All Under the Moon explained

All Under the Moon
Native Name:	Kana: 月はどっちに出ている Revhep: Tsuki wa Dotchi ni Dete Iru
Director:	Yōichi Sai
Starring:	Gorō Kishitani Ruby Moreno
Cinematography:	Junichi Fujisawa
Country:	Japan
Language:	Japanese

is a 1993 Japanese film directed by Yoichi Sai and starring Gorō Kishitani and Ruby Moreno.^[1]

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^[2]

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

17th Japan Academy Prize^[3]

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

15th Yokohama Film Festival^[4]

• 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

Notes and References

1. News: Richie . Donald . International Herald Tribune . THE MOVIE GUIDE : All Under the Moon . 7 December 2022 . The New York Times . 10 December 1993.
2. Web site: http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/h_award/1993/. ja:報知映画賞ヒストリー. 2010-01-08. ja. Cinema Hochi. https://web.archive.org/web/20090131125727/http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/h_award/1993/. 2009-01-31. dead.
3. Web site: http://www.japan-academy-prize.jp/prizes/?t=17 . ja:第17回日本アカデミー賞優秀作品. 2010-04-10. ja. Japan Academy Prize.
4. Web site: http://homepage3.nifty.com/yokohama-eigasai/15-1993/15_1993_shou.html . ja:第１５回ヨコハマ映画祭 １９９３年日本映画個人賞. 2010-01-08. ja . Yokohama Film Festival.