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Moved by an impulse he scarcely understands, he decides to take dancing lessons from an older instructor, while secretly eyeing the lovely and distant Mai (Tamiyo Kusakari, whose long-lined elegance suggests a Japanese Audrey Hepburn). A former competitive ballroom dancer and less-than-enthusiastic teacher, she rebuffs his shy initial advances, telling him plainly that he'd better not dance if it's her she's after. Piqued, he throws his best efforts into proving that he does want to dance, and ultimately makes the lie true. The dancing gets into his blood, providing him both release and fulfillment...
...Sugiyama (Koji Yakusho) is an accountant who appears ready to accept joylessness as his lot until, on the street one night, he sees a vision: a beautiful woman (Tamiyo Kusakari) in the second-floor window of a dance class. Her ballerina grace, her poise and a secret stately sadness devastate him. Whether or not he can dance, his heart does...
Moreover it has long been known that Admiral Kato's favorite protege on the naval staff of which he is chief was Lieu-enant-Commander Yeiji Kusakari, scion of an old Samurai clan of deathless bravery, a highstrung man of 40, husband of a devoted wife, father of four. This officer last week engaged a berth at Kobe on the night express for Tokyo. Along toward dawn the conductor heard groans from his compartment, knocked diffidently, received no answer, debated for some time before he dared to unlock a staff officer's door...
...berth was a dark sodden pool of blood, upon it in terrible agony writhed Lieutenant-Commander Yeiji Kusakari. He had chosen the most painful and for a Samurai the most noble death: harakiri. With a short dagger which had belonged in medieval times to one of his ancestors he had slashed his abdomen through and through...
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