Switzerland / Aug 04, 1999 / Locarno Film Festival
Takuya wants to be Satsuki's dog. Satsuki likes to see Takuya cry. Love hurts.
1h 37min
Overall average
5.0/10
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Plot
Satsuki and Takuya are high school students who meet at kendo practice, where they bash one another with wooden swords. They begin an awkward romance, but Takuya soon reveals a masochistic side to his desires. He has been stealing Satsuki's soiled clothing and secretly surveilling her while imagining her subjugation of him. Disgusted, Satsuki rejects him but he persists, and she discovers her own pleasure in manipulating and humiliating him.
Genres
DramaRomance
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | 月光の囁き |
| Original language | 日本語 (JA) |
| Spoken languages | 日本語 |
| Production countries | Japan |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Nikkatsu Corporation |
| Release date | 23 ottobre 1999 |
| Executive producer | Nobutsugu Tsubomi, Masaya Nakamura, Toru Yoshida |
| Production | Hiroyuki Negishi |
| Writer | Masahiko Kikuni, Akihiko Shiota, Yōichi Nishiyama |
| Editing | Yoshio Sugano |
| Cinematography | Shigeru Komatsubara |
| Assistant directors | Tomohiro Kubo, Akihiko Shiota |
| Lighting | Ryuichi Ishimaru |
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| Camera operators | Shigeru Komatsubara |
| Additional photography | Shigeru Komatsubara |
| Production design | Norifumi Ataka |
| Art direction | Norifumi Ataka |
| Set decoration | Norifumi Ataka |
| Music | Shinsuke Honda, Hikaru Ishikawa, Kenji Sakagami |
| Sound | Hikaru Ishikawa, Kenji Sakagami, Shinsuke Honda |
Release dates
Premiere
Theatrical release
Japan / Oct 23, 1999
South Korea / Apr 20, 2006 / 19
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