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Shinjiro Watari, a former tap dancer, plays the lead as a dancer who is forced into retirement following an accident while on stage. He tries his hand at Directing, but struggles to make the transition. Shinjiro turns to alcohol to cope with his plight. But when the manager of a theater being closed down turns to Shinjiro to direct its final performance, he works with a group young dancers and in the process learns a few things about himself. The movie is very well done and worth the price of admission. A view into the Japanese dancing world, as well as Japanese society.Read moreLess
Shinjiro Watari, a former tap dancer, plays the lead as a dancer who is forced into retirement following an accident while on stage. He tries his hand at Directing, but struggles to make the transition. Shinjiro turns to alcohol to cope with his plight. But when the manager of a theater being closed down turns to Shinjiro to direct its final performance, he works with a group young dancers and in the process learns a few things about himself. The movie is very well done and worth the price of admission. A view into the Japanese dancing world, as well as Japanese society.
The story
Shinjiro Watari, a former tap dancer, plays the lead as a dancer who is forced into retirement following an accident while on stage. He tries his hand at Directing, but struggles to make the transition. Shinjiro turns to alcohol to cope with his plight. But when the manager of a theater being closed down turns to Shinjiro to direct its final performance, he works with a group young dancers and in the process learns a few things about himself. The movie is very well done and worth the price of admission. A view into the Japanese dancing world, as well as Japanese society.
Cast & crew
Yutaka MizutaniShinjiro Watari
Natsuo ShimizuMakoto
Kie KitanoHana Mori
Ittoku KishibeKiichiro Mori
Bibari MaedaSadayo Matsubara
Naomasa MusakaKanji Yoshino
Asako KobayashiMasako Tadokoro
HideboHTaro Astaire
Mitsunori IsakiIchiro Mamiya
Mika KitajimaKonatsu
Takashi YamanakaSugiyama
Ryo OnoUesugiExplore the crew
- Director
- Yutaka Mizutani
- Director of Photography
- Masahiro Aida
- Editor
- Shin'ya Tadano
- Original Music Composer
- Jun Satō
- Screenplay
- Kazuyuki Morosawa