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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.




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.




Cast


Hiroshi Mikami - Nagai
Maho Toyota - Akira
Shuji Kashiwabara - Keechie
Yukiko Ikari - Kaai
Isao Natsuyagi - Tsuyoshi's father
Kumiko Akiyoshi - Keechie's client
Itsuji Itao - Interviewer




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






External links


Desert Moon at IMDb
Desert Moon at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)

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