Image Gallery Now Loading... Previous Next Close

Moon Child (Limited Edition) (Japan Version - English Subtitles) DVD Region 2

This product is out of print and no longer available from the publisher
Related promotions:
This item belongs to:
Important information about purchasing this product:
  • This product cannot be cancelled or returned after the order has been placed unless the product is defective (see details).
  • This product will not be shipped to Hong Kong.
Moon Child (Limited Edition) (Japan Version - English Subtitles)
Sign in to rate and write review
Customer Rating: Customer Review Rated Bad 7 - 7 out of 10 (1)
All Editions Rating: Customer Review Rated Bad 8 - 8.4 out of 10 (88)

YesAsia Editorial Description

Zeze Takahisa's newest offering, Moon Child, may be the work that puts him on the map as a major international talent. Shot in Taiwan, the film is a sleek action thriller starring superstars Hyde, Gackt, and Leehom Wang. It is set in the near future in a fictional Asian city called Maleppa. A hotbed of crime and drugs, the city is the home to Sho (Gackt) and his gang of desperate criminal associates. Into this group comes Kei (Hyde), a pale, young vampire who has deep ties to Sho. Kei joins the group, which now also includes Son (Wang) and his younger sister Yi-che (Zeny Kwok), until a grisly event at once reaffirms the bond between Kei and Sho, but also forces Kei to once again flee Maleppa. Years pass and allegiances are switched, but the worlds of Kei and Sho are on course for one last collision...
© 2007-2008 YesAsia.com Ltd. All rights reserved. This original content has been created by or licensed to YesAsia.com, and cannot be copied or republished in any medium without the express written permission of YesAsia.com.

Technical Information

Product Title: Moon Child (Limited Edition) (Japan Version - English Subtitles) 月之魔童 (期間限定生產) (日本版 - 英文字幕) 月之魔童 (期间限定生产) (日本版 - 英文字幕) MOON CHILD ＜邦画マル得キャンペーン＞ （期間限定生産） Moon Child (Limited Edition) (Japan Version - English Subtitles)
Artist Name(s): Leehom Wang | Gackt | Toyokawa Etsushi | Suzuki An | Ishibashi Ryo | HYDE | Yamamoto Taru | Terajima Susumu 王力宏 | Gackt | 豐川悅司 | 鈴木杏 | 石橋凌 | HYDE | 山本太郎 | 寺島進 王力宏 力宏 | Gackt | 丰川悦司 | 铃木杏 | 石桥凌 | HYDE | 山本太郎 | 寺岛进 王力宏（ワン・リーホン） | Ｇａｃｋｔ | 豊川悦司 | 鈴木杏 | 石橋凌 | ＨＹＤＥ | 山本太郎 | 寺島進 | ゼニー・クォック Leehom Wang | 각트 | Toyokawa Etsushi | Suzuki An | Ishibashi Ryo | HYDE | Yamamoto Taru | Terajima Susumu
Director: Sese Takahisa Sese Takahisa Sese Takahisa 瀬々敬久 Sese Takahisa
 Manage My Personalized Product Alerts 
Release Date: 2007-01-27
Publisher Product Code: DA-2438
Language: Japanese
Subtitles: English
Country of Origin: Japan
Picture Format: NTSC What is it?
Disc Format(s): DVD
Region Code: 2 - Japan, Europe, South Africa, Greenland and the Middle East (including Egypt) What is it?
Publisher: Shochiku Home Video
Other Information: DVD
Shipment Unit: 1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.: 1004559857

Product Information

タイトル:MOON CHILD: ＜邦画マル得キャンペーン＞ （期間限定生産）
出演:HYDE／Gackt／ワン・リーホン／ゼニー・クォック／山本太郎／寺島進／鈴木杏／石橋凌／豊川悦司
監督:瀬々敬久

2014年、アジアの片隅の街マレッパ。10年程前に日本経済が破綻し、国は崩壊、多くの人が移民となって海外に流れ出た。ここマレッパも例外なく母国を失った人々で溢れかえり、人種の坩堝と化していた。そんな混沌とした街の中で、8歳のショウは生きるために仲間たちと盗みを働きながら、明日をも知れない日々を過ごしていた。ある日、ショウは廃墟の中で倒れているケイと出会う。それから月日は流れ、19歳になったショウはケイや仲間たちと敵対するマフィアのアジトを襲撃して大金をせしめようとしていたが…。
人気ボーカリストのHYDE（ハイド）とGackt（ガクト）がダブル主演した青春アクション。近未来のアジアを舞台に、2人の若者の運命的な出会いと友情を、淡い三角関係を織り交ぜながら描いている。類稀なる美貌と知性を持つ個性派アーティスト、Gacktの原案を映画化した作品で、Gackt自ら脚本の共同執筆にも参加している。共演に、台湾の人気ミュージシャンのワン・リーホンや「金魚のしずく」で注目を集めた香港の若手女優ゼニー・クォック、「バトル・ロワイヤル」「GO」の山本太郎、ハリウッド映画出演経験を持つ鈴木杏などアジア各国の実力派俳優が顔を揃えている。

■映像特典：予告編

テクニカル・インフォメーション
色:カラー
画面:16：9／4：3（LB）
言語／音声:日本語：DD（ステレオ）／日本語：DD（5.1chサラウンド）／日本語：dts（5.1chサラウンド）

その他の情報
製作年:2003
日本小売価格:￥2667
Additional Information may be provided by the manufacturer, supplier, or a third party, and may be in its original language

Other Versions of "Moon Child (Limited Edition) (Japan Version - English Subtitles)"

Customers who bought "Moon Child (Limited Edition) (Japan Version - English Subtitles)" also bought

Customers who bought videos directed by Sese Takahisa also bought videos by these directors:

Search Keywords

The following keywords are associated with this product. Please click on a keyword to search for similar items.

Customer Review of "Moon Child (Limited Edition) (Japan Version - English Subtitles)"

 Change Content Preferences 
Average Customer Rating for this Edition: Customer Review Rated Bad 7 - 7 out of 10 (1)
Average Customer Rating for All Editions of this Product: Customer Review Rated Bad 8 - 8.4 out of 10 (88)

Phoenix Lin
See all my reviews

April 7, 2007
Romancing darkness Customer Review Rated Bad 7 - 7 out of 10
A movie with artistic moments of or bits of everything: action, humor, romance, brotherly bonding, insight, tragedy but not really blossoming into anything spectacular. Somewhere along the way writers block occurred because you feel a lull in everything & the story barely holds together enough to bring you to the conclusion that felt predestined in the writers' minds. The acting...not award winning but adequate. A definate must have for fans of Gackt & Hyde. I loved the fusion of Japanese & Cantonese which offered much of the humorous moments.
Did you find this review helpful? Yes (Report This)
Fateschild
See all my reviews

May 6, 2006

This customer review refers to Moon Child (Japan Version - English Subtitles)
Another admiring review Customer Review Rated Bad 9 - 9 out of 10
I have owned Moonchild for quite a while now. It is still one of my favorite movies. Just about everyone that I know has seen it now.

Now, don't think that I am saying good things about this movie because I am a Gackt or Hyde fan. I actually got into the music after watching Moonchild. Before that I had played the PS2 game Bujingai and this made me curious about this Gackt fellow. Moonchild was my next step.

To me, this movie has the feeling of an independent film. One that was made by a group of friends who all got together and said "Hey lets make a movie." Cheesy dialogue and overacting are definately a part of this. It isn't very polished and it really needed either more time in the middle or to have been split into two movies. That is the only complaint that I have about Moonchild. It needed more time to tell the story.

One of the best things about Moonchild is not that it transcends genres, it instead seems to embrace several of them. It is a movie with a vampire in it that isn't a vampire movie. This is extremely rare. I found it refreshing.

Maybe this movie isn't for everyone. However, I have been recommending to my friends for a while now. If you aren't sure, you can always rent it. That's how I saw it the first time.
Did you find this review helpful? Yes (Report This)
cloud
See all my reviews

April 27, 2006

This customer review refers to Moon Child (Japan Version - English Subtitles)
worst film ever..... Customer Review Rated Bad 0 - 0 out of 10
Ok I read the reviews on this site and a few others. All I can say is thank god I didnt spend £15 on this film!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The acting is awful for a start. I think Gackt and Hyde should just stick to singing. I lost the plot half way into the film. This film was about friendship? Erm....ok. I began to lose interest just because of the how riduculous the plot was becoming. Ok to be fair there were a few funny bits, but they were few and far between.

Summary: dont waste your money!!
Did you find this review helpful? Yes (Report This)
INGRID
See all my reviews

January 23, 2006

This customer review refers to Moon Child (Japan Version - English Subtitles)
I loved it... give it a chance. Customer Review Rated Bad 8 - 8 out of 10
I absolutely ADORE this film. However, from a more professional, 'review' perspective, I can't honestly recommend it. Umm.... what shall I say....

1. Gackt and HYDE *can* act, I don't care what you say. Neither one of them is fantastic, but they can act. Gackt's delivery is very, very bipolar and goes back and forth between very angsty and really cheesy humor that does not come out right and falls flat and stupid. In my opinion. HYDE gets a little melodramatic and his angst can be too much, but it depends on your taste. You may think Gackt's funny and HYDE is just right. I thought HYDE was great because I myself am a bit of a drama queen and I got so sucked into the movie it didn't bother me...

2. The story is... well, granted, it's NOT original, per se. It's got kind of a pulp-y feel, to it though. I really HATE vampire stories, yet I liked this one, so if you're afraid of some psuedo-dracula-vampire-glorification film, don't worry. I think the character of Vampire is well-portrayed by HYDE- sure, he's angsty, but he's really not your typical vampire stereotype- now and then it gets to be a little.... 'wah, I'm going to live forever sucking lives while you all die, pity me, wah wah wah...' but like I said, I think that it's about the right amount of angst. A little over-the-top, but mostly warranted.

3. The pacing of the movie is its biggest flaw- it's rocky at best. It takes a lot of side trips... the action is sporadic and just cuts out in the middle. There's a scene where the camera is spinning around the room, and there's a song in English in the backround, and... in trying to portray the bonding between some of the characters, the plot really seems like it dies somewhere in the middle, and leaves you going, "WHAT JUST HAPPENED HERE???" but enjoy the light moments in the film while you can... it gets sad...
SO ANYWAY, there's a lot of scenes that seem very unneccessary (and would have been surely cut in Hollywood, but I guess that's why this is a foreign film ^_^;;) and the action gets kind of slow paced, but just stick with it. If you've got a lot of time and a big enough bowl of popcorn, it shouldn't bother you. Just let your mind wander to the beauty of the two leads (well, actually, Wang Leehom is pretty fine too).

4. I liked the music. There's stuff by Wang Leehom, too, (apparently? not really sure...) as well as the infamous duet "Orenji no Taiyou" (Orange Sunlight), but to my surprise, the finished version of Orenji no Taiyou wasn't seen in the film. At least, not in my version (the US release). The soundtrack was kind of strange-techno at times, but all in all, it fits. No complaints here!

So let me say that despite its flaws (really, I think HYDE is a better actor... no one kill me, please! (Not only that, I think HYDE is cuter!!! I love Gackt, but sometimes his face is too perfect-looking. And his hair? WHAT IS THAT? Really, the stylist in the movie really let herself go...) Okay, now I have to go apologize to furious Gackt-worshippers) (I LIKE HYDE'S MUSIC BETTER TOO!!!) (runs & hydes)

LET ME SAY... that the movie is not perfect, but I really think it's entertaining. The end caught even me by surprise, at least a little. For all its flaws, the only problem I have with the movie is that I do think the relationship between vampire Kei (HYDE) and protege Sho (Gackt) could be much more elaborately fleshed out... but the movie's already kind of long, so...

Just buy it, I think you'll like it!
Did you find this review helpful? Yes (Report This)
kiki
See all my reviews

December 25, 2005

This customer review refers to Moon Child (Japan Version - English Subtitles)
in all honesty Customer Review Rated Bad 8 - 8 out of 10
THIS MOVIE IS NOT BAD!!! I MEAN TAKE THE FACT THAT IT WAS THOSE GUYS 1ST TIME ACTING. THEY DID WELL. I LOVE THE FIGHT SCENES AND THEY WAY ALL THE ACTORS MADE IT SEEM AS IF THEY KNEW EACH OTHER WELL. PEOPLE PROBABLY DON'T LIKE THIS MOVIE BECAUSE IT'S SAD. I DON'T CRY IN MOVIES, BUT I FELT LIKE I WOULD. IT MAKES YOU FEEL EMOTION. SO, WITH THAT AND THE FIGHT SCENES, I AM TELLING YOU IT'S A GOOD MOVIE TO GET.
Did you find this review helpful? Yes (Report This)
 View all customer reviews   Write a review and share your thoughts 

Browse Other Related Categories

  • Region & Language: Hong Kong United States - English
  • *Reference Currency: No Reference Currency
 Change Preferences 
Please enable cookies in your browser to experience all the features of our site, including the ability to make a purchase.
Close