Heartwarming human drama about a former tap dancer who trades in his tap shoes to woo a figure skating instructor. But by a twist of fate, he finds himself coaching a local ice hockey team of hapless youths and leading them to a championship
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Rosa Kato
Shizuka Yamaguchi
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Takanori Jinnai Director · Shigeki Kaneko Screenplay Yugo Kanno Composer
First release December 15, 2007 · Produced in Japan · Production Fuji Television Network, Nihon Eiga Broadcasting Corp.
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dentsu
Production
Fuji Television Network
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Nihon Eiga Broadcasting Corp.
Production
Toho Pictures
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TOHO
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Japan
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Original title
スマイル 聖夜の奇跡
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · December 15, 2007
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No release date listed for United States.
Czechia
January 28, 2014 · Premiere · Eiga-Sai Film Festival
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