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Moonlight Whispers
Moonlight Whispers
	Moonlight Whispers poster
Directed by	Akihiko Shiota
Screenplay by	Yoichi Nishiyama; Akihiko Shiota;
Based on	Gekko no Sasayaki; by Masahiko Kikuni
Produced by	Hiroyuki Negishi
Starring	Kenji Mizuhashi; Tsugumi;
Cinematography	Shigeru Komatsubara
Edited by	Yoshio Sugano
Music by	Shinsuke Honda
Production; company	Nikkatsu
Distributed by	Bitters End
Release date	October 23, 1999;
Running time	100 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Moonlight Whispers (月光の囁き, Gekko no Sasayaki) is a 1999 Japan film directed by Akihiko Shiota and based on the manga Gekko no sasayaki by Masahiko Kikuni.^[1]^[2]

Plot

A boy (Takuya) meets a girl (Satsuki), both 17 years of age,^[3] and they fall in love. When she discovers his fetishes Satsuki brands Takuya hentai (pervert) and leaves him, only to be drawn back by the power his fetishes give her over him.

She has him watch as she had sex with another man, then asks him to lick her body.^[3]

Cast

Kenji Mizuhashi as Takuya Hidaka
Tsugumi as Satsuki Kitahara
Kōta Kusano as Tadashi Uematsu
Harumi Inoue as Shizuka Kitahara
Yoshiki Sekino as Maruken

Reception

The film has received mixed reviews, scoring 57 out of 100 on the review aggregator site Metacritic.^[4]

Awards

1999: Special Jury Prize at the 10th Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival^[5]
1999: Directors Guild of Japan New Directors 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 Film Concours, Sponichi Grand Prize (New Talent Award for Akihiko Shiota)
Yokohama Film Festival, Festival Prize
- Best New Director Akihiko Shiota
- Best New Talent Tsugumi

References

^ Scott, A. O. (November 22, 2000). "Moonlight Whispers - FILM REVIEW; Masochists Always Hurt The Ones They Love -". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-07-27.
^ 月光の囁き (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2013-10-30.
^ ^a ^b Short, Steven (2001-03-19). "Dirty Movies". Time Asia. Archived from the original on 2001-04-13. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
^ "Sasayaki Reviews on Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved June 28, 2016.
^ "Yubari International Fantastic Adventure Film Festival '99". yubarifanta.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2009-09-20.

External links

Official website
Moonlight Whispers at IMDb
月光の囁き at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)

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[nyt2000-1] Scott, A. O. (November 22, 2000). "Moonlight Whispers - FILM REVIEW; Masochists Always Hurt The Ones They Love -". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-07-27.

[2] 月光の囁き (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2013-10-30.

[ShortSteven-3] Short, Steven (2001-03-19). "Dirty Movies". Time Asia. Archived from the original on 2001-04-13. Retrieved 2018-11-15.

[4] "Sasayaki Reviews on Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved June 28, 2016.

[5] "Yubari International Fantastic Adventure Film Festival '99". yubarifanta.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2009-09-20.

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