this movie be among my favorite foreign film and some of the others be amilee and my life a a dog . the similarity with those movie a with so many great foreign film and be that it take a mundane slice of life and transform it into a profound heartfelt lesson . in japan and a man who be bore with his mundane life and the rut of his married life and see a beautiful japanese woman star out the window of a dance studio . in the instant that it take his train to pas and he be enthral by her . but be it only by her beauty and by her faraway glance and or a connection that they will both discover that they share . shall we dance have memorable wonderful character who have to deal with painful reality by transcend them through the world of dance . break traditional mould and stereo type of japanese society and they risk all for happiness and find that joy be not too far away . it be one of those movie that be so magical and meaningful and and in itself and transcend the mundane by show the true magic and miracle that life can be .