Born into a life of acting and dance with a traveling theater troupe in 14th-century Japan, 12-year old Oniyasha has one problem—he doesn't know what the point of any of it is. "Why must I step with the left foot here instead of the right? Why is one performance good and another, bad? Why do people dance at all?" It all seems perfectly arbitrary, until a chance encounter in a run-down shack sets him down a path to revolutionizing the art form and influencing much of Japanese culture to come. A fictionalized account of the early life of Zeami Motokiyo (Oniyasha), the founder of modern Noh theater—the world's oldest surviving theater art—this coming-of-age artist's journey vividly brings to life a man far ahead of his time during one of Japan's most culturally and socially vibrant eras. (Source: Kodansha Comics) Note: World Is Dancing is streaming 3 days in advance of the TV broadcast on Prime Video and HIDIVE beginning June 29th, 2026. Regular broadcasting begins on July 2nd, 2026.

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Oniyasha

Yumiri Hanamori

Yoshimoto Nijou

Nobuo Tobita

Toshigo

Kaito Udagawa

Ishiya

Shinba Tsuchiya

Nariko

Mamiko Noto

Senri

Kousuke Echigoya

Kogane

Maaya Uchida

Chiharu

Inori Minase

Samanosuke

Haruo Yamagishi

Zojiro

Romi Park

Satsuki

Hazuki Seto

Hifumi

Reiou Tsuchida