Moonlight Whispers

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.

Plot

A boy (Takuya) meets a girl (Satsuki), both 17 years of age, 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.

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.

Awards

1999: Special Jury Prize at the 10th Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival

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

References

External links

Official website

Moonlight Whispers at IMDb

月光の囁き at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)