Pale Moon (film)
| Pale Moon | |
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| Directed by | Daihachi Yoshida |
| Based on | Kami no Tsuki by Mitsuyo Kakuta |
| Starring | Rie Miyazawa Sosuke Ikematsu Satomi Kobayashi Yuko Oshima |
| Cinematography | Makoto Shiguma |
Release dates |
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Running time | 126 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Pale Moon (紙の月, Kami no Tsuki) is a 2014 Japanese crime drama film directed by Daihachi Yoshida and based on a novel by Mitsuyo Kakuta.[1][2]
Plot
[edit]In Japan, in the post- bubble recession of the 1990s, a forty-year-old bank employee, Rika Umezawa, begins an extramarital affair with a university student, Kōta Hirabayashi. The young man's financial difficulties, due to the university fees he has to pay, push the woman to constantly extort money from the bank where she works. Taking a liking to it, she begins to use the clients' money for evenings out in luxury restaurants and five-star hotels. However, the situation ends up getting out of hand, causing her to fall into a vortex of lies and deceit.[3]
Cast
[edit]- Rie Miyazawa
- Sosuke Ikematsu
- Satomi Kobayashi
- Yuko Oshima
- Seiichi Tanabe
- Yoshimasa Kondo
- Renji Ishibashi
Reception
[edit]It will be in competition at the 27th Tokyo International Film Festival.[1] Rie Miyazawa was nominated for the Asian Film Award for Best Actress at the 9th Asian Film Awards.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Stephen Cremin (September 18, 2014). "Pale Moon to compete in Tokyo". Film Business Asia. Archived from the original on September 21, 2014. Retrieved September 19, 2014.
- ^ 紙の月 (2014). allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved September 19, 2014.
- ^ Staff, T. H. R. (2014-10-25). "'Pale Moon': Tokyo Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2026-06-23.
External links
[edit]- Official website (in Japanese)
- Kami no tsuki at IMDb
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