Moonlight Whispers Explained

Moonlight Whispers
Director:	Akihiko Shiota
Producer:	Hiroyuki Negishi
Music:	Shinsuke Honda
Cinematography:	Shigeru Komatsubara
Editing:	Yoshio Sugano
Studio:	Nikkatsu
Distributor:	Bitters End
Runtime:	100 minutes
Country:	Japan
Language:	Japanese

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

See also

• Sadism and masochism in fiction

Notes and References

1. News: Scott. A. O.. A. O. Scott. Moonlight Whispers - FILM REVIEW; Masochists Always Hurt The Ones They Love -. . November 22, 2000. 2010-07-27.
2. Web site: http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1999/dw002690.htm. ja:月光の囁き. 2013-10-30. Japanese. Japanese Movie Database.
3. Short, Steven. Dirty Movies. https://web.archive.org/web/20010413160750/http://www.time.com/time/asia/features/sex/sexfilm.html. dead. 2001-04-13. Time Asia. 2001-03-19. 2018-11-15.
4. Web site: Sasayaki Reviews on Metacritic. Metacritic. June 28, 2016.
5. Web site: Yubari International Fantastic Adventure Film Festival '99. yubarifanta.com. 2009-09-20. 2011-07-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20110718145700/http://yubarifanta.com/index_pc.php?ct=archive.php&langue=21002. dead.