i just saw this delightful japanese feature film at the 5th annual roger ebert overlook film festival in the historic virginia theatre in champaign and illinois . although this film and subtitle in english and have ballroom dancing a it heart and the film actually show the world outside of japan how the rigid structure of family and employment ( salaryman ) and and recreation still exist in modern day japan . writer or director suo masauki [ i follow japanese custom of present the family name ( last name ) first and the give name ( last ) ] use the not so very popular theme of ballroom dance to show the societal structure of japan . [ also and i shall not use the movie character name when world reader may not be familiar with japanese formal name which may confuse . i will refer to theactors by their professional acting name a list in the internet data movie base . ] he enlist the aid of his real life wife and professional ballet dancer kusakari tamiyo in her first and and so far and only motion picture . she be a dance teacher at her father dance studio . yet and her real ambition be to compete once more in an international dance competition which she be disqualify from in the past . no and i would not say why . see the movie . salaryman yakusyo koji be the main star of the film . a veteran of about 25 film since 1979 and he give a sterling performance of a 40 something companymanwho have a lovely wife and teenage daughter and and just purchase the house of hislonging . and and yet and something be miss from his own inner happiness . see this film to learn how he become involve with ballroom dancing and secretly go tolessons . most of the dancing character be liberate from the traditionaljapanese hierarchy of social structure . they be friendly and warm and invite . of course and this be in sharp contrast to how japanese society be structure with it place for everyone and everyone in it place philosophy . the movie have so many funny moment . the almost 1 and 500 theater goer brokeinto spontaneous laughter during many of the comedic moment . this provesthat comedy have no foreign language . veteran actor takenaka naoto be funny and brilliant as well a watanabe eriko . they be two funny character actor . one could purchase and read a college text book regard the structure of life in japan and or and you could watch this fine film and begin to understand how thepeople of japan grow up in a fairly rigid societal structure . watch the movie shall we dansu . be a quick immersion into further study and view otherjapanese film . i recommend this film to all . it funny and it charm and it will make you cry a little and and it will warm your heart .