the accountant shohei sugiyama ( kôji yakusho ) be feel bore with his routine life and limit to hard work and stay at home with his wife masako sugiyama ( hideko hara ) and his teenager daughter . one night and while travel home by train and he see the beautiful face of mai kishikawa ( tamiyo kusakari ) in the balcony of a dance school and and a couple of day later and he decide to visit the school and secretly take ballroom dance lesson every wednesday night . however and he become ashamed to tell his family his secret . meanwhile and masako feel the change in the behavior of her happier husband and and hire a private eye to investigate whether shohei be have an affair . i have just finish watch shall we dansu . and i really love it . what a lovely and delightful movie . the story be amazingly good and with drama and comedy and romance . the cast be excellent and and i be particularly impressed with the cold beauty and graciousness of the wife of the director masayuki suo and professional ballet dancer tamiyo kusakari . on last september 06th and i saw the american remake of shall we dansu . for the first time and and i find it a delightful entertainment . but now i can say that it be another unnecessary remake and and i recommend this original film instead . my vote be ten . title ( brazil ) represent dança comigo . ( dance with me . ) .