{"id":2256211,"date":"2026-01-29T13:41:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T13:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2256211"},"modified":"2026-01-29T13:41:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T13:41:15","slug":"sundance-sony-pictures-classics-buys-crowd-pleasing-drama-ha-chan-shake-your-booty-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/sundance-sony-pictures-classics-buys-crowd-pleasing-drama-ha-chan-shake-your-booty-exclusive\/","title":{"rendered":"Sundance: Sony Pictures Classics Buys Crowd-Pleasing Drama \u2018Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!\u2019 (Exclusive)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div role=\"presentation\">\u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt39149197\/\">Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!<\/a>\u201d has sold to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co1150541\/\">Sony Pictures<\/a> Classics following its debut at Sundance. The crowd-pleasing story of a widow named <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm17606042\/\">Haru<\/a> \u2014 whose love of ballroom dancing helps her overcome her grief after the shocking death of her husband \u2014 was one of the festival\u2019s opening night films, scoring a standing ovation. Critics seemed to agree with the audience, with reviews praising the direction of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm2129610\/\">Josef Kubota Wladyka<\/a>, the lead performance of Oscar nominee <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0452860\/\">Rinko Kikuchi<\/a> and the imaginative dance sequences.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0203258\/\">IndieWire<\/a> wrote, \u201c\u2018<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt39149197\/\">Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!<\/a>\u2019 offers an effervescent spirit so often missing in this milieu, with a lovely performance from Kikuchi at its center.\u201d And The Hollywood Reporter raved, \u201cwith an engaging star and a story that leads to a touching, optimistic ending, Wladyka has created a little gem likely to find its audience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The pact is for global rights to the picture. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm1226341\/\">Alberto Guerra<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm2338470\/\">Alejandro Edda<\/a>,&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.imdb.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cHa-Chan, Shake Your Booty!\u201d has sold to Sony Pictures Classics following its debut at Sundance. The crowd-pleasing story of a widow named Haru \u2014 whose love of ballroom dancing helps her overcome her grief after the shocking death of her husband \u2014 was one of the festival\u2019s opening night films, scoring a standing ovation. 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