Crescent Moon

A gentle, sweeping family chronicle that quietly accumulates emotional weight across decades, leaving a warm ache.

Created by

Hiroshi Kataoka, Kei Hirota

Genres

Drama, Family

Starring

Aya Omasa, Hinako Sakurai, Issey Takahashi

Overview

Oshima Goro, a janitor of an elementary school, becomes a gifted teacher who teaches children that have fallen behind even though he has no licence. Single mother Akasaka Chiaki opposes formal education in schools during the war and sees the potential in a school to give coaching for a free, well-rounded education. The two of them become a couple both at work and at home, and create new history in the industry in this story depicting a family’s 50 years, set against the backdrop of the Showa to Heisei era.

How it feels

Warm, earnest, melancholic and romantic. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Family, education, parenthood, love

Content

Mild violence and sexual content. No gore or swearing.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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