Desert Moon (2001 film)
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Director Shinji Aoyama Music director Jim ORourke Duration Country Japan | 6/10 IMDb Genre Drama Cinematography Masaki Tamura Writer Shinji Aoyama Language Japanese | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date June 20, 2001 (France)
July 26, 2003 (Japan) Cast Hiroshi Mikami , Maho Toyota , Shûji Kashiwabara , Isao Natsuyagi , Kumiko Akiyoshi , Ken'ichi Hagiwara Similar movies Related Shinji Aoyama movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Desert Moon (月の砂漠, Tsuki no Sabaku) is a 2001 Japanese drama film written, directed and edited by Shinji Aoyama, starring Hiroshi Mikami. It was in competition at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.
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Plot
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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Reception
Derek Malcolm of Screen International criticized the film, saying: "the problem with the film is that, instead of letting these sequences speak for themselves, it constantly underscores them with speeches that often seem pretentious and clichéd at the same time". David Rooney of Variety praised Masaki Tamura's cinematography, describing it as "graceful, leisurely camerawork and elegant framing".
References
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