Desert Moon (2001 film)

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Desert Moon
Directed by Shinji Aoyama
Written by Shinji Aoyama
Starring Hiroshi Mikami
Maho Toyota
Shuji Kashiwabara
Yukiko Ikari
Music by Jim O'Rourke
Cinematography Masaki Tamura
Editing by Shinji Aoyama
Release date(s) Flag of France June 20, 2001
Flag of Japan July 26, 2003
Running time 131 min
Country Japan
Language Japanese
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Desert Moon (月の砂漠 tsuki no sabaku?) is a 2001 film written, directed and edited by Japanese film director Shinji Aoyama. It was in competition at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival.

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The film's main theme is the conflict between work and family commitments in modern Japan. It focuses on a successful internet entrepreneur Nagai (Hiroshi Mikami), whose wife Akira (Maho Toyota) and young daughter Kaai (Yukiko Ikari) left him because he neglected them for his business. A young hustler Keechie (Shuji Kashiwabara), who has emotion problems concerning his own father, becomes involved in the family's drama.

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