{
  "id": 9635567,
  "title": "Ambitious dance dramedy Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty! makes moves, not all of them smooth",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/ambitious-dance-dramedy-ha-chan-shake-your-booty-makes-moves-not-all",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-24T18:00:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The A.V. Club",
    "slug": "the-a-v-club",
    "url": "https://www.avclub.com/ha-chan-shake-your-booty-review-rinko-kikuchi-ballroom-dance"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Josef Kubota Wladyka's ambitious dance dramedy, Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!, explores the world of ballroom dancing as a means of coping with grief. The film features a charming ensemble cast led by Rinko Kikuchi as Haru, a woman mourning her late husband Luis, played by Alejandro Edda. Despite the film's stylistic distractions, it ultimately delivers a genuine feel-good story and showcases Kikuchi's talent in capturing the joys and challenges of ballroom dancing.",
  "summary": "Rinko Kikuchi returns to Western film with Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!, a sensitive yet uneven dance about getting one's groove back.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Time",
        "title": "In Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!, Dance and Desire Are Remedies for Grief",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/in-ha-chan-shake-your-booty-dance-and-desire-are-remedies-for-grief",
        "published": "2026-09-25T19:41:28.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}