Moonlight Whispers
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German title | Moonlight Whispers |
Original title | Gekko no sasayaki |
Country of production | Japan |
original language | Japanese |
Publishing year | 1999 |
length | approx. 105 minutes |
Age rating | FSK 16 |
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Director | Akihiko Shiota |
script |
Yôichi Nishiyama Masahiko Kikuni (Manga) |
production | Masaya Nakamura |
music | Shinsuke Honda |
camera | Shigeru Komatsubara |
cut | Yoshio Sugano |
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Moonlight Whispers is a Japanese love story by director Akihiko Shiota from 1999. The film tells the sadomasochistic love story of the Japanese student Takuya Hidaka ( Kenji Mizuhashi ) and his classmate Satsuki Kitahara ( Tsugumi ). The film is based on the manga Gekko no sasayaki .
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The two Japanese students Takuya Hidaka ( Kenji Mizuhashi ) and Satsuki Kitahara ( Tsugumi ) are a couple. Outwardly, they look like an average student couple who practice kendo together in their free time .
When Satsuki secretly breaks into Takuya's school locker, she immediately realizes that his feelings go well beyond conventional love. Various objects in the locker, some of which were very intimate, clearly show that Takuya adored her even before the beginning of their relationship.
Takuya had already collected these items before the couple got together. The longer he knows Satsuki, the more certain he becomes that he not only wants to be her boyfriend, but much more her slave . The discovery of the fetishes hoarded in the locker repels Satsuki so much and hurts her so much that she separates from him. Takuya refuses to accept this reality. The more cruel Satsuki pushes him back, the more he submits to her. It is becoming more and more clear that Satsuki is beginning to enjoy the unconditional submission and the ever-new torments it has invented. Finally she puts Takuya to the test of his love.
Awards
- 1999: Director's Guild of Japan (New Director's 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 Eiga Concours , Sponichi Grand Prize (New Talent Award for Akihiko Shiota)
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Yokohama Film Festival , Festival Prize
- Best New Director Akihiko Shiota
- Best New Talent Tsugumi
Web links
- Gekko no sasayaki (Moonlight Whispers) in the Internet Movie Database (English)