All Under the Moon (Japanese: 月はどっちに出ている, Hepburn: Tsuki wa Dotchi ni Dete Iru) is a 1993 Japanese film directed by Yoichi Sai and starring Gorō Kishitani and Ruby Moreno.
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Plot
Tadao (Goro Kishitani) is a North Korean immigrant who works in a taxi cab company, which is wholly owned by another Korean immigrant whose dream is to build a golf course. Tadao suffers from chronic discrimination because of his Korean ethnicity.
Tadao's mother owns a karaoke bar. Connie (Ruby Moreno) is a Filipina newly hired as a bartender at that bar who can speak fluent 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
Won: Best Film
Won: Best Director - Yōichi Sai
Won: Best Actress - Ruby Moreno
17th Japan Academy Prize
Nominated: Best Film
Nominated: Best Director - Yōichi Sai
Nominated: Best Screenplay
Nominated: Best Actress - Ruby Moreno
15th Yokohama Film Festival
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