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Autumn Moon (1992)

Autumn Moon poster
Original title
秋月
Directed by
Clara Law
Genre
romantic comedy film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 48m
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 17 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Hong Kong high school girl becomes friends with a young Japanese man visiting Hong Kong. They spend time together despite their language differences.

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What happens

Autumn Moon is a 1992 comedy drama film directed by Clara Law and written by Eddie Ling-Ching Fong. A Hong Kong-Japanese co-production, the film is about a Hong Kong high school girl befriending a twenty-something Japanese man who is visiting Hong Kong. The film stars Japanese actor Masatoshi Nagase therefore dialogue is a mixture of English, Cantonese, and Japanese. Hong Kong musician Tats Lau contributes to the film score. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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