All Under the Moon

All Under the Moon (月はどっちに出ている, Tsuki wa Dotchi ni Dete Iru) is a 1993 Japanese film directed by Yoichi Sai and starring Gorō Kishitani and Ruby Moreno.^[1]

All Under the Moon
Japanese name
Kana	月はどっちに出ている
Transcriptions Revised Hepburn Tsuki wa Dotchi ni Dete Iru
Directed by	Yōichi Sai
Based on	Taxi Kyōsōkyoku by Yang Sok-il
Starring	Gorō Kishitani Ruby Moreno
Cinematography	Junichi Fujisawa
Release date	November 6, 1993 (1993-11-06)
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Plot

Tadao (Goro Kishitani) is a North Korean immigrant who works in a taxi cab corporation wholly owned by another Korean immigrant whose dream is to build a golf course. He suffers from chronic discrimination.

Tadao's mother owns a karaoke bar. Connie (Ruby Moreno), a Filipino immigrant, is the newly hired bartender who can fluently speak Japanese. Tadao pursues the homesick Connie to his mother's dismay.

Cast

• Goro Kishitani - Tadao
• Ruby Moreno - Connie
• Moeko Ezawa - Eijun, Tadao's mother
• Masato Furuoya - Konno
• Yoshiki Arizono - Hoso
• Kenichi Endo
• Masato Hagiwara - Businessman
• Akio Kaneda
• Kumija Kim
• Kim Soo-Jin
• Tatsuya Kimura
• Jun Kunimura - Tada
• Akaji Maro - Senba
• Shigemitsu Ogi
• Wishing Chong - Osamu Ono

Awards and nominations

18th Hochi Film Award^[2]

• Won: Best Film
• Won: Best Director - Yōichi Sai
• Won: Best Actress - Ruby Moreno

17th Japan Academy Prize^[3]

• Nominated: Best Film
• Nominated: Best Director - Yōichi Sai
• Nominated: Best Screenplay
• Nominated: Best Actress - Ruby Moreno

15th Yokohama Film Festival^[4]

• Won: Best Film
• Won: Best Director - Yōichi Sai
• Won: Best Cinematography - Junichi Fujisawa
• Won: Best Supporting Actor - Masato Hagiwara
• Won: Best Supporting Actress - Ruby Moreno