Desert Moon

an AOYAMA SHINJI picture

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Title

Desert Moon

Director

Aoyama Shinji

Producer

Sento Takenori

Nationality

Japan

Year

2001

Duration

128'

Language

Japanese

Format

DTS Stereo

Ratio

1.37

Original Title

Tsuki no sabaku

Synopsis

Synopsis


A successful businessman and his alcoholic wife attempt to piece together their unhappy lives and shattered marriage. Little do Nagai and Akira know, that their precarious relationship will soon be transformed by a complete stranger, the enigmatic young drifter Keechie. An unpredictably dangerous triangle… A very contemporary drama on mid-life crisis and family values from the director of the award-winning Eureka.

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Festivals
& Awards

Cannes International Film Festival
In Competition

French International Film Festival in Japan

Camerimage (Poland)

Barcelona Film Festival

Munich Film Festival

Cast & Crew

Hiroshi Mikami
Maho Toyota
Shuji Kashiwabara
Yukiko Ikari
Isao Natsuyagi
Kumiko Akiyoshi
Ken'ichi Hagiwara
Written and Directed by Shinji Aoyama
Producer Takenori Sentô
Cinematography Masaki Tamra
Lighting Yuzuru Sato
Production Design Takeshi Shimizu
Sound Nobuyuki Kikuchi
Music Jim O'Rourke
Editor Shinji Aoyama

Releases

France - Océan Films

17.10.2001