TAP THE LAST SHOW (2017)
Shinjiro Watari, a former tap dancer, plays the lead as a dancer who is forced into retirement following an accident while on stage. He tries his hand at Directing, but struggles to make the transition. Shinjiro turns to alcohol to cope with his plight. But when the manager of a theater being closed down turns to Shinjiro to direct its final performance, he works with a group young dancers and in the process learns a few things about himself. The movie is very well done and worth the price of admission. A view into the Japanese dancing world, as well as Japanese society.
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Cast
- Yutaka Mizutani — Shinjiro Watari
- Natsuo Shimizu — Makoto
- Kie Kitano — Hana Mori
- Ittoku Kishibe — Kiichiro Mori
- Bibari Maeda — Sadayo Matsubara
- Naomasa Musaka — Kanji Yoshino
- Asako Kobayashi — Masako Tadokoro
- HideboH — Taro Astaire
- Mitsunori Isaki — Ichiro Mamiya
- Mika Kitajima — Konatsu
- Takashi Yamanaka — Sugiyama
- Ryo Ono — Uesugi
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