Starring
John SwaseyEmily NevesRob MungleScott GibbsDeke AndersonJoe Daniels
Ratings per Episode
Votes per Episode
The World is Dancing Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | E11 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 8.4 | 8.1 | 8.9 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 8.1 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.2 | 7.7 | 8.8 | 8.5 |
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About
In 1374, amid the turmoil of the Northern and Southern Courts' long running conflict, a boy named Oniyasha is born into a family of sarugaku theater performers. He spends his days in a kind of quiet gloom, haunted by a simple but persistent question: Why do people dance? Then, one day, he witnesses a dance that he feels to be “good”—and everything begins to change. This is the story of the beautiful young boy who would one day shape the art of Noh and be remembered as Zeami.
"One does not need dance to live."
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Season 12026
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| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | Hito wa Naze Mau no ka | 8.1 | 129 | — | |
| ▶ | 2 | Anta ni wa Karada ga Aru ja Nai ka | 8.9 | 108 | — | |
| ▶ | 3 | Kimi ni wa Kimi no Yosa ga Aru | 8.4 | 61 | — | |
| ▶ | 4 | Hakobi no Ôkisa wa Chigaedo | 8.4 | 80 | — | |
| ▶ | 5 | Moederu Kodô | 8.1 | 53 | — | |
| ▶ | 6 | Musubitsuki | 8.5 | 43 | — | |
| ▶ | 7 | Hazama nite | 8.5 | 46 | — | |
| ▶ | 8 | Hashi no Mukou e | 8.2 | 34 | — | |
| ▶ | 9 | Himetaru Omoi | 7.7 | 30 | — | |
| ▶ | 10 | Afureta Sekai | 8.8 | 31 | — | |
| ▶ | 11 | Komochizuki | 8.5 | 23 | — |
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
John Swasey Additional
Emily Neves Shirabyoshi
Rob Mungle Additional
Scott Gibbs Inuo
Deke Anderson Additional
Joe Daniels Additional, Kan’ami
Melissa Molano Oniyasha
Jay Hickman Additional, Kamekichi
Ty Mahany Yoriyuki Hosokawa
Elissa Cuellar Additional
Masaaki Ihara Official
Hironori Kondo Promoter, Villager
Rika Kinugawa People
Romi Park Zojirou
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