All Under the Moon

All Under the Moon
All Under the Moon
Directed by	Yōichi Sai
Based on	Taxi Kyōsōkyoku; by Yang Sok-il
Starring	Gorō Kishitani; Ruby Moreno
Cinematography	Junichi Fujisawa
Release date	November 6, 1993;
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

All Under the Moon (月はどっちに出ている, Tsuki wa Dotchi ni Dete Iru) is a 1993 Japanese film directed by Yoichi Sai and starring Gorō Kishitani and Ruby Moreno.

Plot

Tadao (Goro Kishitani) is a North Korean immigrant who works in a taxi cab corporation wholly owned by another Korean immigrant whose dream is to build a golf course. He suffers from chronic discrimination.

Tadao's mother owns a karaoke bar. Connie (Ruby Moreno), a Filipino immigrant, is the newly hired bartender who can fluently speak Japanese. Tadao pursues the homesick Connie to his mother's dismay.

Cast

Goro Kishitani - Tadao
Ruby Moreno - Connie
Moeko Ezawa - Eijun, Tadao's mother
Masato Furuoya - Konno
Yoshiki Arizono - Hoso
Kenichi Endo
Masato Hagiwara - Businessman
Akio Kaneda
Kumija Kim
Kim Soo-Jin
Tatsuya Kimura
Jun Kunimura - Tada
Akaji Maro - Senba
Shigemitsu Ogi
Wishing Chong - Osamu Ono

Awards and nominations

18th Hochi Film Award^[1]

Won: Best Film
Won: Best Director - Yōichi Sai
Won: Best Actress - Ruby Moreno

17th Japan Academy Prize^[2]

Nominated: Best Film
Nominated: Best Director - Yōichi Sai
Nominated: Best Screenplay
Nominated: Best Actress - Ruby Moreno

15th Yokohama Film Festival^[3]

Won: Best Film
Won: Best Director - Yōichi Sai
Won: Best Cinematography - Junichi Fujisawa
Won: Best Supporting Actor - Masato Hagiwara
Won: Best Supporting Actress - Ruby Moreno

References

^ 報知映画賞ヒストリー (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Archived from the original on 2009-01-31. Retrieved 2010-01-08.
^ 第17回日本アカデミー賞優秀作品 (in Japanese). Japan Academy Prize. Retrieved 2010-04-10.
^ 第１５回ヨコハマ映画祭１９９３年日本映画個人賞 (in Japanese). Yokohama Film Festival. Retrieved 2010-01-08.

External links

All Under the Moon at IMDb

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[1] 報知映画賞ヒストリー (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Archived from the original on 2009-01-31. Retrieved 2010-01-08.

[2] 第17回日本アカデミー賞優秀作品 (in Japanese). Japan Academy Prize. Retrieved 2010-04-10.

[3] 第１５回ヨコハマ映画祭１９９３年日本映画個人賞 (in Japanese). Yokohama Film Festival. Retrieved 2010-01-08.

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