All Under the Moon
1993 Japanese film
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All Under the Moon (月はどっちに出ている, Tsuki wa Dotchi ni Dete Iru) is a 1993 Japanese film directed by Yoichi Sai and starring Gorō Kishitani and Ruby Moreno.[1]
Kana月はどっちに出ている
Revised HepburnTsuki wa Dotchi ni Dete Iru
Revised HepburnTsuki wa Dotchi ni Dete Iru
Directed byYōichi Sai
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| Kana | 月はどっちに出ている | ||||
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| Directed by | Yōichi Sai | ||||
| Based on | Taxi Kyōsōkyoku by Yang Sok-il | ||||
| Starring | Gorō Kishitani Ruby Moreno | ||||
| Cinematography | Junichi Fujisawa | ||||
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| Country | Japan | ||||
| Language | Japanese | ||||
Plot
Tadao (Goro Kishitani) is a North Korean immigrant who works in a taxi cab company, which is wholly owned by another Korean immigrant whose dream is to build a golf course. Tadao suffers from chronic discrimination because of his Korean ethnicity.
Tadao's mother owns a karaoke bar. Connie (Ruby Moreno) is a Filipina newly hired as a bartender at that bar who can speak fluent 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
- 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
