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Moonlight Whispers
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Moonlight Whispers

1999-10-23 · 97 min · ★ 6.2

Drama · Romance

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.

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Directors
Akihiko Shiota
Production companies
Nikkatsu Corporation
Countries
Japan
Status
Released

Top Cast

Kenji MizuhashiKenji MizuhashiTakuya Hidaka
TsugumiTsugumiSatsuki Kitahara
Kōta KusanoKōta KusanoTadashi Uematsu
Harumi InoueHarumi InoueShizuka Kitahara
Chika FujimuraChika FujimuraRika
Kei MarimuraKei Marimura
Kiriko ShimizuKiriko Shimizu
Yoshiki SekinoKengo Maruyama
Shino Aizawa
Chika FujimuraChika FujimuraSatsuki's Friend
Ako Kawakami
Sachiko Shinozaki
Hideaki Yamaura

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