A JAPANESE film without a samurai in sight, is the promise of the next offering by the Teignmouth Film Society.

They are screening Shall We Dance at the community school, and Hilary Olek from the society, described it as ’colourful, inspiring and uplifting’.

’Outsiders tend to view Japan as a nation of repressed people, a stereotype embodied by Mr. Sugiyama, the central character of the film - a successful but unfulfilled accountant.

’But he finds the missing passion in his life when he begins to secretly take ballroom dancing lessons.

’Not so much a Japanese rom-com - though affairs of the heart do play a part - as a film about finding joy in unexpected places in middle age.

’This film will make you want to dance - and maybe watch more Japanese movies,’ Mr. Olek predicted.

It will be shown on Friday, November 20.