Moonlight Serenade (1997)
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.
Cast
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
Toshiya Nagasawa
Mr. Demobilized
Shōhei Hino
Benshi
Chōichirō Kawarasaki
Headmaster
Akaji Maro
Circus performer
Frankie Sakai
Photographer
Masahiko Nishimura
Assistant photographer
Takashi Tsumura
Kimiko Yo
Naoto Takenaka
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