Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!

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Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!

R

Sep 2026

2h 2m

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Romance

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Haru and Luis love competing in Tokyo's ballroom dance scene, but after tragedy strikes, Haru withdraws into isolation. When friends coax her back to the studio, she develops an infatuation with the new instructor.

Critics Consensus

A lively exorcism of grief, Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty! gives its characters a lovely sense of grace while Rinko Kikuchi's winsome performance gives this film its beating heart.

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Stephanie Zacharek

TIME Magazine

Sep 30, 2026

The movie is pleasing, if slight, though Kikuchi’s performance is nuanced enough to keep you watching, and to keep you rooting for her.

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Odie Henderson

Boston Globe

Sep 29, 2026

3/4

Director Josef Kubota Wladyka creates a raunchy cross between "Truly, Madly, Deeply" and "Shall We Dance" while enveloping the proceedings in a layer of Latin American cinema’s magical realism.

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Tim Grierson

Los Angeles Times

Sep 28, 2026

Shake Your Booty! wants its grieving main character to get back out there on the floor, but the movie never finds a consistent rhythm for her to try it.

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Dionar Hidalgo

Algo Más Que Cine

3 days ago

7/10

Rinko Kikuchi shines in this quirky tale of grief and renewal. Ballroom dance, fantasy, and an unexpected romance create a heartfelt portrait of learning to live with loss, even when the story gets overly whimsical.

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Carla Hay

Culture Mix

6 days ago

It has several fantasy sequences that might be too mawkish for some viewers. However, Rinko Kikuchi gives a captivating performance as a whimsical ballroom dancer adjusting to life after the death of her husband, who was also her dance partner.

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Jack Martin

Film Feeder

Oct 13, 2026

4/5

Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty! is a winning crowd-pleaser that sees filmmaker Josef Kubota Wladykae imbue some stylish and lively attributes to a familiar story of grief that is anchored by a delightful Rinko Kikuchi.

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Mr Hollywood

Oct 11, 2026

Fun and emotional story. Good turns you don’t see coming. Definitely a good watch

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Erik

Oct 7, 2026

I liked it. Kikuchi was very strong.

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Sherry

Oct 7, 2026

wished it was more cinematic plot

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Khatrina

Oct 1, 2026

funny and surprisingly heartwarming in how to deal with grief and reclaiming happiness when life is messy

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Lele C

Sep 30, 2026

If glee, dirty dancing, and center stage had a threesome and produced a comical grieving baby 😳 Movie is better than the cover for sure

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Brian

Sep 29, 2026

For music/dance lovers

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You

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Synopsis

Haru and Luis love competing in Tokyo's ballroom dance scene, but after tragedy strikes, Haru withdraws into isolation. When friends coax her back to the studio, she develops an infatuation with the new instructor.

Director: Josef Kubota Wladyka
Producer: Kimberly Parker Zox, Mao Nagakura, Josef Kubota Wladyka
Screenwriter: Nicholas Huynh, Josef Kubota Wladyka, Josef Kubota Wladyka, Nicholas Huynh
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Rating: R (Language|Sexual Content)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 25, 2026, Wide
Box Office (Gross USA): $411.6K
Runtime: 2h 2m

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