Moonlight Whispers

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Moonlight Whispers
Moonlight Whispers poster
Directed byAkihiko Shiota
Screenplay by
  • Yoichi Nishiyama
  • Akihiko Shiota
Based onGekko no Sasayaki
by Masahiko Kikuni
Produced byHiroyuki Negishi
Starring
CinematographyShigeru Komatsubara
Edited byYoshio Sugano
Music byShinsuke Honda
Production
company
Distributed byBitters End
Release date
  • October 23, 1999 (1999-10-23)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Moonlight Whispers (月光の囁き, Gekko no Sasayaki) 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

Reception

The film has received mixed reviews, scoring 57 out of 100 on the review aggregator site Metacritic.[4]

Awards

See also

References

  1. ^ Scott, A. O. (November 22, 2000). "Moonlight Whispers - FILM REVIEW; Masochists Always Hurt The Ones They Love -". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-07-27.
  2. ^ 月光の囁き (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2013-10-30.
  3. ^ a b Short, Steven (2001-03-19). "Dirty Movies". Time Asia. Archived from the original on 2001-04-13. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
  4. ^ "Sasayaki Reviews on Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved June 28, 2016.
  5. ^ "Yubari International Fantastic Adventure Film Festival '99". yubarifanta.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2009-09-20.


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