Yoichi SAI 崔洋一
All Under The Moon
月はどっちに出ている
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A chaotic love story ignites between Chung, a North Korean taxi driver, and Connie, a Filipina hostess. In 1990s Tokyo, they live in an environment marked by everyday racism and exploitation. Director Yoichi SAI, himself of Korean descent, has created a seminal, award-winning comedy about the lives of minorities in Japan.
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All Under The Moon (NC 2025)
月はどっちに出ている
Tsuki wa docchi ni dete iru
Japan 1993
109 minutes
Director
Yoichi SAI
Script
Yoichi SAI, Wui-Sin CHONG based on a novel by Seok-il YANG
Cinematography
Junichi FUJISAWA
World sales
Mancy’s Entertainment
Film print
Japan Foundation
Cast
Goro KISHITANI, Ruby MORENO, Moeko EZAWA, Shigemitsu OGI, Kenichi ENDO
About Yoichi SAI
崔洋一
Yoichi SAI, born in Nagano in 1949, is considered one of the most important Japanese directors of the 1990s; in his great success ALL UNDER THE MOON he was one of the first to deal with the fate of the Korean minority living in Japan, to which he himself belongs.