Shall We Dansu?

[Sarah Frederick]

Unfortunately I can't find the old messages, but I believe there was a
discussion of this about a year and a half ago on this list. I have only
seen the Japanese version, but from what I remember of that discussion the
cuts were made becasue of the the American distributor's requests to keep
it under two hours.  I recall that the scenes where the main character is
riding the train, looking up at the dance studio and trying to decide
whether or not to start taking lessons are cut significantly.
Maybe someone has those old messages?

>>In the case of the Chinese films,
>>the distributor appears to be rather actively reframing the film for what
>>they perceive to be a non-Asia literate, "general" audience
>
>Lori, could you go into specific detail over what was cut out of these
>films? I know it's not really a KineJapan-related topic, so email me
>privately if you think so. And are these cuts the same in the UK version?
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