Shall We Dance? (1996 film)

Shall We Dance?
Theatrical release poster
KanjiShall we ダンス?
Revised HepburnSharu wi Dansu?
Directed byMasayuki Suo
Screenplay byMasayuki Suo[1]
Produced by
  • Yasuyoshi Tokuma
  • Yasushi Urushido
  • Shigeru Ono
  • Kazuhiro Igarashi[1]
Starring
CinematographyNaoki Kayano[1]
Edited byJunichi Kikuchi[1]
Music byYoshikazu Suo[1]
Production
companies
Distributed byToho
Release date
  • 27 January 1996 (1996-01-27) (Japan)
Running time
136 minutes[1]
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Box office¥2.72 billion (Japan)
$43 million (worldwide)

Shall We Dance? (Japanese: Shall we ダンス?, Hepburn: Sharu wī dansu) is a 1996 Japanese romantic comedy-drama film directed by Masayuki Suo. Its title refers to the song "Shall We Dance?" which comes from Rodgers and Hammerstein's The King and I. It inspired the 2004 English-language remake of the same name.

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Galbraith IV 2008, p. 393.