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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) | June 20, 2001 July 26, 2003 |
Running time | 131 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
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 2001 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
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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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