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All Under the Moon

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All Under the Moon
Japanese name
Kana月はどっちに出ている
Transcriptions
Revised HepburnTsuki wa Dotchi ni Dete Iru
Directed byYōichi Sai
Based onTaxi Kyōsōkyoku
by Yang Sok-il
StarringGorō Kishitani
Ruby Moreno
CinematographyJunichi Fujisawa
Release date
  • November 6, 1993 (1993-11-06)
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

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]

Plot

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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

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Awards and nominations

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18th Hochi Film Award[2]

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]

References

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  1. ^ Richie, Donald; International Herald Tribune (10 December 1993). "THE MOVIE GUIDE : All Under the Moon". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  2. ^ 報知映画賞ヒストリー (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Archived from the original on 2009-01-31. Retrieved 2010-01-08.
  3. ^ 第17回日本アカデミー賞優秀作品 (in Japanese). Japan Academy Prize. Retrieved 2010-04-10.
  4. ^ 第15回ヨコハマ映画祭 1993年日本映画個人賞 (in Japanese). Yokohama Film Festival. Retrieved 2010-01-08.
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