Moonlight Serenade

1997

1h 57m

6.0

6.0/10

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Overview

A journalist reporting on the 1997 Kobe earthquake recalls a boat trip he took as a boy after WWII to bury his brother's ashes, during which his family grapples with life in occupied Japan.

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Status: Released

Language: JA

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Production Information

Production Companies

Fuji Television Network Office Two-One Shochiku Pony Canyon

Production Countries

Japan

Spoken Languages

Japanese

Keywords

world war ii family conflict family dynamics 1940s post war life 1990s war trauma westernizing boat trip

Quick Facts

Original Title	瀬戸内ムーンライト・セレナーデ
Release Date	March 15, 1997
Status	Released
Language	JA
IMDb ID	tt0120101

Cast

Kyōzō Nagatsuka

Kōkichi Onda / Elder Keita Onda

Hideyuki Kasahara

Keita Onda as a child

Jun Toba

Kōji Onda

Shima Iwashita

Fuji Onda

Hinano Yoshikawa

Yukiko Mizukami

Michiko Hada

Ms. Komachi

Junji Takada

Mr. Black Marketeer

Toshiya Nagasawa

Mr. Demobilized

Sayuri Kawauchi

Hideko Onda

Shōhei Hino

Benshi

Chōichirō Kawarasaki

Headmaster

Akaji Maro

Circus performer

Key Crew

Masahiro Shinoda

Director

Katsuo Naruse

Screenplay

Kazuyoshi Okuyama

Executive Producer

Masaru Koibuchi

Producer

Taketo Niitsu