Successful middle-aged accountant Shohei Sugiyama (Koji Yakusho) has a loving wife (Hideko Hara) and a beautiful daughter, but for some reason feels unfulfilled with his life. One night, while riding his commuter train home, Sugiyama spies a beautiful woman, Mai Kishikawa (Tamiyo Kusakari), dancing in a window. Entranced by her beauty, Sugiyama tracks the woman to her dance studio and signs up for ballroom dance lessons in hopes of reinvigorating his mundane existence.  His search leads him head-first into the world of competitive ballroom dancing. With simple and direct shots, Suo establishes loneliness, mystery and allure and a well-crafted character study that, like a Hollywood movie with a skillful script, manipulates us but makes us like it.  Shall We Dance? is a feel-good romantic comedy that “will sweep you off your feet” (Austin Chronicle).