Moon Child story

movie: Moon Child (2003) · 2003-04-19

Moon Child is a 2003 Japanese science fantasy horror action film starring Gackt, Hyde, and Leehom Wang. Synopsis: The story follows the lives of five friends, one of whom is a vampire, in their struggles to survive in a rugged urban environment.

18 total · 4 major · 14 minor

ThemeLevelMotivation
friendship major The story above all else follows the lives of five friends as they struggled to survive in a rugged urban environment.
immortality major The lead character Kei was an immortal vampire.
the flip side of immortality major Much was made of the lead character Kei, who was a vampire, bemoaning that he would live on indefinitely while all his friends would die.
vampire major The lead character Kei was a vampire.
brother and brother minor Sho and Shinji were brothers.
coping with a loved one being gravely ill minor Sho was devastated when Yi-Che developed a fatal cancerous brain tumor.
coping with the death of a friend minor Toshi's friends pointedly grieved for him after he was shot dead.
father and daughter minor Sho and his young daughter visited her comatose mother, his wife, in the hospital. Sho was shown teaching his daughter how to skip.
husband and wife minor Sho and Yi-Che got married and had a daughter.
law enforcement minor A police detective was investigating a case of some sort which he made a point of saying he had a duty to solve it.