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Produced by Daiei, NTV Corp.
Hakuhodo and Nippon Shuppan
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Written and Directed by Masayuki SUO
ALTAMIRA PICTURES INC.
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"Bid me discourse. I will enchant thine ear."
(Shakespeare)
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In Japan, ballroom dance
is regarded with much suspicion.
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In a country where married couples
don't go out arm in arm...
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much less say "I love you" out loud...
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intuitive understanding is everything.
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The idea that a husband
and wife should embrace...
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and dance in front of others
is beyond embarrassing.
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However to go out dancing
with someone else would be...
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misunderstood and
prove more shameful.
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Nonetheless, even for
Japanese people, ...
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there is a secret wonder about
the joys that dance can bring.
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SHALL WE DANCE?
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Hisako that's enough.
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Let's go to one more bar.
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Even accountants need
to be entertained.
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It's no fun drinking
with co-workers.
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It's not fair! The sales team
gets all the perks:
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golf, karaoke, clubs,
fancy restaurants...
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I hate accounting.
We don't even get expenses.
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You really hate it so much?
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Do you really like it so much?
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Not a matter of like or dislike;
it's my job.
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Nine o'clock.
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Time to go home.
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It's still early!
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"The Kishikawa School of Dancing"
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You're early. I thought you were
drinking with your staff.
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Something to eat?
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No thanks. I'm tired.
I'll take a bath and go to bed.
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...for what I'm about to receive.
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Your father rarely stays out late.
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You seem very pleased.
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He really should get out
and enjoy himself more often.
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Why do you say that?
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Don't you think he's too serious?
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He works hard, then comes
straight home every day.
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He bought us this house.
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That's what fathers do.
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I feel kind of bad.
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It's not as if you're lazing around.
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I suppose so. I'm glad you understand.
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But he does seem depressed lately.
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Poor dear gets up
before either of us.
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So get up and make his breakfast.
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He says I don't have to.
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So that's being in love?
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You look so happy.
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I haven't worked for thirteen years.
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I quit when I was pregnant with you.
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It's tought but I'm happy to be working.
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I have to if we're to pay off the mortgage.
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How's your computer?
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Good morning.
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Here's my sheet.
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Bought a house did you?
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Somehow managed to.
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A wife, a daughter and now
a house with a garden.
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Pledged my soul to the firm
to pay for it.
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No worries. You're successful,
you're moving up.
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Mr. Aoki, you've left a blank.
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Really? Show me.
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Sorry. I'll redo it.
What came over me?
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That's so typical.
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Some systems analyst!
He can't even use Windows.
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And he has the nerve
to ask about my computer.
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I'll take Chikage and go look at clothes.
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Meet at the coffee shop downstairs.
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Still using the computer?
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I'll be finished soon.
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Okay. Later.
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What am I doing?
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Excuse me.
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Just let me get by.
Get out of the way!
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I don't believe this!
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May I help you?
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Well...
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Your sign says,
"Feel free to watch."
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- You want dance lessons?
- Yes.
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Mr. Sakamoto...
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practice by yourself
for a while please.
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No previous schooling?
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Right.
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- Dance experience?
- I'm a total beginner.
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You'll need a book of tickets.
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You can reserve lessons
when your instructor is free.
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Tickets are 1,000 yen.
You'll need six per lesson.
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6,000 per lesson?
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Yes?
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Seems rather expensive...
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They are private lessons.
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Excuse me, Mai.
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Let's take a break.
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Doesn't the beginner's class
need one more?
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I thought it was full?
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No, we're one short.
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Group lessons are
once a week for 2,000 yen.
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If you don't mind,
it'll perhaps be best.
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Which is it?
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One hour group lessons
are 8:00 p.m. on Wednesdays.
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It's better to start with a group.
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"Learn from other's mistakes."
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Group lessons, please.
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Your name and a contact number on here.
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Contact number?
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If that's a problem, just a name will do.
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Certainly.
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Books are ten, thirty
and fifty thousand yen.
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I'll take the ten.
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Sorry to be late.
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Whatever happened? You are late.
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Can you forgive me?
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You devil, you!
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What is it about you?
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Let's rumba today.
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Go put your shoes on! I ran to get here!
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I demand overtime.
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So ravishing when angry...
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"Sunflower Dance Supplies"
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Looking for shoes?
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For modern dancing?
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I'm just starting.
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Then how about these?
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Eleven thousand five hundred yen!
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Beginner's group...
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come over here please.
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Class will begin.
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Let's start with the blues again.
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My name is Tamako Tamura.
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Disappointed I'm older?
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Not at all!
You look very... forgiving.
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Thank you.
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Everyone calls me
Tamako-sensei.
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How do you do?
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Pleased to meet you.
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Are you all beginners?
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My wife dragged me
to a ballroom dance circle.
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Okay, so how should we do this?
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I don't mind starting
from the very basics.
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Let's start with party dancing,
then gradually move on...
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to the modern and Latin steps.
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I know those terms
but these two probably...
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don't know anything
about the various dances.
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Good point.
Let me explain...
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The social dances include
the waltz, tango...
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the slow fox-trot, quick step
and the Vienna waltz.
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These make up
the modern dances.
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The rumba, cha-cha-cha,
samba, paso double...
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and jive constitute
the five Latin dances.
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Together these are
the ten competitive dances...
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and each qualifies for competition.
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I hope one day...
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you'll get to try them all.
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Today we'll start with the mambo.
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The mambo and the jitterbug
are non-competitive...
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but you'll fear no party
if you learn them.
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They're excellent foundations
for ballroom dancing.
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Lead with your left foot.
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Your weight goes
on your right foot.
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Bring the left up
to meet the right.
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Go back with your right.
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Take the weight on your left.
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Then right up to the left.
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That's one set.
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Left-right-left...
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right-left-right.
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The first two are quick.
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Feet together is a slow step.
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Two quick equals one slow.
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Is that clear?
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Simple isn't it?
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These are the mambo's basic steps.
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Let's try with a partner.
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You two will lead.
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The leader, that's always the man...
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leads with his left.
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That's set in stone.
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Ladies respond with their right.
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Ready?
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Bring your feet together.
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I'm sorry.
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It's alright.
From the top.
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Next is the half turn.
Watch how I do it.
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Ready?
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Left foot, make a half turn,
then bring both together.
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Right foot, half turn,
then together.
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Now you try.
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No, no, no. Look how I do it.
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Left, turn, slow.
Right, turn, slow.
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The fat gentleman can do it.
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Concentrate on your
own steps please.
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Let's try it in pairs.
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Half turns are initiated
by the man.
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Ladies respond one step later...
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and finish one step behind.
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Go back on the foot
you lead with.
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From the top.
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Start on your left...
this goes back.
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Right foot in and turn.
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The same foot as you lead with.
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You can do it. Once more.
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Feet together.
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Good exercise, isn't it?
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Yes, I'm exhausted.
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Give it our best shot!
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She sure is pretty.
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That's why you're here right?
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Private lessons...
that's the way.
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Not that anything would come of it.
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You're better off in a class.
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She's all the sweeter
when viewed from afar.
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If she hadn't split
with her partner...
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she'd be so busy competing
she'd have no time to teach here.
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That old goat comes
three days a week.
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Still hasn't noticed
she loathes him.
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Sooner or later he'll quit.
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Wonder how long you'll last.
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The missus literally dragged me over...
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to the local community center.
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A social dance circle.
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Taught by the local grocer.
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He's a real poseur.
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But he has the old dears drooling.
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He's really not that good.
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I'm taking these lessons secretly...
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to surprise him and the missus.
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What's your name?
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Tanaka.
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What's your excuse?
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Sorry.
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I shouldn't have asked
a personal question.
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Doctor's advice. I'm diabetic.
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Really? And so young, too.
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It's good exercise.
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How about you?
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I also heard dancing's good
for the health.
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That's what they all say.
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Am I the only one who's
being honest?
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You look like a hot-shot, manager type.
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The old ducks in my dance circle...
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would love you.
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Well, time to go. Where do you live?
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Maybe I can drop you off.
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I live in Oji.
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All the way from Oji?
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And you, Mr. Manager?
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I'm no manager.
I live out past Tokorozawa.
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That's miles away.
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Funny how we all travel so far, ain't it?
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Best kept under wraps, eh?
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They'll think we are a
bunch of dirty old lechers.
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Before I go up the stairs
at the school, I always...
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make sure no one's looking.
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Mr. Sugiyama, look up.
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Head up.
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Is Dad home yet?
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Not yet.
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He stays out late Wednesdays.
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That's good.
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You'd rather he wasn't here?
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You said he should go out
and enjoy himself.
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Did I?
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But he does seem
to be happier recently.
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That's good news.
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00:29:06,337 --> 00:29:10,704
You were worrying
that he was depressed.
267
00:29:10,774 --> 00:29:14,898
- Was I?
- Yes, you were.
268
00:29:19,617 --> 00:29:22,361
Wonder what cheered him up.
269
00:30:41,875 --> 00:30:43,507
That's enough!
270
00:30:43,577 --> 00:30:46,297
It's not your private dance floor!
271
00:30:46,913 --> 00:30:50,447
And I'm sick of your one-trick rumba.
272
00:30:50,517 --> 00:30:53,150
A cheap imitation of Donny Burns.
273
00:30:53,220 --> 00:30:56,586
How can we tango to this rumba?
274
00:30:56,656 --> 00:30:59,423
Isn't your time up anyway?
275
00:30:59,493 --> 00:31:03,574
Get lost.
Go practice somewhere else.
276
00:31:06,967 --> 00:31:10,963
Shut up... you fat, frustrated, old bag.
277
00:31:11,571 --> 00:31:13,988
What?
278
00:31:23,683 --> 00:31:25,929
Mr. Aoki?
279
00:31:29,823 --> 00:31:31,230
What's going on?
280
00:31:38,698 --> 00:31:41,031
This is pathetic.
281
00:31:41,101 --> 00:31:44,668
You beg me to be your partner...
282
00:31:44,738 --> 00:31:47,204
then you create a scene like this.
283
00:31:47,274 --> 00:31:49,940
I've never been so embarrassed.
284
00:31:50,010 --> 00:31:52,175
Get yourself a new partner.
285
00:31:52,245 --> 00:31:54,478
Letting this hysterical cow
insult you.
286
00:31:54,548 --> 00:31:57,481
Who are you calling a cow?
287
00:31:57,551 --> 00:31:59,783
And you copied my dress!
288
00:31:59,853 --> 00:32:02,896
Take yours back to the shop!
289
00:32:13,433 --> 00:32:18,735
It sure was a shock
to see you standing there.
290
00:32:18,805 --> 00:32:22,090
I didn't recognize you.
291
00:32:22,509 --> 00:32:25,552
Actually I was quite impressed.
292
00:32:26,046 --> 00:32:30,547
Five year's practice would make
a dancer of anyone.
293
00:32:30,617 --> 00:32:32,983
Five years?
294
00:32:33,053 --> 00:32:34,951
I had no idea.
295
00:32:35,021 --> 00:32:37,680
I keep it well hidden.
296
00:32:40,260 --> 00:32:43,827
Everyone gets the idea that you're strange.
297
00:32:43,897 --> 00:32:46,263
Especially since I'm still single.
298
00:32:46,333 --> 00:32:50,414
Of course they think
I'm just after girls.
299
00:32:53,873 --> 00:32:55,672
But when I finish work...
300
00:32:55,742 --> 00:32:59,476
put on the clothes, the wig
and become Donny Burns...
301
00:32:59,546 --> 00:33:01,750
Latin world champion...
302
00:33:02,582 --> 00:33:05,482
and I start to move to the rhythm...
303
00:33:05,552 --> 00:33:09,506
I'm so happy,
so completely free.
304
00:33:11,091 --> 00:33:13,811
You know how it is
for me at work.
305
00:33:17,831 --> 00:33:19,950
But I blew it again.
306
00:33:22,002 --> 00:33:26,752
I take part in amateur
dance competitions.
307
00:33:26,940 --> 00:33:29,873
J.A.D.A. organizes them...
308
00:33:29,943 --> 00:33:32,842
that's the Japan Amateur
Dance Association.
309
00:33:32,912 --> 00:33:35,045
I'm at the third level.
310
00:33:35,115 --> 00:33:40,191
But I still can't find
a good partner.
311
00:33:40,387 --> 00:33:45,550
I met that last one
on a dance tour to England.
312
00:33:46,560 --> 00:33:50,310
Yes, to watch the competitions.
313
00:33:52,535 --> 00:33:57,905
She had no partner either
so we teamed up.
314
00:34:00,345 --> 00:34:04,095
She was so young and pretty,
single, too.
315
00:34:04,498 --> 00:34:06,998
It was a good chance.
316
00:34:07,891 --> 00:34:10,092
That fat old bag ruined it.
317
00:34:10,162 --> 00:34:11,651
She's probably rich...
318
00:34:11,721 --> 00:34:14,281
and has nothing to do but dance.
319
00:34:18,094 --> 00:34:20,594
Why did you start dancing?
320
00:34:23,038 --> 00:34:28,038
Well... I don't get much
exercise recently.
321
00:34:28,712 --> 00:34:31,631
And I heard it's good for health.
322
00:34:31,701 --> 00:34:32,632
That's what they all say.
323
00:34:32,702 --> 00:34:34,577
Keep it secret.
324
00:34:36,016 --> 00:34:39,766
Imagine what they'd
say at the office!
325
00:34:40,265 --> 00:34:42,265
Yes, of course.
326
00:34:43,319 --> 00:34:46,252
You could come to
one of our dances.
327
00:34:46,322 --> 00:34:48,721
No thanks.
I've barely begun.
328
00:34:48,791 --> 00:34:53,911
Doesn't matter. You look great.
Better than me.
329
00:34:54,764 --> 00:34:58,464
It's easier if you go with someone.
330
00:34:58,534 --> 00:35:03,568
More women than men,
so every man's a prize!
331
00:35:23,150 --> 00:35:26,817
Aren't you here to dance?
332
00:35:26,887 --> 00:35:29,286
No point standing around.
333
00:35:29,356 --> 00:35:34,106
I'll teach you. Let's dance.
334
00:35:34,528 --> 00:35:38,937
Be a man. Dance with me.
335
00:35:47,040 --> 00:35:52,785
Would you be so kind
as to dance with me?
336
00:35:59,486 --> 00:36:00,936
Thank you.
337
00:36:10,197 --> 00:36:12,443
Are you alright?
338
00:36:18,939 --> 00:36:20,237
I'm sorry.
339
00:36:20,307 --> 00:36:23,463
Don't worry.
340
00:36:30,016 --> 00:36:33,283
Listen to the music.
341
00:36:33,353 --> 00:36:36,353
Start on the second beat.
342
00:36:37,524 --> 00:36:41,690
Okay? Two, three, four.
343
00:36:47,868 --> 00:36:50,612
I'm sorry. Are you alright?
344
00:36:51,972 --> 00:36:53,834
If you'll excuse me.
345
00:37:49,996 --> 00:37:52,697
He is acting weird.
346
00:38:04,978 --> 00:38:08,476
"Miwa and Co.
Private Investigations"
347
00:38:26,800 --> 00:38:28,790
Excuse me.
348
00:38:33,707 --> 00:38:35,705
We offer free consultation.
349
00:38:35,775 --> 00:38:41,435
It's very discreet.
Maybe we can help.
350
00:38:43,350 --> 00:38:48,418
He comes home late on Wednesdays
and goes out on weekends.
351
00:38:48,488 --> 00:38:52,989
On these days his shirts
always smell of perfume.
352
00:38:53,059 --> 00:38:55,192
Wednesday it's the same scent...
353
00:38:55,262 --> 00:38:57,928
On weekends it's mixed.
354
00:38:57,998 --> 00:39:01,298
He's seen making strange
body movements.
355
00:39:01,368 --> 00:39:05,150
Besides that,
it's a woman's intuition...
356
00:39:05,272 --> 00:39:08,230
Did you think of asking him?
357
00:39:09,289 --> 00:39:16,789
Yes, many times, but...
358
00:39:17,028 --> 00:39:18,903
But what?
359
00:39:21,114 --> 00:39:23,614
I'm afraid to.
360
00:39:23,949 --> 00:39:25,824
He's so straight.
361
00:39:26,498 --> 00:39:30,622
If it is another woman it'll be...
362
00:39:31,069 --> 00:39:33,334
more than just casual.
363
00:39:33,404 --> 00:39:36,446
And if he is having an affair?
364
00:39:38,042 --> 00:39:42,962
I've never even considered it.
365
00:39:43,114 --> 00:39:48,446
He might be caught up in...
something weird?
366
00:39:48,620 --> 00:39:49,856
But if it is...
367
00:39:50,722 --> 00:39:53,421
an affair, I'm afraid...
368
00:39:53,491 --> 00:39:56,858
to think I might lose him.
369
00:39:56,928 --> 00:40:02,929
An investigation will cost
at least 500,000 yen.
370
00:40:03,535 --> 00:40:07,135
That's usually sufficient...
371
00:40:07,205 --> 00:40:09,270
to gather evidence for a trial.
372
00:40:09,340 --> 00:40:12,474
Assuming we're talking about divorce.
373
00:40:12,544 --> 00:40:16,978
But we're not really sure
it is an affair.
374
00:40:17,048 --> 00:40:20,415
You're right.
375
00:40:20,485 --> 00:40:23,184
In your husband's case...
376
00:40:23,254 --> 00:40:29,084
there is no history of adultery
and if it's enough to establish...
377
00:40:29,894 --> 00:40:34,529
he's not mixing
with some strange group...
378
00:40:34,599 --> 00:40:37,465
then how about this?
379
00:40:37,535 --> 00:40:40,835
We'll budget three days.
380
00:40:40,905 --> 00:40:45,740
If it takes less, we'll give a refund.
381
00:40:53,653 --> 00:40:55,851
Why not?
382
00:40:55,921 --> 00:40:58,738
I'm not opposed to you appearing.
383
00:40:58,980 --> 00:41:04,580
But you want him only
because he's the best.
384
00:41:04,650 --> 00:41:07,957
That's not reason enough
to choose a partner.
385
00:41:08,027 --> 00:41:12,646
Yes, it is. I'm a top class dancer too.
386
00:41:12,716 --> 00:41:17,091
You just want to spite
your previous partner.
387
00:41:18,537 --> 00:41:21,468
Ever wonder why he left you?
388
00:41:21,538 --> 00:41:22,469
He betrayed me.
389
00:41:22,539 --> 00:41:25,039
I was dancing well.
390
00:41:26,482 --> 00:41:29,122
His mistake caused that accident.
391
00:41:29,876 --> 00:41:33,164
He didn't ever try to cover for me.
392
00:41:33,234 --> 00:41:34,754
You still think so?
393
00:41:35,940 --> 00:41:39,380
It's not a partner's skill
you are lacking.
394
00:41:39,600 --> 00:41:42,100
It's your dancing.
395
00:41:42,524 --> 00:41:44,137
Why can't you understand?
396
00:41:44,207 --> 00:41:46,707
How can I?
397
00:41:46,928 --> 00:41:51,928
You force me to teach these
clods in the barn.
398
00:41:52,590 --> 00:41:55,004
Is that my lesson?
399
00:41:55,074 --> 00:42:00,074
You yourself learnt on
this very same dance foor.
400
00:42:01,821 --> 00:42:05,071
Starting this school was our dream.
401
00:42:08,028 --> 00:42:10,903
I'm working. I'm giving lessons.
402
00:42:12,850 --> 00:42:15,350
Why can't I get a new partner?
403
00:42:16,096 --> 00:42:19,846
Why can't I dance at recitals?
404
00:42:34,369 --> 00:42:36,119
Come in.
405
00:42:38,357 --> 00:42:42,510
Tamako-sensi called to
cancel today's lessons.
406
00:42:42,580 --> 00:42:44,330
I see.
407
00:42:44,535 --> 00:42:46,055
Sorry to interrupt.
408
00:42:51,081 --> 00:42:54,245
Re-schedule your private lesons...
409
00:42:54,315 --> 00:42:58,364
and take tonight's group lessons.
410
00:43:11,126 --> 00:43:15,662
Lucky boy!
Tonight she's in your arms at last.
411
00:43:26,742 --> 00:43:28,363
Any preferences?
412
00:43:29,278 --> 00:43:32,904
How about the waltz?
Mr. Sugiyama?
413
00:43:35,150 --> 00:43:37,049
Yes. Why not?
414
00:43:37,119 --> 00:43:41,115
Then let's practice the waltz.
415
00:43:41,357 --> 00:43:46,125
I'll take you through
the steps you've learned.
416
00:43:46,195 --> 00:43:48,769
Mr. Sugiyama, you first.
417
00:44:19,094 --> 00:44:21,594
Are you really a reporter?
418
00:44:21,664 --> 00:44:25,998
Not just chasing after her
like everyone else?
419
00:44:26,068 --> 00:44:28,267
No, not me. I'm working.
420
00:44:28,337 --> 00:44:29,830
Really?
421
00:44:31,173 --> 00:44:32,838
Can you dance?
422
00:44:32,908 --> 00:44:37,543
Wish I could,
but I've never had the chance.
423
00:44:37,613 --> 00:44:41,380
C'mon let's try.
I'll be the lead.
424
00:44:41,450 --> 00:44:43,114
I'm on duty.
425
00:44:43,262 --> 00:44:45,011
Give it a try.
426
00:44:51,497 --> 00:44:55,247
He takes dance lessons every Wednesday.
427
00:44:55,455 --> 00:44:58,575
So he is involved in something strange.
428
00:44:58,971 --> 00:45:02,371
His instructor is a middle aged-woman.
429
00:45:02,441 --> 00:45:04,498
Tonight's substitute was quite pretty.
430
00:45:04,568 --> 00:45:08,318
I wouldn't mind dancing with her myself.
431
00:45:08,642 --> 00:45:11,759
Getting around like this? You are kidding.
432
00:45:11,829 --> 00:45:14,179
Dancing doesn't suit the Japanese body.
433
00:45:14,249 --> 00:45:17,289
Guess he's just another dirty old man.
434
00:45:17,780 --> 00:45:20,098
That substitute is looking for a partner.
435
00:45:20,168 --> 00:45:23,543
He's certainly aiming hight.
436
00:46:36,969 --> 00:46:38,633
Sensei.
437
00:46:40,639 --> 00:46:42,345
What is it?
438
00:46:45,143 --> 00:46:48,926
Thank you for today's lesson.
439
00:46:49,481 --> 00:46:54,783
Not at all. I'm not as experienced
as Tamako-sensei.
440
00:46:54,853 --> 00:46:58,479
No, no, you were very good.
441
00:46:59,725 --> 00:47:01,630
I was impressed.
442
00:47:02,094 --> 00:47:03,091
Thank you.
443
00:47:03,161 --> 00:47:06,901
No. I thank you.
444
00:47:11,737 --> 00:47:14,937
I thought I'd go and eat.
445
00:47:15,007 --> 00:47:18,163
I haven't had dinner yet.
446
00:47:18,777 --> 00:47:22,020
But eating alone spoils the taste.
447
00:47:22,481 --> 00:47:25,637
If you haven't eaten,
perhaps we...
448
00:47:28,587 --> 00:47:32,298
I'm sorry.
449
00:47:32,557 --> 00:47:38,516
I prefer not to have
private contact with students.
450
00:47:40,799 --> 00:47:42,704
I see.
451
00:47:46,705 --> 00:47:49,279
Excuse me.
452
00:47:57,082 --> 00:47:59,457
One thing.
453
00:48:01,153 --> 00:48:03,919
This may seem rude...
454
00:48:03,989 --> 00:48:10,118
but I hope you didn't join the class
with me as your goal.
455
00:48:10,295 --> 00:48:13,295
I take dancing very seriously.
456
00:48:14,132 --> 00:48:17,004
It's a classroom not a disco.
457
00:48:17,869 --> 00:48:21,069
Don't dance if that's
what you're after.
458
00:48:34,820 --> 00:48:37,647
Every Wednesday your
husband attends...
459
00:48:37,717 --> 00:48:40,967
a ballroom dancing school.
460
00:48:43,176 --> 00:48:46,939
Presumably he's late Wednesday
smelling of perfume...
461
00:48:47,009 --> 00:48:50,759
because of the dancing lessons.
462
00:48:50,880 --> 00:48:52,384
One other point.
463
00:48:52,454 --> 00:48:56,374
On weekends he goes to
dance with his classmates.
464
00:48:59,599 --> 00:49:02,168
The weekend perfumes you noticed...
465
00:49:02,238 --> 00:49:05,763
are from dancing with the
various women there.
466
00:49:05,833 --> 00:49:08,348
Our brief wasn't to prove adultery...
467
00:49:08,418 --> 00:49:12,168
so it's too early to make that conclusion.
468
00:49:13,424 --> 00:49:17,463
Is this pretty lady his teacher?
469
00:49:18,286 --> 00:49:22,036
His regular teacher is a
more mature woman.
470
00:49:22,686 --> 00:49:25,476
That lass is a substitute teacher.
471
00:49:25,546 --> 00:49:28,026
I've never seen him this happy.
472
00:49:29,308 --> 00:49:32,508
Personally, I don't think
your husband..
473
00:49:32,801 --> 00:49:36,176
is having a relationship whit her.
474
00:49:36,310 --> 00:49:38,759
What makes you think so?
475
00:49:38,829 --> 00:49:42,079
Experience as a detective.
476
00:49:45,389 --> 00:49:48,304
But why dancing?
477
00:49:49,564 --> 00:49:52,262
Him, dancing? I can't believe it.
478
00:49:54,704 --> 00:49:58,228
Perhaps a woman on weekends.
479
00:49:59,469 --> 00:50:03,219
I can investigate further.
480
00:50:03,891 --> 00:50:07,641
You have nothing to worry about.
481
00:50:09,143 --> 00:50:12,242
We don't know
why he started dancing.
482
00:50:12,312 --> 00:50:16,380
But the secrecy is surely
because he's ashamed.
483
00:50:16,450 --> 00:50:18,939
Experience again?
484
00:50:19,453 --> 00:50:21,151
As a man... yes.
485
00:50:21,221 --> 00:50:24,955
I suspect he will soon
give up dancing.
486
00:50:25,025 --> 00:50:28,592
- Why do you say that?
- A hunch.
487
00:50:28,662 --> 00:50:31,236
He will tire of it.
488
00:50:38,706 --> 00:50:41,124
I wonder...
489
00:51:16,576 --> 00:51:19,106
Some hunch.
490
00:51:40,479 --> 00:51:42,979
You forgot this!
491
00:51:44,112 --> 00:51:46,612
Sorry, I'm so rushed.
492
00:51:47,254 --> 00:51:49,754
Busy as always.
493
00:51:53,762 --> 00:51:56,262
Thank you very much.
494
00:53:40,009 --> 00:53:41,841
I don't get it.
495
00:53:41,911 --> 00:53:44,527
It must be that substitute.
496
00:53:57,960 --> 00:54:01,240
Your improved posture
will give you away!
497
00:54:01,564 --> 00:54:03,355
Hello there.
498
00:54:05,835 --> 00:54:08,067
You're really improving.
499
00:54:08,137 --> 00:54:12,838
A compliment from you,
is praise indeed.
500
00:54:12,908 --> 00:54:15,274
You're conscious
of every footstep?
501
00:54:15,344 --> 00:54:16,909
No, not yet.
502
00:54:16,979 --> 00:54:20,762
But your posture is so good.
503
00:54:21,384 --> 00:54:23,115
Is it really?
504
00:54:23,185 --> 00:54:27,720
It gets dangerous
when it's second nature.
505
00:54:27,790 --> 00:54:29,455
Is that right?
506
00:54:29,525 --> 00:54:34,126
Like golfers swinging their umbrellas
at the train station.
507
00:54:34,196 --> 00:54:36,862
Think I'll be practicing
on the platform?
508
00:54:36,932 --> 00:54:38,597
That's hard to imagine.
509
00:54:38,667 --> 00:54:44,171
Well, you'd be
the last one to notice.
510
00:54:44,373 --> 00:54:47,032
Dance is that captivating.
511
00:54:47,510 --> 00:54:51,030
Maybe. I never thought
I'd get in this deep.
512
00:54:51,814 --> 00:54:54,947
Have you been to a dance hall?
513
00:54:55,017 --> 00:54:57,506
No, not yet.
514
00:54:59,622 --> 00:55:03,873
It's a lot of fun.
We should go sometime.
515
00:55:12,735 --> 00:55:18,395
"You'd be the last to notice."
516
00:55:48,125 --> 00:55:51,187
That flashy guy is "Jitterbug Hama"
517
00:55:51,257 --> 00:55:54,257
He's a dance hall regular.
518
00:55:56,000 --> 00:55:58,640
Those sitting over there...
519
00:55:58,710 --> 00:56:01,698
are waiting to be asked to dance.
520
00:56:03,856 --> 00:56:07,404
You can hire a pro from the counter,
over there.
521
00:56:07,474 --> 00:56:11,468
Ms. Ishizaka, your partner awaits you.
522
00:56:15,192 --> 00:56:18,712
Enjoy yourself.
I'll be dancing with Marika.
523
00:56:35,503 --> 00:56:37,963
Is that you Mr. Sugiyama?
524
00:56:41,543 --> 00:56:43,874
Ms. Tamako.
525
00:56:44,813 --> 00:56:46,778
What are you doing here?
526
00:56:46,848 --> 00:56:49,614
That's my line!
I work here part time.
527
00:56:49,684 --> 00:56:53,785
I'm alone so,
I've nothing to do on days off.
528
00:56:53,855 --> 00:56:57,556
I moonlight here to keep dancing.
529
00:56:57,626 --> 00:56:59,157
On your own?
530
00:56:59,227 --> 00:57:03,181
No, I'm with Aoki.
531
00:57:06,034 --> 00:57:09,401
She's very pretty. Who is she?
532
00:57:09,471 --> 00:57:11,469
His new partner.
533
00:57:11,539 --> 00:57:12,771
They entered...
534
00:57:12,841 --> 00:57:14,773
the Eastern Dancing...
535
00:57:14,843 --> 00:57:17,275
Eastern Amateur Dance Gala?
536
00:57:17,345 --> 00:57:19,634
Yes, that's it.
537
00:57:20,282 --> 00:57:24,182
He insists on dancing
with such young girls.
538
00:57:24,252 --> 00:57:26,456
Hope he's not dumped again.
539
00:57:27,422 --> 00:57:30,088
He should dance with Toyoko.
540
00:57:30,158 --> 00:57:33,570
She's also looking for a partner.
541
00:57:34,896 --> 00:57:37,726
How about you?
542
00:57:38,667 --> 00:57:41,326
Not in competition, no way.
543
00:58:03,880 --> 00:58:05,755
Isn't she fantastic?
544
00:58:13,530 --> 00:58:16,030
Aoki is very much a Latin man.
545
00:58:17,085 --> 00:58:19,805
He won't dance anything but Latin.
546
00:58:23,357 --> 00:58:25,356
May I have this dance?
547
00:58:25,426 --> 00:58:30,127
Hang on a minute!
548
00:58:30,197 --> 00:58:33,027
If that's okay with you.
549
00:58:39,807 --> 00:58:43,574
Shall I introduce you to someone?
550
00:58:43,644 --> 00:58:48,779
If you don't mind,
I'd prefer to dance with you.
551
00:58:48,849 --> 00:58:52,083
How sweet!
But don't feel obliged.
552
00:58:52,153 --> 00:58:54,285
Try someone else perhaps.
553
00:58:54,355 --> 00:58:59,390
It's not that.
Some of my steps still need work.
554
00:58:59,460 --> 00:59:05,589
So earnest! Here you can forget
the steps and enjoy yourself.
555
00:59:06,000 --> 00:59:10,664
That's "Joe Blues" over there.
556
00:59:11,038 --> 00:59:15,489
They say he can make
your backbone melt.
557
01:00:04,038 --> 01:00:05,986
This tune.
558
01:00:09,177 --> 01:00:13,244
Remember The King and I?
559
01:00:13,314 --> 01:00:14,479
That bald actor.
560
01:00:14,549 --> 01:00:16,714
Yul Brynner.
561
01:00:16,784 --> 01:00:23,198
It was that film
which started me dancing.
562
01:00:23,291 --> 01:00:27,785
It still sets my heart racing.
563
01:00:29,497 --> 01:00:33,493
He held Deborah Kerr's
hands like...
564
01:00:45,980 --> 01:00:48,146
Dance is more than...
565
01:00:48,216 --> 01:00:50,348
just the steps.
566
01:00:50,418 --> 01:00:55,750
Feel the music
and just dance for sheer joy.
567
01:00:58,226 --> 01:00:59,691
Watch it!
568
01:00:59,761 --> 01:01:01,192
- Sorry.
- Forgive us.
569
01:01:01,262 --> 01:01:05,430
Oh, it's you! Be careful.
570
01:01:05,500 --> 01:01:09,834
You've got nerve,
you're hopeless!
571
01:01:09,904 --> 01:01:13,037
You forced me.
I said I couldn't.
572
01:01:13,107 --> 01:01:17,809
Sometimes the worst dressed
dance best...
573
01:01:17,879 --> 01:01:22,313
like good dancers
who say they can't.
574
01:01:22,383 --> 01:01:24,544
Toyoko please!
575
01:01:25,119 --> 01:01:27,992
Tamako-sensei!
Come see this.
576
01:01:40,134 --> 01:01:43,634
Isn't that Mr. Kimoto?
577
01:01:43,704 --> 01:01:45,503
Yes.
578
01:01:45,573 --> 01:01:51,360
I hear he's going
to give a demonstration.
579
01:01:51,479 --> 01:01:53,010
What's happening?
580
01:01:53,080 --> 01:01:57,248
He's a dance instructor,
an all-Japan finalist.
581
01:01:57,318 --> 01:02:01,018
He suddenly split
with his partner.
582
01:02:01,088 --> 01:02:03,354
Look, isn't that Mai?
583
01:02:03,424 --> 01:02:07,463
So the rumor is true.
584
01:02:08,229 --> 01:02:14,429
- Rumor?
- You know, breaking up with her partner.
585
01:02:15,837 --> 01:02:16,901
Did she?
586
01:02:16,971 --> 01:02:20,638
You should know,
you're the one who likes her!
587
01:02:20,708 --> 01:02:25,243
They did great at Blackpool,
then suddenly split up.
588
01:02:25,313 --> 01:02:29,722
Blackpool,
the top world competition.
589
01:02:31,919 --> 01:02:34,336
Don't you even know that?
590
01:02:34,856 --> 01:02:39,290
Some say that Kimoto
and Mai fell in love...
591
01:02:39,360 --> 01:02:44,228
and engineered the break-ups
to get together.
592
01:02:44,298 --> 01:02:46,397
Interesting place isn't it?
593
01:02:46,467 --> 01:02:48,699
You're suggesting we dance here?
594
01:02:48,769 --> 01:02:53,092
Isn't that why
you're defying your father?
595
01:02:54,141 --> 01:02:57,468
But why here?
596
01:02:57,812 --> 01:03:00,411
It's not like we have
to dance among them.
597
01:03:00,481 --> 01:03:05,016
We needed a place
for our debut...
598
01:03:05,086 --> 01:03:10,632
and the owner kindly offered us
this anniversary event.
599
01:03:11,492 --> 01:03:15,743
But this is not ballroom dancing.
600
01:03:16,030 --> 01:03:18,463
Lounge lizards and showgirls.
601
01:03:18,533 --> 01:03:22,366
What's wrong with that?
602
01:03:22,436 --> 01:03:26,105
They're having a wonderful time.
603
01:03:27,842 --> 01:03:31,476
Doesn't their dancing thrill you...
604
01:03:31,546 --> 01:03:34,145
fill you with inspiration?
605
01:03:34,215 --> 01:03:36,080
Blackpool has a history...
606
01:03:36,150 --> 01:03:41,141
but in its own way,
so does this dance floor.
607
01:03:48,863 --> 01:03:51,479
So there's no hope then?
608
01:03:52,033 --> 01:03:55,399
"Why should I,
a Blackpool semi-finalist...
609
01:03:55,469 --> 01:03:59,764
dance in a dump like this?"
Am I right?
610
01:04:02,677 --> 01:04:07,797
Is this some kind of test?
611
01:04:08,015 --> 01:04:11,516
It wasn't intended to be,
but it is now.
612
01:04:11,586 --> 01:04:14,330
So I must have failed?
613
01:04:16,190 --> 01:04:17,811
I can't dance here.
614
01:04:20,628 --> 01:04:22,120
That's a shame.
615
01:04:24,131 --> 01:04:26,230
Good luck finding someone.
616
01:04:26,300 --> 01:04:27,880
You too.
617
01:04:27,950 --> 01:04:32,103
You should lighten up
and enjoy your dancing.
618
01:04:32,173 --> 01:04:35,543
It's more than just competition.
619
01:05:51,085 --> 01:05:54,218
I'm not suggesting we go to a hotel...
620
01:05:54,288 --> 01:05:56,322
It's a short cut.
621
01:05:57,691 --> 01:05:59,557
I thought...
622
01:05:59,627 --> 01:06:02,593
maybe we could become partners.
623
01:06:02,663 --> 01:06:06,959
But our styles are too different.
624
01:06:07,700 --> 01:06:11,135
No couple gets it right away.
625
01:06:11,205 --> 01:06:13,152
We need practice.
626
01:06:14,141 --> 01:06:16,004
No, that's not it.
627
01:06:16,844 --> 01:06:22,049
When we're talking like this,
you're fine.
628
01:06:26,020 --> 01:06:28,395
But it's so creepy.
629
01:06:29,924 --> 01:06:33,664
Your dancing,
it gives me the creeps.
630
01:06:47,474 --> 01:06:48,839
Mr. Sugiyama?
631
01:06:49,610 --> 01:06:51,231
Not here yet.
632
01:06:56,317 --> 01:07:00,356
You'll do.
Be my partner for a minute.
633
01:07:21,809 --> 01:07:23,374
Good evening.
634
01:07:23,444 --> 01:07:24,708
What's this?
635
01:07:24,778 --> 01:07:28,946
Looks like Tanaka's being auditioned
as a partner.
636
01:07:29,016 --> 01:07:33,117
She's determined to move up
to the next level.
637
01:07:33,187 --> 01:07:39,516
They say men take three times longer
to learn than women.
638
01:07:57,378 --> 01:07:59,443
Stop. Control yourself!
639
01:07:59,513 --> 01:08:01,478
Slobbering like that.
640
01:08:01,548 --> 01:08:04,114
Your hands are dripping wet.
641
01:08:04,184 --> 01:08:06,817
You're making me sick.
642
01:08:06,887 --> 01:08:11,355
There's no way
you're becoming my partner.
643
01:08:11,425 --> 01:08:14,058
You dragged him out there!
644
01:08:14,128 --> 01:08:16,727
Shut up short-ass.
645
01:08:16,797 --> 01:08:20,931
That's rude!
You should watch what you say.
646
01:08:21,001 --> 01:08:22,967
Fussy little man...
647
01:08:23,037 --> 01:08:26,070
with your fussy little steps!
648
01:08:26,140 --> 01:08:29,055
You want to talk about my steps?
649
01:08:29,476 --> 01:08:32,561
What about them?
650
01:08:32,813 --> 01:08:34,078
Go on... share your wisdom!
651
01:08:34,148 --> 01:08:36,936
Do I really make you sick?
652
01:08:37,885 --> 01:08:41,170
Am I really that disgusting?
653
01:08:46,560 --> 01:08:50,015
The first girl I ever liked said that.
654
01:08:50,331 --> 01:08:54,696
And I wasn't even dancing.
655
01:08:56,303 --> 01:09:01,337
My doctor recommended dancing
as exercise.
656
01:09:02,376 --> 01:09:04,622
First I was embarrassed.
657
01:09:05,245 --> 01:09:08,572
But soon all my cares were gone...
658
01:09:09,249 --> 01:09:10,981
like being drunk.
659
01:09:11,051 --> 01:09:12,750
My heart singing.
660
01:09:12,820 --> 01:09:16,901
Fireworks exploding in my head.
661
01:09:18,459 --> 01:09:21,075
All my worries forgotten...
662
01:09:21,695 --> 01:09:24,439
and I began to love dance.
663
01:09:25,933 --> 01:09:27,796
But I suppose...
664
01:09:28,936 --> 01:09:31,894
even when I'm dancing...
665
01:09:32,773 --> 01:09:36,854
Do I really look that bad?
666
01:09:40,614 --> 01:09:44,155
No, of course not.
667
01:09:47,554 --> 01:09:49,416
I'm sorry.
668
01:09:50,691 --> 01:09:53,606
I didn't mean it like that.
669
01:09:54,995 --> 01:09:56,858
Forgive me.
670
01:10:01,902 --> 01:10:03,736
Toyoko!
671
01:10:25,225 --> 01:10:30,771
This is the third time
she's collapsed from overwork.
672
01:10:31,965 --> 01:10:35,079
This is Toyoko's daughter.
673
01:10:36,603 --> 01:10:38,969
Sorry for all this trouble.
674
01:10:39,039 --> 01:10:42,740
You must be Mr. Sugiyama.
675
01:10:43,043 --> 01:10:44,980
Yes.
676
01:10:45,050 --> 01:10:48,300
She tells me everything.
677
01:10:48,982 --> 01:10:53,050
Said you were elegant...
a little like my late father.
678
01:10:53,120 --> 01:10:57,739
She seemed sad
to hear you had a family.
679
01:10:59,098 --> 01:11:02,553
I hope she wasn't too pushy.
680
01:11:02,750 --> 01:11:05,230
She's under such pressure lately.
681
01:11:05,300 --> 01:11:07,791
She can't find a partner.
682
01:11:07,861 --> 01:11:11,611
The last one insulted her dancing.
683
01:11:11,780 --> 01:11:15,296
She's desperate to enter the competition.
684
01:11:15,614 --> 01:11:18,364
She works hard at two jobs.
685
01:11:19,496 --> 01:11:22,521
And helps out a friend's restaurant.
686
01:11:22,591 --> 01:11:26,347
Every night she's out dancing.
687
01:11:26,595 --> 01:11:29,095
No wonder she collapsed.
688
01:11:39,747 --> 01:11:42,747
How long has she been widowed?
689
01:11:43,640 --> 01:11:46,239
As far back as I can remember.
690
01:11:46,751 --> 01:11:50,812
She gave up dancing to
concentrate on raising me.
691
01:11:52,560 --> 01:11:56,310
She first met him at a company dance party.
692
01:11:57,093 --> 01:12:00,843
It's by far her favorite memory of him.
693
01:12:00,917 --> 01:12:03,738
She's always telling that story.
694
01:12:03,808 --> 01:12:07,558
She regrets I missed seeing him waltz.
695
01:12:07,740 --> 01:12:11,490
But Japanese ballroom dancing is pityful.
696
01:12:13,367 --> 01:12:17,117
Sorry, I shouldn't have said that.
697
01:13:01,591 --> 01:13:07,208
Why don't you be Toyoko's partner?
698
01:13:07,363 --> 01:13:09,562
No, I'd be terrible.
699
01:13:09,632 --> 01:13:13,343
You'd be okay. I guarantee it.
700
01:13:13,603 --> 01:13:15,468
She'd never agree.
701
01:13:15,538 --> 01:13:18,908
My dancing is far too bad.
702
01:13:19,242 --> 01:13:23,443
She'll be fine.
You heard what her daughter said.
703
01:13:23,513 --> 01:13:26,946
She's quite fond of you.
704
01:13:27,016 --> 01:13:31,851
And dance begins
with the dancer's feelings.
705
01:13:32,188 --> 01:13:35,899
Besides, you're not a bad dancer.
706
01:13:37,694 --> 01:13:44,648
Spare me just two hours,
three times a week after class.
707
01:13:45,568 --> 01:13:47,800
Two hours?
708
01:13:47,870 --> 01:13:50,670
I won't charge you.
709
01:13:50,740 --> 01:13:52,405
Special training.
710
01:13:52,475 --> 01:13:56,109
There's still three months
before the competition.
711
01:13:56,179 --> 01:13:58,545
We'll be able to do it.
712
01:13:58,615 --> 01:14:00,776
Isn't that right, Mai?
713
01:14:26,776 --> 01:14:28,675
You look fit as a fiddle.
714
01:14:28,745 --> 01:14:32,612
I'm full of energy and raring to go!
715
01:14:39,455 --> 01:14:41,187
You're a brave man...
716
01:14:41,257 --> 01:14:45,508
or you've got strange tastes.
717
01:14:46,963 --> 01:14:51,331
Look, I don't know
what my daughter said to you.
718
01:14:51,401 --> 01:14:54,000
But I don't want sympathy, okay?
719
01:14:54,070 --> 01:14:57,537
Stop being so defensive.
720
01:14:57,607 --> 01:15:01,972
He agreed because Mai
asked him to do it.
721
01:15:04,113 --> 01:15:06,986
You hardly need sympathy.
722
01:15:08,051 --> 01:15:09,749
I guessed as much.
723
01:15:09,819 --> 01:15:12,552
Ready? Let's begin.
724
01:15:12,622 --> 01:15:16,856
We'll need to do the waltz
and the quick-step.
725
01:15:16,926 --> 01:15:20,011
Plus the rumba and paso doble.
726
01:15:20,396 --> 01:15:22,462
Dance them in that order.
727
01:15:22,532 --> 01:15:25,021
First the waltz.
728
01:15:48,524 --> 01:15:49,622
Wait!
729
01:15:49,692 --> 01:15:53,147
If you don't lead this is hopeless!
730
01:16:47,683 --> 01:16:51,309
We haven't covered that yet.
731
01:16:51,821 --> 01:16:55,249
You've got to be joking!
732
01:16:55,319 --> 01:16:57,773
And you want to be my partner?
733
01:16:57,843 --> 01:17:00,343
That's enough!
734
01:17:01,296 --> 01:17:03,745
He's already under pressure.
735
01:17:03,815 --> 01:17:06,315
Don't make it worse.
736
01:17:07,120 --> 01:17:09,620
Bear her no mind.
737
01:17:11,863 --> 01:17:16,072
I just wanted to see you two paired.
738
01:17:16,234 --> 01:17:18,935
We'll stick to modern today.
739
01:17:36,721 --> 01:17:39,210
Everyone's worried about you.
740
01:17:39,724 --> 01:17:43,350
You don't come to practice.
741
01:17:49,534 --> 01:17:51,823
Me too, I've...
742
01:17:52,404 --> 01:17:55,362
I've ended up in the competition.
743
01:17:56,041 --> 01:17:59,824
And with that Toyoko Takahashi too.
744
01:18:29,974 --> 01:18:31,466
Once more.
745
01:18:31,776 --> 01:18:33,808
Good night everyone.
746
01:18:33,878 --> 01:18:36,338
If you'll excuse me.
747
01:18:44,756 --> 01:18:46,221
Good evening.
748
01:18:46,291 --> 01:18:49,661
Hello again. Glad you came.
749
01:18:55,567 --> 01:18:58,333
What about trying Mr. Aoki...
750
01:18:58,403 --> 01:19:00,735
for the Latin program?
751
01:19:00,805 --> 01:19:04,005
You must be joking!
752
01:19:04,075 --> 01:19:06,474
Give me Sugiyama any day.
753
01:19:06,544 --> 01:19:10,845
But I was watching his rumba
the other day.
754
01:19:10,915 --> 01:19:14,215
It still needs a lot of work.
755
01:19:14,285 --> 01:19:17,652
I'm not saying he can't do it...
756
01:19:17,722 --> 01:19:22,657
but his Latin will take
time to improve.
757
01:19:22,727 --> 01:19:25,393
Both may be a bit too much.
758
01:19:25,463 --> 01:19:30,383
I was going to ask you
if we could stick to just one...
759
01:19:31,135 --> 01:19:33,435
when Mr. Aoki happened to call.
760
01:19:33,505 --> 01:19:39,292
There's someone he must beat
in this competition.
761
01:19:39,944 --> 01:19:43,545
And Mr. Aoki is, after all,
a Latin man.
762
01:19:43,615 --> 01:19:47,654
So if Toyoko will do...
763
01:19:47,952 --> 01:19:53,755
I mean, seeing that you two
haven't always gotten along so well.
764
01:19:53,825 --> 01:19:56,191
Teaming with me to get revenge?
765
01:19:56,261 --> 01:19:59,227
Must be a big deal.
766
01:19:59,297 --> 01:20:03,031
Don't tell me that latest
little bimbo...
767
01:20:03,101 --> 01:20:05,433
up and left you again?
768
01:20:05,503 --> 01:20:07,878
Trash your style, did she?
769
01:20:12,844 --> 01:20:14,550
Yes, she did.
770
01:20:15,213 --> 01:20:17,459
She insulted me.
771
01:20:18,816 --> 01:20:22,400
Said my dancing made her sick!
772
01:20:34,732 --> 01:20:38,199
Are you busy tonight?
773
01:20:38,269 --> 01:20:41,302
Not particularly.
774
01:20:41,372 --> 01:20:45,573
Would you mind taking
Mr. Sugiyama?
775
01:20:45,643 --> 01:20:48,516
I want to watch these two.
776
01:21:24,048 --> 01:21:26,114
Don't hesitate!
777
01:21:26,184 --> 01:21:28,715
Really put that right foot out.
778
01:21:29,220 --> 01:21:32,420
Ready? Once more, from the top.
779
01:21:35,994 --> 01:21:38,993
That first step is so important.
780
01:21:39,063 --> 01:21:40,983
You're still hesitating.
781
01:21:41,566 --> 01:21:44,666
The leader must commit
his whole body...
782
01:21:44,736 --> 01:21:49,771
to convey to his partner...
783
01:21:49,841 --> 01:21:53,338
the tone of the entire dance.
784
01:21:53,645 --> 01:21:57,726
A weak first step transmits nothing.
785
01:22:02,587 --> 01:22:05,288
This is how you did it.
786
01:22:07,158 --> 01:22:09,618
See how it says nothing?
787
01:22:11,062 --> 01:22:14,095
Be confident, you must stride.
788
01:22:14,165 --> 01:22:18,433
It's most important
that your own right side...
789
01:22:18,503 --> 01:22:22,370
remains firmly up against your partner.
790
01:22:35,720 --> 01:22:37,042
Feel that?
791
01:22:39,190 --> 01:22:40,555
Shall we?
792
01:22:50,268 --> 01:22:51,803
That's not it.
793
01:22:52,570 --> 01:22:54,945
Take a bigger stride.
794
01:23:04,015 --> 01:23:06,802
Yes. That's more like it!
795
01:23:11,989 --> 01:23:15,623
Now let's try it with Toyoko.
796
01:23:15,693 --> 01:23:18,978
Watch them, Mai.
797
01:23:20,064 --> 01:23:25,098
Wait for her to come.
Then take her firmly.
798
01:23:37,615 --> 01:23:39,108
Do you see?
799
01:23:40,151 --> 01:23:44,018
The judges watch
from the minute you start.
800
01:23:44,088 --> 01:23:46,207
Don't hold back.
801
01:23:48,526 --> 01:23:51,854
You're already hesitant.
802
01:23:52,430 --> 01:23:54,676
Pull her in closer.
803
01:23:56,501 --> 01:24:00,411
Take a big stride with the right.
804
01:24:05,209 --> 01:24:07,642
Toyoko, will you stop that!
805
01:24:07,712 --> 01:24:11,546
But he's stiff as a board.
806
01:24:11,616 --> 01:24:13,347
I'm terribly sorry.
807
01:24:13,417 --> 01:24:18,386
Not that!
Here, from the heart.
808
01:24:18,456 --> 01:24:21,389
Will you both try to be serious.
809
01:24:21,459 --> 01:24:23,578
We're serious, aren't we?
810
01:24:24,162 --> 01:24:30,163
Would you consider tutoring them
for the competition?
811
01:24:52,490 --> 01:24:56,230
Wait for her to come to you.
812
01:25:02,433 --> 01:25:04,380
Look left.
813
01:25:11,108 --> 01:25:12,772
Is he okay?
814
01:25:13,444 --> 01:25:16,145
I'll call an ambulance.
815
01:25:16,714 --> 01:25:21,382
To win, you need to stand out
and to dance well.
816
01:25:21,452 --> 01:25:26,420
With anywhere up to ten couples
on the floor at once...
817
01:25:26,490 --> 01:25:31,659
you're lucky to get ten seconds
from the judges.
818
01:25:31,729 --> 01:25:34,228
This is the quick-step format.
819
01:25:34,298 --> 01:25:37,265
You enter from here.
820
01:25:37,335 --> 01:25:40,168
With an initial sweep past the crowd.
821
01:25:40,238 --> 01:25:42,570
Alternating scissors...
822
01:25:42,640 --> 01:25:46,465
Then a side-chass?.. change direction.
823
01:25:46,944 --> 01:25:50,186
To a running finish and natural turn.
824
01:25:51,249 --> 01:25:54,492
Isn't it exciting!
825
01:26:30,154 --> 01:26:33,955
The waltz usually
begins facing outward...
826
01:26:34,025 --> 01:26:36,524
and starts with a half-turn...
827
01:26:36,594 --> 01:26:40,092
leaving the middle wide open.
828
01:26:40,464 --> 01:26:43,464
So take center stage
and do something unusual.
829
01:26:43,534 --> 01:26:47,534
Even if they hate it,
the judges will be watching.
830
01:27:16,734 --> 01:27:18,014
Are you alright?
831
01:27:18,936 --> 01:27:22,336
Let's take a break.
832
01:27:22,406 --> 01:27:24,238
Mr. Sugiyama's exhausted.
833
01:27:24,308 --> 01:27:25,339
No, I'm fine.
834
01:27:25,409 --> 01:27:28,943
- I'm beat too. I'll get drinks.
- I'll go.
835
01:27:29,013 --> 01:27:34,517
It's okay. Mineral water for you,
Chinese tea for him.
836
01:27:35,186 --> 01:27:36,636
Thanks.
837
01:27:41,325 --> 01:27:45,946
Sorry, I'm getting carried away.
838
01:27:46,430 --> 01:27:49,046
No need to apologize.
839
01:27:51,268 --> 01:27:54,548
At my age,
it's embarrassing to say so...
840
01:27:54,905 --> 01:27:58,275
but every day I feel so alive.
841
01:27:58,809 --> 01:28:01,309
Even being tired feels great.
842
01:28:01,379 --> 01:28:07,048
It's been a long time
since I felt this enthusiastic.
843
01:28:07,118 --> 01:28:09,066
It's a good feeling.
844
01:28:15,159 --> 01:28:17,064
Lately, I've begun...
845
01:28:17,695 --> 01:28:22,060
to think about Blackpool again.
846
01:28:23,234 --> 01:28:25,234
Up until just recently...
847
01:28:26,270 --> 01:28:28,688
I haven't wanted to.
848
01:28:35,479 --> 01:28:37,100
Blackpool...
849
01:28:38,416 --> 01:28:41,148
is a small, seaside resort town.
850
01:28:41,218 --> 01:28:43,749
Normally it's very quiet.
851
01:28:44,655 --> 01:28:47,688
But that completely changes...
852
01:28:47,758 --> 01:28:50,546
for the championship week.
853
01:28:50,995 --> 01:28:55,429
I first went to Blackpool
when I was five.
854
01:28:55,499 --> 01:28:57,999
The central ballroom...
855
01:28:58,069 --> 01:29:00,801
was so big and so splendid.
856
01:29:00,871 --> 01:29:03,938
I joined all those strangers...
857
01:29:04,008 --> 01:29:06,297
imitating their steps.
858
01:29:09,650 --> 01:29:17,000
I'll never forget the finals
at the Winter Garden.
859
01:29:17,300 --> 01:29:19,886
Particularly one young couple.
860
01:29:20,322 --> 01:29:23,655
They lost in the semi-finals.
861
01:29:23,725 --> 01:29:29,094
They had the most enchanting
quick-step routine.
862
01:29:29,164 --> 01:29:31,069
But just at the end...
863
01:29:31,800 --> 01:29:34,132
they collided with another couple.
864
01:29:34,202 --> 01:29:40,205
He fell heavily
and ended up in the hospital.
865
01:29:40,275 --> 01:29:43,608
But both my parents...
866
01:29:43,678 --> 01:29:46,720
were tremendously impressed.
867
01:29:47,115 --> 01:29:48,980
I asked why.
868
01:29:49,050 --> 01:29:55,506
Father explained that to the end
he tried to protect his partner.
869
01:30:01,973 --> 01:30:04,930
Since that first day in Blackpool...
870
01:30:06,089 --> 01:30:11,834
dance has become my entire world.
871
01:30:13,287 --> 01:30:16,244
What started me dancing...
872
01:30:17,615 --> 01:30:21,654
was you gazing
out of the window like that.
873
01:30:29,921 --> 01:30:34,330
You can see that window
from the trains.
874
01:30:35,260 --> 01:30:40,422
Every day on the train home
I looked for you.
875
01:30:40,665 --> 01:30:45,286
When I saw you,
somehow I felt relieved...
876
01:30:45,370 --> 01:30:47,903
or disappointed
if you weren't there.
877
01:30:47,973 --> 01:30:51,300
Your melancholy look...
878
01:30:52,310 --> 01:30:56,761
It totally charmed me.
879
01:31:00,819 --> 01:31:05,754
I married at age 28.
Had a child by 30.
880
01:31:05,824 --> 01:31:10,119
At 40, I bought the home
I longed for.
881
01:31:10,929 --> 01:31:16,930
I've worked so hard
for these things.
882
01:31:18,136 --> 01:31:22,046
I thought it was a happy life...
883
01:31:25,577 --> 01:31:29,678
but after I bought the house...
884
01:31:29,748 --> 01:31:32,208
something changed.
885
01:31:33,718 --> 01:31:36,618
It's no reflection on my wife...
886
01:31:36,688 --> 01:31:39,221
or on my love for my daughter.
887
01:31:39,291 --> 01:31:41,992
But something was different.
888
01:31:44,362 --> 01:31:48,358
I need to work to pay the mortgage.
889
01:31:48,600 --> 01:31:50,719
I accepted that...
890
01:31:51,336 --> 01:31:53,896
but something was still missing.
891
01:31:57,509 --> 01:32:00,709
Then you appeared.
892
01:32:02,180 --> 01:32:05,336
Looking up and seeing you there...
893
01:32:06,376 --> 01:32:08,100
made me want...
894
01:32:08,250 --> 01:32:14,437
just one time...
to dance with you.
895
01:32:14,438 --> 01:32:16,642
Even after...
896
01:32:17,275 --> 01:32:19,806
I was very rude to you...
897
01:32:21,713 --> 01:32:24,044
you stuck with dancing.
898
01:32:26,751 --> 01:32:30,248
I really felt like giving up.
899
01:32:31,690 --> 01:32:33,851
But if I had...
900
01:32:34,759 --> 01:32:38,519
I would have been everything
you accused me of.
901
01:32:40,899 --> 01:32:44,184
Of course, it's true...
902
01:32:46,171 --> 01:32:49,414
that affection for you...
903
01:32:51,309 --> 01:32:56,429
was what brought me
to the class.
904
01:32:58,783 --> 01:33:01,656
But to be confronted with it...
905
01:33:02,687 --> 01:33:04,806
was a shock.
906
01:33:06,958 --> 01:33:10,558
I thought,
"She didn't have to be like that."
907
01:33:15,500 --> 01:33:18,998
I wanted to prove to you...
908
01:33:20,071 --> 01:33:22,304
that it wasn't because of you.
909
01:33:22,374 --> 01:33:26,413
I said I was here to dance.
910
01:33:30,115 --> 01:33:32,816
But...
911
01:33:33,518 --> 01:33:35,594
But what?
912
01:33:37,622 --> 01:33:41,831
No sooner did I decide
to continue...
913
01:33:42,794 --> 01:33:45,794
than I really began to like it.
914
01:33:49,067 --> 01:33:50,731
I was...
915
01:33:52,337 --> 01:33:54,284
watching you too.
916
01:34:03,715 --> 01:34:06,348
From the window here...
917
01:34:06,418 --> 01:34:10,827
I saw you practicing
on the platform.
918
01:34:12,090 --> 01:34:15,048
It warmed my heart.
919
01:34:16,461 --> 01:34:19,461
I'll never forget it.
920
01:34:30,475 --> 01:34:34,770
It's just not fair.
Selfish man.
921
01:34:35,870 --> 01:34:40,800
"Eastern Japan Amateur Dance
Competition"
922
01:34:40,952 --> 01:34:43,526
Here we go.
923
01:34:44,422 --> 01:34:47,055
Mr. Sugiyama, you look so serious.
924
01:34:47,125 --> 01:34:48,757
Relax a little.
925
01:34:48,827 --> 01:34:51,073
Ready? Cheese!
926
01:34:52,630 --> 01:34:54,829
How come you're here?
927
01:34:54,899 --> 01:34:57,465
Inspired by our enthusiasm.
928
01:34:57,535 --> 01:34:59,434
This is the missus.
929
01:34:59,504 --> 01:35:01,993
Don't be so rude!
930
01:35:03,041 --> 01:35:04,506
This is my niece.
931
01:35:04,576 --> 01:35:06,875
The wife roped her in too.
932
01:35:06,945 --> 01:35:10,178
Tanaka wanted a partner.
933
01:35:10,248 --> 01:35:14,202
They dance great together.
934
01:35:17,856 --> 01:35:19,065
Mr. Sugiyama.
935
01:35:22,694 --> 01:35:24,259
That suits you.
936
01:35:24,329 --> 01:35:27,495
My late husband's best tails.
937
01:35:27,565 --> 01:35:31,332
You deserve a medal
for putting up with her.
938
01:35:31,402 --> 01:35:35,603
Enough from you!
Go and save seats for us.
939
01:35:35,673 --> 01:35:40,749
The first round will be the rumba.
940
01:35:41,212 --> 01:35:42,534
Number 109...
941
01:35:44,449 --> 01:35:46,312
Number 110...
942
01:35:58,229 --> 01:36:00,930
114...
943
01:36:08,273 --> 01:36:11,387
116.
944
01:36:35,133 --> 01:36:39,840
Mr. Aoki looks
like he's going for it.
945
01:38:34,005 --> 01:38:38,106
Fussing with your hair!
Our routine was crap.
946
01:38:38,176 --> 01:38:40,509
They deliberately messed with it.
947
01:38:40,579 --> 01:38:44,112
Take the damn thing off
and dance!
948
01:38:44,182 --> 01:38:46,081
You wouldn't understand!
949
01:38:46,151 --> 01:38:48,617
Bald creeps are not my specialty.
950
01:38:48,687 --> 01:38:52,811
Alright then.
Let's get rid of it!
951
01:39:06,705 --> 01:39:09,504
Mr. Aoki's fantastic.
952
01:39:09,574 --> 01:39:12,374
He cast off more than just the wig.
953
01:40:11,236 --> 01:40:12,601
Mom.
954
01:40:12,671 --> 01:40:15,070
They're announcing finalists.
955
01:40:15,140 --> 01:40:16,548
I'm coming.
956
01:40:17,309 --> 01:40:20,509
Numbers 101, 103...
957
01:40:20,579 --> 01:40:25,499
106, 109...
958
01:40:25,650 --> 01:40:28,438
110...
959
01:40:30,789 --> 01:40:32,908
114...
960
01:40:33,491 --> 01:40:35,282
115...
961
01:40:36,428 --> 01:40:38,504
121...
962
01:40:47,839 --> 01:40:50,839
I thought Mr. Macho
was pretty good.
963
01:40:50,909 --> 01:40:52,707
Bad attitude.
964
01:40:52,777 --> 01:40:55,734
"Ungentlemanly behavior"
965
01:40:56,147 --> 01:40:59,062
It's a British sport after all.
966
01:41:01,853 --> 01:41:05,520
He'll be too nervous even
to hear the music.
967
01:41:05,590 --> 01:41:07,122
You must guide him.
968
01:41:07,192 --> 01:41:08,642
Leave it to me.
969
01:41:12,163 --> 01:41:15,319
Mr. Sugiyama. We're on.
970
01:41:18,670 --> 01:41:20,835
Mr. Sugiyama...
971
01:41:20,905 --> 01:41:22,871
just flow with the music...
972
01:41:22,941 --> 01:41:25,515
and enjoy the dance.
973
01:41:35,987 --> 01:41:41,063
First round. The waltz.
974
01:41:56,374 --> 01:41:58,306
Here they are.
975
01:41:58,376 --> 01:42:01,409
But they look nervous.
976
01:42:01,479 --> 01:42:03,939
No, over there.
977
01:42:05,550 --> 01:42:07,649
Did you arrange this?
978
01:42:07,719 --> 01:42:10,094
I had no choice.
979
01:42:10,588 --> 01:42:13,922
It's easiest if she sees for herself.
980
01:42:13,992 --> 01:42:16,291
She's headed for a breakdown.
981
01:42:16,361 --> 01:42:20,595
You're a detective,
not a marriage counselor.
982
01:42:20,665 --> 01:42:23,239
You're not even billing her.
983
01:42:38,717 --> 01:42:40,466
There's Dad.
984
01:42:54,332 --> 01:42:57,744
The start is everything.
985
01:42:58,069 --> 01:43:02,235
Take a deep breath.
986
01:43:09,814 --> 01:43:11,094
Now!
987
01:43:21,025 --> 01:43:23,015
They did it!
988
01:43:33,972 --> 01:43:37,305
Points lost there.
But who's fault is it?
989
01:43:37,375 --> 01:43:39,841
That's why I don't like amateurs.
990
01:43:39,911 --> 01:43:43,044
Can't keep from
bumping into others...
991
01:43:43,114 --> 01:43:46,848
or being bumped themselves.
992
01:43:46,918 --> 01:43:48,917
How you react is most important.
993
01:43:48,987 --> 01:43:51,653
Judges naturally notice bumping.
994
01:43:51,723 --> 01:43:55,623
But a quick recovery
and a calm return to dancing...
995
01:43:55,693 --> 01:43:57,559
on the contrary...
996
01:43:57,629 --> 01:44:02,097
can be noted
and scored pretty highly.
997
01:44:02,167 --> 01:44:04,167
You're hooked aren't you?
998
01:44:11,042 --> 01:44:13,914
C'mon, Dad!
999
01:44:16,881 --> 01:44:20,664
So close and he doesn't notice us.
1000
01:44:52,750 --> 01:44:56,376
Is your daughter here?
1001
01:44:56,688 --> 01:44:58,987
I hardly think so.
1002
01:44:59,057 --> 01:45:01,089
I could be mistaken...
1003
01:45:01,159 --> 01:45:04,726
but I'm sure I heard
a girl call out...
1004
01:45:04,796 --> 01:45:07,838
"C'mon, Dad!"
just as we began.
1005
01:45:16,274 --> 01:45:19,858
And now for the quick-step.
1006
01:45:42,834 --> 01:45:44,284
Well done!
1007
01:45:49,507 --> 01:45:51,439
He's great.
1008
01:45:51,509 --> 01:45:53,508
He's doing well.
1009
01:45:53,578 --> 01:45:54,986
Told you.
1010
01:46:33,117 --> 01:46:34,524
Dad!
1011
01:46:40,058 --> 01:46:41,058
Watch out!
1012
01:48:07,045 --> 01:48:08,836
You knew?
1013
01:48:10,148 --> 01:48:11,513
Yes.
1014
01:48:12,483 --> 01:48:14,602
For a long time.
1015
01:48:16,287 --> 01:48:20,453
But I was afraid to talk about it.
1016
01:48:21,993 --> 01:48:25,903
I kept thinking you'd tell me.
1017
01:48:27,231 --> 01:48:30,431
But you didn't say a word.
1018
01:48:34,072 --> 01:48:37,570
At first,
I thought it was an affair.
1019
01:48:37,942 --> 01:48:41,876
It was a relief to find out it wasn't.
1020
01:48:41,946 --> 01:48:45,771
But I still couldn't understand why.
1021
01:48:47,518 --> 01:48:50,603
It brought you to life.
1022
01:48:51,355 --> 01:48:56,190
I felt completely on my own.
1023
01:48:58,696 --> 01:49:01,185
Today when I saw you...
1024
01:49:02,266 --> 01:49:05,422
it was even harder to understand.
1025
01:49:07,472 --> 01:49:09,847
It hurts so much.
1026
01:49:10,808 --> 01:49:14,675
Even if it was dancing...
1027
01:49:14,745 --> 01:49:17,361
it was still an affair.
1028
01:49:21,686 --> 01:49:25,766
It wasn't just an affair.
I was seriously involved.
1029
01:49:28,659 --> 01:49:30,606
Until today.
1030
01:49:33,831 --> 01:49:35,281
Until today?
1031
01:49:36,767 --> 01:49:41,758
Yes. I've finished with dance.
1032
01:49:42,406 --> 01:49:45,990
Why? Because of me?
1033
01:49:51,182 --> 01:49:52,647
It'll be all my fault.
1034
01:49:52,717 --> 01:49:56,841
No, not at all.
1035
01:49:58,289 --> 01:50:02,000
It's just not for me... that's all.
1036
01:50:25,850 --> 01:50:27,048
Hey, look at this.
1037
01:50:27,118 --> 01:50:30,184
It'll blow you away.
1038
01:50:30,254 --> 01:50:31,552
What is it?
1039
01:50:31,622 --> 01:50:33,521
You won't believe your eyes!
1040
01:50:33,591 --> 01:50:36,023
Is that Aoki?
1041
01:50:36,093 --> 01:50:38,126
Read this part.
1042
01:50:38,196 --> 01:50:43,097
"After suddenly doffing
his trademark wig, Donny Aoki...
1043
01:50:43,167 --> 01:50:47,121
swept the floor
before unexpectedly defaulting."
1044
01:50:47,405 --> 01:50:50,690
"Donny" Aoki!
That bald jerk.
1045
01:50:51,209 --> 01:50:53,674
Ballroom dancing... of all things!
1046
01:50:53,744 --> 01:50:59,413
You can just imagine
that dirty pervert.
1047
01:50:59,483 --> 01:51:01,972
There's nothing wrong with it!
1048
01:51:04,956 --> 01:51:07,160
If you've never danced...
1049
01:51:07,658 --> 01:51:10,189
you should watch what you say.
1050
01:51:33,451 --> 01:51:36,110
- Hi there!
- Hello.
1051
01:51:44,795 --> 01:51:49,764
I hope you didn't quit dancing
because of me.
1052
01:51:49,834 --> 01:51:53,434
I really don't care,
let's dance again.
1053
01:51:53,504 --> 01:51:56,404
You were dancing really well.
1054
01:51:56,474 --> 01:52:01,550
You did so well in just a year,
don't throw it away.
1055
01:52:04,815 --> 01:52:08,883
It's not that.
I've just had enough of dancing.
1056
01:52:08,953 --> 01:52:11,697
I began on a whim.
1057
01:52:12,923 --> 01:52:15,582
You saw the results.
1058
01:52:16,160 --> 01:52:21,462
I'm sorry for disturbing
you more dedicated dancers.
1059
01:52:21,532 --> 01:52:23,164
Please forgive me.
1060
01:52:23,234 --> 01:52:26,334
Forget all that.
It doesn't matter.
1061
01:52:26,404 --> 01:52:29,337
Maybe you have
a lot on your mind.
1062
01:52:29,407 --> 01:52:32,840
But if you want to dance,
call me.
1063
01:52:32,910 --> 01:52:36,444
I won't stand for you dancing
with anyone else!
1064
01:52:36,514 --> 01:52:38,679
Mai is going to England.
1065
01:52:38,749 --> 01:52:41,782
We're having a farewell party
next Friday.
1066
01:52:41,852 --> 01:52:46,174
Please join us.
Mai would be pleased.
1067
01:52:46,490 --> 01:52:48,736
This is a letter from her.
1068
01:53:00,971 --> 01:53:03,431
Thank you so much.
1069
01:53:04,008 --> 01:53:06,607
Please do not laugh at me...
1070
01:53:06,677 --> 01:53:08,943
for saying this...
1071
01:53:09,013 --> 01:53:10,845
but I want to thank you...
1072
01:53:10,915 --> 01:53:16,332
from the bottom of my heart.
1073
01:53:17,521 --> 01:53:22,185
In the competition
you danced superbly.
1074
01:53:22,560 --> 01:53:25,359
You did your utmost...
1075
01:53:25,429 --> 01:53:28,756
to protect Toyoko.
1076
01:53:29,100 --> 01:53:31,999
She is fully aware of that.
1077
01:53:32,069 --> 01:53:35,336
We all know
you did your very best.
1078
01:53:35,406 --> 01:53:41,942
And that's why Toyoko
put her trust in you.
1079
01:53:42,012 --> 01:53:48,349
She really does want to dance
with you again.
1080
01:53:48,419 --> 01:53:52,953
Remember I once told you
about Blackpool?
1081
01:53:53,023 --> 01:53:58,810
I didn't tell you
about my failure there.
1082
01:53:58,963 --> 01:54:05,299
That's because I never really faced up
to it myself.
1083
01:54:05,369 --> 01:54:11,114
But now I can tell you about it.
1084
01:54:14,255 --> 01:54:17,696
Two years ago, when we
finally arrived there...
1085
01:54:17,766 --> 01:54:20,943
I was realizing a dream...
1086
01:54:21,013 --> 01:54:24,763
so thrilled just to be there.
1087
01:54:27,605 --> 01:54:30,965
I'd sacrificed everything for competition.
1088
01:54:31,224 --> 01:54:34,024
I had an excess of self-confidence.
1089
01:54:38,135 --> 01:54:41,535
The audience's support
for us was overwhelming.
1090
01:54:41,605 --> 01:54:44,975
We made it to the semi-finals.
1091
01:54:46,310 --> 01:54:51,060
I rode on the waves of applause
and cheering.
1092
01:54:51,482 --> 01:54:56,602
I was thrilled and moved,
and I danced my best ever.
1093
01:55:12,102 --> 01:55:15,144
And then...
1094
01:55:15,672 --> 01:55:18,172
just like you...
1095
01:55:18,242 --> 01:55:20,962
we collided during the quick-step.
1096
01:55:46,621 --> 01:55:49,520
I blamed my partner.
1097
01:55:49,590 --> 01:55:52,590
Why didn't he protect me?
1098
01:55:53,227 --> 01:55:55,359
His reaction stunned me.
1099
01:55:55,429 --> 01:55:57,429
He wanted us to break up.
1100
01:56:00,529 --> 01:56:04,179
Even if we did go on to win...
1101
01:56:04,249 --> 01:56:07,999
he wanted us to split after
the competition.
1102
01:56:08,439 --> 01:56:11,467
I couldn'y understand.
1103
01:56:11,537 --> 01:56:15,250
We were both aiming for the top.
1104
01:56:15,320 --> 01:56:19,070
Why did he betray me?
1105
01:56:19,222 --> 01:56:22,222
Soon after I returned to Japan.
1106
01:56:22,292 --> 01:56:26,025
I wanted to show him up...
1107
01:56:26,095 --> 01:56:29,095
so I looked for a top-class dancer.
1108
01:56:29,165 --> 01:56:34,626
But my father wouldn't
let me take a new partner.
1109
01:56:34,737 --> 01:56:38,493
He had me teach at his school.
1110
01:56:38,563 --> 01:56:39,494
He never wanted me to teach...
1111
01:56:39,564 --> 01:56:43,314
but he made sure I did.
1112
01:56:46,419 --> 01:56:49,351
I didn't understand why.
1113
01:56:49,421 --> 01:56:51,386
I was so unhappy...
1114
01:56:51,456 --> 01:56:54,286
reluctantly teaching.
1115
01:56:55,127 --> 01:57:00,460
Then you arrived at the school.
1116
01:57:01,399 --> 01:57:07,169
During the months we practiced
for the competition...
1117
01:57:07,239 --> 01:57:11,363
something began
to change within me.
1118
01:57:11,643 --> 01:57:16,445
I came to realize
that I had always danced alone...
1119
01:57:16,515 --> 01:57:20,810
never fully trusting my partner.
1120
01:57:21,820 --> 01:57:26,121
My failure at Blackpool...
1121
01:57:26,191 --> 01:57:27,689
was not his fault.
1122
01:57:27,759 --> 01:57:33,633
It was a natural result
of me dancing only for myself.
1123
01:57:34,466 --> 01:57:37,508
It was you who taught me...
1124
01:57:37,802 --> 01:57:39,167
the splendor...
1125
01:57:39,237 --> 01:57:43,987
of dance when you trust and enjoy.
1126
01:57:44,743 --> 01:57:49,578
I decided to start again
from the beginning.
1127
01:57:49,781 --> 01:57:54,531
So thank you very much.
1128
01:57:55,120 --> 01:57:59,870
I'm looking forward to seeing you
at the party.
1129
01:58:21,312 --> 01:58:25,062
Going to the party?
1130
01:58:28,370 --> 01:58:32,120
She's going to England, right?
1131
01:58:36,809 --> 01:58:40,559
Seems you know everything.
1132
01:58:45,349 --> 01:58:51,052
I owe you an apology.
1133
01:58:54,658 --> 01:58:58,070
I hired a private detective.
1134
01:59:00,598 --> 01:59:04,594
I was afraid to ask you.
1135
01:59:04,802 --> 01:59:07,916
You've always been so serious.
1136
01:59:09,473 --> 01:59:12,303
And because I love you.
1137
01:59:14,745 --> 01:59:18,879
Please go and dance
with her tomorrow.
1138
01:59:18,949 --> 01:59:21,782
Continue your dancing.
1139
01:59:21,852 --> 01:59:24,852
I'd rather you were full of life...
1140
01:59:24,922 --> 01:59:28,088
than see you look so down.
1141
01:59:28,158 --> 01:59:30,090
Teach me to dance too.
1142
01:59:30,160 --> 01:59:35,396
Dance with me the way
you would with her.
1143
01:59:35,466 --> 01:59:37,884
Will you be quiet!
1144
01:59:38,702 --> 01:59:40,906
I quit dancing!
1145
01:59:41,639 --> 01:59:47,100
Why not dance with Mom?
1146
01:59:47,378 --> 01:59:48,999
Do it!
1147
01:59:49,813 --> 01:59:52,188
Dance with each other.
1148
01:59:58,689 --> 02:00:02,102
You were wonderful.
1149
02:00:02,526 --> 02:00:05,356
Please dance for me.
1150
02:00:27,751 --> 02:00:32,245
When I move my left,
go back on your right.
1151
02:00:33,257 --> 02:00:37,124
If it's my right,
then it's your left.
1152
02:00:38,829 --> 02:00:42,429
We turn 90 degrees to the right...
1153
02:00:42,499 --> 02:00:47,376
and bring our feet together.
1154
02:00:49,239 --> 02:00:53,193
Back on my left,
you come right.
1155
02:00:53,477 --> 02:00:56,176
My right, your left.
1156
02:00:56,246 --> 02:01:02,290
As you turn 90 degrees,
bring both legs together.
1157
02:01:03,420 --> 02:01:05,751
Alright, once more.
1158
02:01:28,445 --> 02:01:33,152
I'm sorry
that I made you feel so lonely.
1159
02:02:23,434 --> 02:02:26,767
"Going shopping later with Chikage.
1160
02:02:26,837 --> 02:02:30,577
See you after the party.
Love Masako."
1161
02:02:39,731 --> 02:02:42,032
Where's Sugiyama?
1162
02:02:42,102 --> 02:02:43,993
He's already left.
1163
02:02:44,063 --> 02:02:46,563
He has?
1164
02:03:28,911 --> 02:03:31,143
Is Sugiyama here yet?
1165
02:03:31,213 --> 02:03:33,046
Not yet.
1166
02:03:33,116 --> 02:03:37,147
That's strange.
He's already left work.
1167
02:04:10,689 --> 02:04:15,765
Look at Hattori showing off.
1168
02:04:17,157 --> 02:04:20,629
Go dance when the rumba starts.
1169
02:04:20,699 --> 02:04:25,320
Sitting waiting isn't going
to bring him here.
1170
02:05:36,834 --> 02:05:40,584
Maybe he's not coming.
1171
02:06:06,901 --> 02:06:15,150
"Shall we dance Mr. Sugiyama?"
1172
02:06:33,350 --> 02:06:37,779
And now for the final number
this evening.
1173
02:06:37,849 --> 02:06:44,788
This time let's have
Ms. Mai chooses her own partner.
1174
02:11:46,511 --> 02:11:49,170
Shohei Sugiyama... Koji YAKUSHO
1175
02:11:49,647 --> 02:11:52,207
Mai Kishikawa... Tamiya KUSAKARI
1176
02:11:52,951 --> 02:11:55,824
Tomio Aoki... Naoto TAKENAKA
1177
02:11:56,387 --> 02:11:59,344
Toyoko Takahashi... Eriko WATANABE
1178
02:11:59,891 --> 02:12:01,890
Tokichi Hattori... Yu TOKUI
1179
02:12:01,960 --> 02:12:04,760
Masahiro Tanaka... Hiromasa TAGUCHI
1180
02:12:04,896 --> 02:12:07,095
Tamako Tamura... Raiko KUSAMURA
1181
02:12:07,165 --> 02:12:09,565
Masako Sugiyama... Hideko HARA
1182
02:12:27,652 --> 02:12:30,652
Ryo Kishikawa... Shuichiro MORIYAMA
1183
02:13:21,272 --> 02:13:24,600
Hiromasa Kimoto... Masahiro MOTOKI
1184
02:13:25,443 --> 02:13:27,477
Natsuko... Misa SHI MIZU
1185
02:13:29,447 --> 02:13:32,191
Toru Miwa... Akira EMOTO
1186
02:13:41,826 --> 02:13:44,392
Executive Producers:
Yasuyoshi TOKUMA
1187
02:13:44,462 --> 02:13:47,428
Hiroyukik KATO, Seiji URUSHI DO
1188
02:13:47,498 --> 02:13:50,498
Shigeru ONO, Kazuhiro IGARASHI
1189
02:13:50,568 --> 02:13:53,401
and Tetsuya I KEDA
1190
02:13:53,471 --> 02:13:56,004
Producer: Shoji MASUI and Yuji OGATA
Altamira Pictures inc.
1191
02:13:56,074 --> 02:13:59,540
Director of Photography:
Naoki KAYANO (J.S.C.)
1192
02:13:59,610 --> 02:14:02,377
Lighting Director:
Tatsuya OSADA
1193
02:14:02,447 --> 02:14:05,580
Sound Recordist:
Kiyoshi YONEYAMA
1194
02:14:05,650 --> 02:14:08,716
Production Designer:
Kyoko HEYA
1195
02:14:08,786 --> 02:14:11,886
Editor:
Junichi KI KUCHI
1196
02:14:11,956 --> 02:14:14,822
Music by Yoshikazu SUO
1197
02:14:14,892 --> 02:14:17,926
Assistant Director:
Gen YAMAKAWA
1198
02:14:17,996 --> 02:14:20,895
Casting Director:
Tetsu MAEDA
1199
02:14:20,965 --> 02:14:23,932
Production Manager:
Yoshino SASAKI
1200
02:14:24,002 --> 02:14:27,001
Production Coordinator
Toshihisa WATAI
1201
02:14:27,071 --> 02:14:31,072
Associate Producer:
Yoichi ARISHIGE
1202
02:14:31,142 --> 02:14:34,768
Theme song performed by:
Taeko Onuki
1203
02:14:35,670 --> 02:14:42,788
Written and Directed
by Masayuki SUO