Moonlight Whispers
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{{Infobox film
| name = Moonlight Whispers
| image = Moonlight-Whispers-poster.jpg
| caption = Moonlight Whispers poster
| director = Akihiko Shiota
| producer = Hiroyuki Negishi
| based_on = {{based on|Gekko no Sasayaki|Masahiko Kikuni}}
| screenplay = {{unbulleted list|Yoichi Nishiyama|Akihiko Shiota}}
| starring = {{Plainlist|
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| music = Shinsuke Honda
| cinematography = Shigeru Komatsubara
| editing = Yoshio Sugano
| studio = Nikkatsu
| distributor = Bitters End
| released = {{Film date|1999|10|23}}
| runtime = 100 minutes
| country = Japan
| language = Japanese
| budget =
}}
{{nihongo|Moonlight Whispers|月光の囁き|Gekko no Sasayaki}} is a 1999 Japan film directed by Akihiko Shiota and based on the manga Gekko no sasayaki by Masahiko Kikuni.{{Cite news|last=Scott|first=A. O.|author-link = A. O. Scott| title = Moonlight Whispers - FILM REVIEW; Masochists Always Hurt The Ones They Love -
| newspaper = The New York Times | date = November 22, 2000| url = https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9401e2dc173af931a15752c1a9669c8b63| accessdate = 2010-07-27}}{{cite web |url=http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1999/dw002690.htm|script-title=ja:月光の囁き|accessdate=2013-10-30|language=Japanese|publisher=Japanese Movie Database}}
Plot
A boy (Takuya) meets a girl (Satsuki), both 17 years of age,{{cite magazine|author=Short, Steven|url=http://www.time.com:80/time/asia/features/sex/sexfilm.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010413160750/http://www.time.com/time/asia/features/sex/sexfilm.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2001-04-13|title=Dirty Movies|magazine=Time Asia|date=2001-03-19|accessdate=2018-11-15}} and they fall in love. When she discovers his fetishes Satsuki brands Takuya hentai (pervert) and leaves him, only to be drawn back by the power his fetishes give her over him.
She has him watch as she had sex with another man, then asks him to lick her body.
Cast
- Kenji Mizuhashi as Takuya Hidaka
- Tsugumi as Satsuki Kitahara
- Kōta Kusano as Tadashi Uematsu
- Harumi Inoue as Shizuka Kitahara
- Yoshiki Sekino as Maruken
Reception
The film has received mixed reviews, scoring 57 out of 100 on the review aggregator site Metacritic.{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/sasayaki|title=Sasayaki Reviews on Metacritic|website=Metacritic|accessdate=June 28, 2016}}
Awards
- 1999: Special Jury Prize at the 10th Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival{{cite web|url=http://yubarifanta.com/index_pc.php?ct=archive.php&langue=21002|title=Yubari International Fantastic Adventure Film Festival '99|publisher=yubarifanta.com|accessdate=2009-09-20|archive-date=2011-07-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718145700/http://yubarifanta.com/index_pc.php?ct=archive.php&langue=21002|url-status=dead}}
- 1999: Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award
- 1999: Hochi Film Award (Best New Director for Akihiko Shiota)
- 1999: Locarno International Film Festival, Golden Leopard (Nomination for Akihiko Shiota)
- 2000: Japanese Professional Movie Award
- Tsugumi (Best New Actress)
- Akihiko Shiota (Best New Director)
- 2000: Mainichi Film Concours, Sponichi Grand Prize (New Talent Award for Akihiko Shiota)
- Yokohama Film Festival, Festival Prize
- Best New Director Akihiko Shiota
- Best New Talent Tsugumi
See also
References
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.viz.com/sasayaki/}}
- {{IMDb title|id=0208178|title=Moonlight Whispers}}
- {{JMDB title|1999|dw002690|月光の囁き}}
{{Akihiko Shiota}}
Category:Live-action films based on manga
Category:Films directed by Akihiko Shiota
Category:1990s Japanese-language films
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