The dance floor awaits, and this Sundance winner is ready to move through the mess.
Shake ya tail feathers, ladies and gents. The dance floor awaits — and so does the first official sneak peekers for the brand-new film Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!
The upcoming Sony Pictures Classics release comes in already carrying Sundance heat, with filmmaker Josef Kubota Wladyka winning the Directing Award: U.S. Dramatic at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival.
Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty! brings Sundance glow, Tokyo dance-floor drama, and one very alive reason to press play.
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Out this fall, the film is directed by Josef Kubota Wladyka and stars Rinko Kikuchi, Alberto Guerra, and Alejandro Edda.
The story follows Haru and Luis, who love competing in Tokyo’s ballroom dance scene until tragedy pulls Haru away from the floor and into isolation. When friends coax her back to the studio, a new instructor shakes something loose — grief, desire, sparks, and maybe a reason to move again.
That title may be serving party invitation, but the trailer suggests something more layered underneath: a character piece about loss, longing, rhythm, and the strange little ways life drags you back into the music when you thought the song was over.
Press play right below and let Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty! do exactly what it came to do.
Scenes from Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!’s official teaser.
With Tokyo ballroom, Latin dance influence, and Rinko Kikuchi at the center, the film looks ready to spin between comedy, grief, romance, and full-body feeling.
Watch the official teaser for Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!
The first teaser introduces Haru, the dance world she retreats from, and the sparks that begin to fly when she finds her way back to the studio.
Sources: Film details via Sony Pictures Classics; Sundance award information via Sundance Institute; teaser via Sony Pictures Classics / YouTube.
