In the heart of New York City, a group of Japanese businessmen, living far from their homes and families, are united by an unexpected passion.

The New York Men’s Choir is composed of fifty Japanese men assigned by their companies to live and work in New York. They are small firm employees and elite businessmen working for major corporations, bachelors and married fathers, retired seniors and teenagers. They come from different backgrounds and towns across Japan, but they all have two things in common: a love for singing and a love for the culture they left behind.

Their Japanese companies relocated the businessmen to America, and most had to leave their families behind in Japan. The choir thus becomes a treasured place where they can meet others who are experiencing similar feelings of alienation and loneliness. For those members who have been living in the U.S. for decades, the atmosphere of the choir offers a means to transport themselves back to the language, customs, and culture of home each week – if only for a moment.

The choir's year starts in January with a meeting to select the songs they will perform in the upcoming year. They rehearse every week for a full year, performing at charity concerts and events along the way, all in preparation for their grand finale – the annual Christmas concert.

Shall We Sing? follows the choir and its members over the course of the entire year – through their rehearsals, at their homes, out for evenings of karaoke and cocktails, away at overnight training camps, and during volunteer concerts at sites ranging from schools to Yankee Stadium – as they build both a unique vocal harmony and a very strong bond.
Because the businessmen's assignments are at their companies’ discretion, they never know where, or when, they will be transferred next. The choir experiences frequent farewells, and "Every meeting is the first and the last."

Shall We Sing? is an intimate look at the lives of fifty Japanese men who meet each other in the middle of a big city in a foreign country. Bound by their love for music, they form a community of their own.