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Manda Kana (Kuroki Hitomi) is an average 44 year old housewife with a husband and kids. Growing up, Kana took ballet classes, but due to financial issues in the home she quit and has never started up again. And then…she meets with the world of ballet once more. Primadam is a human drama that shines in writing of a warm-hearted and strong woman. That no matter how old one may get, moving the body and taking the challenge of entering a new world is an amazing thing! This is a story that cheers on all of those housewives who continue to try to do what they love for themselves.

I'd like to know "that" is need to introduce exclamation.
If so, I'd like to know what meaning I should interpret "that" as.
Thank you in advance for your help.

Clive · Accepted Answer

It's a conversational style of saying this.

Primadam is a human drama that shines in writing of a warm-hearted and strong woman and in writing that no matter how old one may get, moving the body and taking the challenge of entering a new world is an amazing thing!

Park sang joon · Answer

Thank you, Clive, for your so very helpful answer.

"If it had been anyone but you, Agnes," said I, turning away my head, "I should not have minded it half so much. But that it should have been you who saw me! I almost wish I had been dead, first."

Then I was wondering if "that" introduces exclamation in the above example.

Clive · Answer

Once again, it's an incomplete utterance.

I interpret it as roughly this.
eg But that it should have been you who saw me is something I mind greatly!

Yes, it''s an exclamation.

Consider this simpler example.
A father, overcome with emotion, speaks to his son.
That you should have won both a Nobel Prize and an Olympic gold medal!

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