Shall We Dance

 While not as overtly romantic or emotionally fulfilling as the American version, this film does give its audience a solid glimpse of life in a different culture. I saw many similarities with American life, and many differences, and I felt entertained and mildly enlightened by it.

The images did lack some color, although perhaps because I did view this on an older VHS cassette. The framing and lighting felt as though the director was naturally timid, but attempted something more dramatic. It felt like a great effort, although a largely successful one.

Like most foreign films I've seen, the pacing in this movie followed differently than what might be familiar to us. Children and teens would find it slow, and some of the casual conversation perhaps inappropriate, but always uniquely realistic (in a very movie way).