masayuki Suo, Co-Presented by Asian CineVision
Saturday, May 31
4:10