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{{Infobox film
| name           = Moonlight Whispers
| image          = Moonlight-Whispers-poster.jpg
| caption        = Moonlight Whispers poster
| director       = [[Akihiko Shiota]]
| producer       = Hiroyuki Negishi
| based_on       = {{based on|''Gekko no Sasayaki''|Masahiko Kikuni}}
| screenplay     = {{unbulleted list|Yoichi Nishiyama|Akihiko Shiota}}
| starring       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Kenji Mizuhashi]]
* [[Tsugumi (actress)|Tsugumi]]
}}
| music          = Shinsuke Honda
| cinematography = [[Shigeru Komatsubara]]
| editing        = Yoshio Sugano
| studio         = [[Nikkatsu]]
| distributor    = Bitters End
| released       = {{Film date|1999|10|23}}
| runtime        = 100 minutes
| country        = Japan
| language       = Japanese
| budget         = 
}}

{{nihongo|'''''Moonlight Whispers'''''|月光の囁き|Gekko no Sasayaki}} is a 1999 [[Japan]] film directed by [[Akihiko Shiota]] and based on the [[manga]] ''Gekko no sasayaki'' by Masahiko Kikuni.<ref name="nyt2000">{{Cite news|last=Scott|first=A. O.|author-link = A. O. Scott| title = Moonlight Whispers - FILM REVIEW; Masochists Always Hurt The Ones They Love -
| newspaper = [[The New York Times]] | date = November 22, 2000| url = https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9401e2dc173af931a15752c1a9669c8b63| accessdate = 2010-07-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1999/dw002690.htm|script-title=ja:月光の囁き|accessdate=2013-10-30|language=Japanese|publisher=[[Japanese Movie Database]]}}</ref>

==Plot==
A boy (Takuya) meets a girl (Satsuki), both 17 years of age,<ref name=ShortSteven>{{cite magazine|author=Short, Steven|url=http://www.time.com:80/time/asia/features/sex/sexfilm.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010413160750/http://www.time.com/time/asia/features/sex/sexfilm.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2001-04-13|title=Dirty Movies|magazine=[[Time Asia]]|date=2001-03-19<!--http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1955769,00.html-->|accessdate=2018-11-15}}</ref> and they fall in love. When she discovers his [[sexual fetishism|fetishes]], Satsuki brands Takuya ''[[hentai]]'' (pervert) and leaves him, only to be drawn back by the power his fetishes give her over him.

She has him watch as she has sex with another man, then asks him to lick her body.<ref name=ShortSteven/>

==Cast==
* [[Kenji Mizuhashi]] as Takuya Hidaka
* [[Tsugumi (actress)|Tsugumi]] as Satsuki Kitahara
* [[Kōta Kusano]] as Tadashi Uematsu
* [[Harumi Inoue]] as Shizuka Kitahara
* [[Yoshiki Sekino]] as Maruken

==Reception==
The film has received mixed reviews, scoring 57 out of 100 on the review aggregator site [[Metacritic]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/sasayaki|title=Sasayaki Reviews on Metacritic|website=[[Metacritic]]|accessdate=June 28, 2016}}</ref>

==Awards==
* 1999: Special Jury Prize at the 10th [[Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://yubarifanta.com/index_pc.php?ct=archive.php&langue=21002|title=Yubari International Fantastic Adventure Film Festival '99|publisher=yubarifanta.com|accessdate=2009-09-20|archive-date=2011-07-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718145700/http://yubarifanta.com/index_pc.php?ct=archive.php&langue=21002|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* 1999: [[Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award]]
* 1999: Hochi Film Award (Best New Director for Akihiko Shiota)
* 1999: Locarno International Film Festival, Golden Leopard (Nomination for Akihiko Shiota)
* 2000: [[Japanese Professional Movie Award]]
** Tsugumi (Best New Actress)
** Akihiko Shiota (Best New Director)
* 2000: Mainichi Film Concours, Sponichi Grand Prize (New Talent Award for Akihiko Shiota)
* [[Yokohama Film Festival]], Festival Prize
** Best New Director Akihiko Shiota
** Best New Talent Tsugumi

== See also ==
* [[Sadism and masochism in fiction]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{official website|http://www.viz.com/sasayaki/}}
* {{IMDb title|id=0208178|title=Moonlight Whispers}}
* {{JMDB title|1999|dw002690|月光の囁き}}

{{Akihiko Shiota}}

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