A Moon in the Ordinary

A quiet, tender look at late-blooming love and grief, unfolding with gentle patience and bittersweet warmth.

Directed by

Nobuhiro Doi

Genres

Drama, Romance

Starring

Masato Sakai, Haruka Igawa, Manato Sakamoto

Overview

Kensho Aoto reunites with Yoko Sudo, whom he had feelings for in junior high school, for the first time in 35 years. On the second floor window sill of a small apartment. Yoko was leaning against the window and looking up at the moon in the night sky, then Kensho was watching her from outside. Kensho “What were you thinking back then?” Yoko “...Something like a dream. Just about something like a dream.” The two of them are naturally attracted to each other for the first time at the age of 50. They eventually start talking about the future...

How it feels

Melancholic, warm, romantic and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Love, grief, memory, aging

Content

Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.

Note

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

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