Moonlight Express

Original title: Sing yuet tung wa

1999
1h 41m

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Leslie Cheung and Takako Tokiwa in Moonlight Express (1999)

A Japanese woman named Hitomi who lost her fiancé in a car crash meets a Chinese man named Karbo who looks exactly like him who himself is on the run from the police after being framed.A Japanese woman named Hitomi who lost her fiancé in a car crash meets a Chinese man named Karbo who looks exactly like him who himself is on the run from the police after being framed.A Japanese woman named Hitomi who lost her fiancé in a car crash meets a Chinese man named Karbo who looks exactly like him who himself is on the run from the police after being framed.

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6.2/10

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Trivia
Hitomi is briefly seen wearing an apron with a cartoon dog design on the front. This is Pompompurin, a golden retriever character by Sanrio, most famous for Hello Kitty. At the time, Pompompurin had only recently debuted, in 1996.

Quotes
Karbo: What will you do if you see another man who looks like me?
Hitomi: I will ask him what his name is.

Connections
Features Sat sat yan, tiu tiu mo (1998)

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Above average romantic thriller

The film begins in Japan where a man (Leslie Cheung) proposes to a woman (Takako Tokiwa). Unfortunately, the man dies in a tragic car accident and the girl is left very depressed. Unable to let go of the past, she decides to visit the man's home country (Hong Kong). During her visit to his HK offices, she bumps into an undercover cop who bears an uncanny resemblance to her boyfriend.

This film is basically a romance mixed in with a police story that is quite frankly filler material. Leslie Cheung plays a character (Sek Gar Bo) who has been driven into his work through grief at losing his girlfriend. Takako Tokiwa plays the female lead (Hitomi) who becomes immersed in Gar Bo's problems. There is a cameo appearance from Michelle Yeoh whose screen presence never ceases to amaze me. Her brief performance alone almost made the movie worth watching. Takako Tokiwa puts on a cute Cantonese accent, and with her charming eyes, she will no doubt keep Japanese girl fetishists smiling.