Desert Moon

2001

2h 11m

6.2(12 votes)

Drama

Overview

A successful businessman and his alcoholic wife attempt to piece together their unhappy lives and shattered marriage. Little do Nagai and Akira know that their precarious relationship will soon be transformed by a stranger, the enigmatic Keechie.

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16 members

Acting

三上博史

Nagai

Acting

とよた真帆

Akira

Acting

柏原収史

Keechie

Acting

碇由貴子

Kai

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細山田隆人

Tsuyoshi

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國村隼

Nonomiya

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生瀬勝久

Ichiyama

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ピエール瀧

Sakaki

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村上淳

Shiraki

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粟田麗

Nakamura

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Masakatsu Funaki

Matsushima

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津田寛治

Satetsu

Acting

板尾創路

Interviewer

Acting

夏八木勲

Tsuyoshi's Father

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秋吉久美子

Keechie's Client

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萩原健一

Keechie's Boss

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