Desert Moon

A successful businessman and his alcoholic wife attempt to piece together their unhappy lives and shattered marriage. Little do Nagai and Akira know that their precarious relationship will soon be transformed by a stranger, the enigmatic Keechie.

Cast

Hiroshi Mikami

as Nagai

Maho Toyota

as Akira

Shuji Kashiwabara

as Keechie

Yukiko Ikari

as Kai

Takahito Hosoyamada

as Tsuyoshi

Jun Kunimura

as Nonomiya

Katsuhisa Namase

as Ichiyama

Pierre Taki

as Sakaki

Jun Murakami

as Shiraki

Urara Awata

as Nakamura

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