26 Aug 1950
Rashomon
Four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife.
Shall We Dance?
She's got the moves… but he's got two left feet!
A bored accountant spots a beautiful woman in the window of a ballroom dance studio. He secretly starts taking dancing lessons to be near her, and then over time discovers how much he loves dancing. His wife, meanwhile, has hired a private detective to find out why he has started coming home late smelling of perfume.
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役所広司 Shohei Sugiyama
草刈民代 Mai Kishikawa
竹中直人 Tomio Aoki
渡辺えり Toyoko Takahashi
柄本明 Detective Miwa
徳井優 Tokichi Hattori
田口浩正 Masahiro Tanaka
草村礼子 Tamako Tamura
原日出子 Masako Sugiyama
宮坂ひろし Macho
井田國彦 Teiji Kaneko
Amie Toujou Hisako Honda
仲村綾乃 Chikage Sugiyama
石井トミコ Haruko Haraguchi
Katsunari Mineno Keiri-kachô
森山周一郎 Ryo Kishikawa
香川京子 Keiko Kishikawa
川村真樹 Eiko Miyoshi
Mari Nishino Wakako Takahashi
上田耕一 Torakichi Kumada
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