A Moon in the Ordinary
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78% Critic Match

A Moon in the Ordinary

7.8 / 10 2025 1h 59mNR Japanese
DramaRomance

Storyline

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...

Cast & Crew

Masato Sakai

Masato Sakai

青砥健将

Lead
Haruka Igawa

Haruka Igawa

須藤葉子

Manato Sakamoto

Manato Sakamoto

Maria Isshoku

Maria Isshoku

Yuri Nakamura

Yuri Nakamura

Denden

Denden

Michiko Kichise

Michiko Kichise

Nao Omori

Nao Omori

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Nobuhiro Doi's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
4.0
Every frame feels alive. A Moon in the Ordinary is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker