Pale Moon

"To make your dreams come true, sometimes you have to break the rules."

2014 2h 4m JA

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6.4

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★6.4TMDB · 33

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Synopsis

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Wakaba Bank contract employee Rika meets university student Kota at a client's home. Unknown to her husband Masafumi, she engages in secret rendezvous with Kota, and begins to embezzle money from her clients' accounts to buy expensive cosmetics and pay off Kota's debt.

“To make your dreams come true, sometimes you have to break the rules.”

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Cast

Rie Miyazawa
Rika Umezawa
Sosuke Ikematsu
Kota
Seiichi Tanabe
Masafumi Umezawa
Satomi Kobayashi
Kuma
Yoshimasa Kondo
Yuji Inoue
Renji Ishibashi
Kozo Hirabayashi
Yuko Oshima
Keiko Aikawa
Mayumi Sakura

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Daihachi Yoshida
Writers: Kaeko Hayafune
Languages: Japanese, Khmer
Countries: Japan

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1 / 8

ERA

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Released 12 years ago.

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2 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Japanese, Khmer.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Daihachi Yoshida, shot by Makoto Sigma. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Takashi Sato shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Rie Miyazawa and Sosuke Ikematsu and Seiichi Tanabe carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "To make your dreams come true, sometimes you have to break the rules.".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt3560492 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Daihachi Yoshida directs. Makoto Sigma behind the camera. Takashi Sato cuts. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese, Khmer.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 12 years ago.
2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Japanese, Khmer.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Daihachi Yoshida, shot by Makoto Sigma. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Editor Takashi Sato shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Rie Miyazawa and Sosuke Ikematsu and Seiichi Tanabe carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "To make your dreams come true, sometimes you have to break the rules.".
8IMDB entry: tt3560492 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 33 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Makoto Sigma
Editing: Takashi Sato
Runtime: 124 min · 2h 4m
Status: Released
Original language: JA
IMDB: Pale Moon (2014)

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badelf2021-12-05
★ 7/10
The story is fascinating because I end up having so much empathy for the "anti-hero". It has something to do with how it was tied back to her idiotic childhood. I imagine anyone brought up in a catholic school probably ends up with a weird life.

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