Moonlight Express
6.3
“She takes the most dangerous chance to dance in a new romance with her late love.”
Hitomi still mourns her fiance who died in a car crash. One day, during a visit to Hong Kong, she bumps into Karbo who looks uncannily like him. Karbo, however, is a fugitive from the police.
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Cast
20 people
Leslie Cheung Kwok-wing
Tatsuya Misawa / Shek Karbo
Known for
Happy Together
Farewell My Concubine
Takako Tokiwa
Hitomi Kawamura
Known for
The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House
20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End
Yuka Hoshino
Tomoko
Also in
Bayside Shakedown
Love Has Fallen
Michelle Yeoh
Michelle
Known for
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Star Trek: Discovery
Jack Kao
Gene
Known for
Millennium Mambo
Zombie Fight Club
Austin Wai Tin-chi
Officer Ko
Known for
SPL: Kill Zone
The Blade
Liu Kai-Chi
Officer Tung
Known for
SPL: Kill Zone
The Detective
Jimmy Wong Ga-Lok
Officer Tung's Detective
Also in
S.D.U. '97
The Stunt Woman
Lee Heung-Kam
Tatsuya's Landlady
Known for
Bruce Lee, My Brother
All's Well, Ends Well
Mars
Officer Tung's Detective
Known for
Project A
Police Story
Jude Poyer
Michelle's Customer at Club
Known for
Knock Off
Contract Killer
Heung-Kam Lee
Tatsuya's landlady
Daniel Lee Director · Susan Chan Suk-Yin Writer Lo Chi-Leung Writer
First release April 1, 1999 · Produced in Hong Kong SAR China, Japan · Languages Cantonese, Chinese, Japanese
Production
Hakuhodo
Production
Mei Ah Entertainment
Production
Media Factory
Production
Hong Kong SAR China · Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original title
星月童話
Original language
Cantonese
Spoken on screen
Cantonese · Chinese · Japanese
Release dates
Hong Kong SAR China · April 1, 1999
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
China
June 14, 2025 · Theatrical · 重映 Re-release
Hong Kong SAR China
September 12, 2025 · Limited theatrical · Restored Version
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