Moonlight in Tokyo
2005 Hong Kong film
Moonlight in Tokyo (Chinese: 情義我心知; pinyin: Ching yi ngor sum gi) is a 2005 Hong Kong comedy-drama film written and directed by Alan Mak and Felix Chong. It is the directorial debut of Felix Chong.
Plot
Jun, a man with a learning disability, feels like he is a burden on his family in Hong Kong and runs away to Shinjuku. He encounters, Hoi, a struggling pimp who has gotten into debt with the loan shark Kano, and claims to know him from elementary school. Hoi's boss Yan, a madam, notices Jun's good looks and suggests employing him as a gigolo. The arrangement is successful, particularly because Jun's hugs bring people happiness, but its profitability causes Kano to demand half of the earnings from Hoi. They publish pictures of Kano's wife with Jun, causing Kano to shoot his gun at his wife, accidentally hitting a policeman. Kano flees and goes into hiding.
One of Jun's other customers, Mr. Li, is a man who watches Jun with his wife, but after one encounter he has an argument and throws his wife from a balcony, killing her.
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