Music : DBSK - Bolero
Mood : Happy!
DANCE, SUBARU!
Directed and Screenplay by Lee Chi Ngai
Based on the best-selling comic by Masahito Soda
DANCE, SUBARU!
Live where Dreams take you
Adapted from a popular Japanese manga (comic book) of the same title, Dance, Subaru! is a motivating tale about the self-realization of a young ballerina under adversity.
Subaru and her twin brother Kazuma share a passion for dance, but they do not have the fortune to receive formal training. Kazuma has a hereditary illness and dies of a brain tumour at the young age of 10, without a chance to fulfil his dream to become a dancer. After Kazuma’s death, dancing became Subaru’s only happiness. She yearns to lose herself in ballet which she and Kazuma both dreamt of, but is discouraged by her widower father who expects her to chart a more conventional education. This difference of hearts has alienated the father and daughter relationship ever since.
Subaru’s life takes a dramatic turn when she runs into a cabaret owner Isuzu, who is a retired ballerina herself. Isuzu, recognizing the talent in Subaru, takes the kid under her wing and trains her.
By the time she turns seventeen, Subaru is performing botched-up ballet numbers regularly at Isuzu’s cabaret, which in fact is more infamous as a strip-tease joint. Nevertheless, this dancing job affords Subaru to pay for ballet lessons at Madam Mako’s studio. Madam Mako’s daughter, Mana, is Subaru’s classmate since early grade school. She loves Subaru as a friend but is also embittered by Subaru’s talent.
A third young ballerina, Liz Park, enters Subaru’s life to complete a triangular tug-of-war among them. Liz, a Korean American, is a star pupil at the famous American Ballet Theatre in New York. Liz runs away to Tokyo out of boredom from the tedious life as a ballet student. She sees in Subaru a worthy competitor, a catalyst to revitalize her waning enthusiasm for ballet stardom.
After Subaru’s successful debut as a member of the Corps de Ballet in a public performance of Swan Lake, Liz persuades her to enter an International Ballet Competition to be held in Shanghai. By now, Subaru has decided to pursue the career of a professional ballerina. The prize of the competition being a student scholarship to any top ballet company in the world, Subaru needs little convincing to enter.
All three girls end up contesting with one another in Shanghai. Subaru finally discovers Liz’s secret agenda. While being upset by Liz’s betrayal as a friend, Subaru is more determined to dance to her best ability. Meanwhile, Liz is all the more inspired by Subaru’s fighting spirit. The two perform brilliantly in the contest, with Mana lagging not too far behind. Just as Subaru is ready to challenge at Liz’s apparent supremacy in the Final, tragic news from home strikes Subaru out of her stride. Isuzu, her long time mentor, died abruptly of a chronic heart disease.
Synopsis credit to : MY-TVXQ official website
"Fly away Fly away Fly away Fly to the top~~"
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