Moonlight Serenade
1997 · 117 MIN · IMDB 6.9 · 115 VOTES · DIR. Masahiro Shinoda
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,088 lines
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00:00:30 A level-7 earthquake hit Awaji Island and the Hanshin Region yesterday at 5:46 am.
00:01:51 With so many fires everywhere, the firefighting efforts seem inadequate.
00:06:01 250,000 people gathered for "Food May Day"outside the Palace.
00:11:02 - A family suicide, they say. - A family suicide?
00:15:55 Place your bets.
00:20:20 Don't take a hand-out.
00:25:25 This rough trip to bring him to Kyushu won't atone for Dad's sins.
00:30:13 Can I open it?
00:35:47 I've got relatives in Kyushu.
00:39:28 You said you'd decide today. Did you?
00:45:34 We'll be fine if we all drink and sing and have raucous fun together.
00:49:24 "She was a dream. She was a fox or a snow lady."
00:53:24 I'm kidding, I'm just joking. I never meant to...
00:59:14 Hey, what does Bantsuma mean?
01:03:12 I don't know about a country theatre. But not in...
01:09:27 Are you one of those people?
01:13:14 Good, good. Way to go.
01:17:35 He's a weakling.
01:23:17 - Koji... - You must die with us, Koji.
01:30:43 Please go back to them.
01:36:41 Stop it!
01:41:37 What a troublemaker.
01:45:40 We may have lost to you idiots, but I won't allow you to lecture us.
01:57:03 THE END
Cast & Characters
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
Frankie Sakai
Photographer
Masahiko Nishimura
Assistant photographer
Takashi Tsumura
Kimiko Yo
Naoto Takenaka
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,088
Dialogue density9.3 lines / min
First line00:00:30
Final line01:57:03
Production Record
DirectorMasahiro Shinoda
LanguageJapanese
IMDb votes115
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