- Country: Japan
- Genres: Drama
- Release: 1997-03-15
- Director: Masahiro Shinoda
- Writers: Yû Aku , Katsuo Naruse
- Language: Japanese
- Stars: Kyôzô Nagatsuka , Kyôzô Nagatsuka , Hideyuki Kasahara , Jun Toba , Shima Iwashita , Hinano Yoshikawa , Michiko Hada , Junji Takada , Toshiya Nagasawa , Sayuri Kawauchi , Shôhei Hino
- Runtime: 110 min
- Awards: 4 wins & 2 nominations
- AKA: Setouchi munraito serenade , 瀬戸内ムーンライト・セレナーデ (Japan) , 瀨戶內月光小夜曲 (Hong Kong) , Ksiezycowa serenada (Poland) , Setouchi Moonlight Serenade , Moonlight Serenade (United States of America) , Setouchi Munraito Serenade (India)
- Plot: Opens with a journalist reporting on the 1997 Kobe earthquake, as he remembers a trip made as a young boy. Then, he and family took a boat trip from Awaji to Beppu in order to bury the ashes of his elder brother, killed in the just-ended WWII. The lad spends much of the trip trying to talk his elder brother out of running away. They encounter an array of characters on the journey. Most prominent among them a black marketeer who, like the elder brother, feels that the "new ways" can only benefit him, and work against the boys' father, who is strict and traditional.
- IMDB:tt0120101
Moonlight Serenade Cast · · · ALL
Masahiro Shinoda
Director
Kyôzô Nagatsuka
Kōkichi Onda / Elder Keita Onda
Hideyuki Kasahara
Keita Onda as a child
Jun Toba
Kōji Onda
Shima Iwashita
Fuji Onda
Hinano Yoshikawa
Yukiko Mizukami
Michiko Hada
Ms. Komachi
Junji Takada
Mr. Black Marketeer
Toshiya Nagasawa
Mr. Demobilized
Shôhei Hino
Benshi
Chōichirō Kawarasaki
Headmaster
Akaji Maro
Circus performer
Frankie Sakai
Photographer
Masahiko Nishimura
Assistant photographer
Takashi Tsumura
Kimiko Yo
Naoto Takenaka