Shall We Dansu?: Reflection

Shall We Dansu? was an 'okay' film, if you will. I did enjoy the plot of the story but compared to most of the films we have watched it did lose my attention. This was typical, predictable movie in which a man is bored with his life and wanted to finally try something new. On his daily commute to and from work his subway route always passes a dance studio. The studio seemed to always be of some interest to him, until one day he decided to finally go try it out.

The curious man found that he has a love for dancing. He continues to dance at the studio until he becomes fairly good. Before joining the studio, he was a very stiff, awkward man who had no rhythm whatsoever. He also chose not to tell his family or his fellow co-workers what he has been up too, because apparently within in the Japanese culture that sort of thing is not greatly accepted. To summarize, this movie showed how the Japanese lived and what was culturally accepted.

Throughout the film it seemed as if participating in any other activity, other than work, was not okay. This film showed that the Japanese people are extremely polite but live in an old school enviroment. It seemed as though they believed that men must work and the women must stay at home or have a small job; but they were not to work in an office like a man. Atleast, that was the connection I saw within the movie. Even though I was already aware that the Japanese people are huge worker bees, this movie did do a great job is showing how their jobs literally are their lives and nothing else. It showed how one man wanted to get out of the dull life he and millions of others had made for themselves to go and dance.