Fancy Dance

A fish-out-of-water comedy, with chanting. Yohei, a punk rocker, reluctantly trains as a Buddhist monk to inherit his family's temple. His old life then beckons when his girlfriend arrives. It's a solid culture-clash movie, and a reminder that some inheritances are more trouble than they're worth.

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Masayuki Suō directed Fancy Dance in 1989. See Masayuki Suō's full filmography, where to start with Masayuki Suō, or where to go after you've seen everything by Masayuki Suō.

Fancy Dance was released in 1989 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 101 minutes.