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Word: yakusho (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...very nature of the story reveals these differences. Shohei Sugiyama (Koji Yakusho) is a sober, industrious accountant who's just passed 40 and can rightly be called a successful man. He has a wife and preteen daughter, and has recently bought a house; and to pay the mortgage, he's been working even more diligently than usual. But it seems he's not happy. Night after night he commutes home, and each night, at a certain stop, he sees the embodiment of his vague yearnings--a beautiful woman who comes to the window of a dance studio, looking out with...

Author: By Lynn Y. Lee, | Title: 'Shall We Dance?' Charms | 8/1/1997 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: A REAL SUMMER BREAK | 6/16/1997 | See Source »

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