Pale Moon

Pale Moon

124 mins | Drama, Crime | Nov. 15, 2014

Daily, Rika Umezawa battles a nagging sense of emptiness and dissatisfaction. She works a tiring job, comes home to an unappreciative husband and has little opportunity to enjoy life. But things change when office gossip about affairs and embezzlement inspire Rika to do the unthinkable. Soon, Rika finds herself filling the void with a university student named Kota and the millions entrusted to her by clients. Is her newfound lifestyle the key to happiness? And if so, how long can it last?

Pale Moon

124 mins | Drama, Crime | Nov. 15, 2014

Pale Moon
Daily, Rika Umezawa battles a nagging sense of emptiness and dissatisfaction. She works a tiring job, comes home to an unappreciative husband and has little opportunity to enjoy life. But things change when office gossip about affairs and embezzlement inspire Rika to do the unthinkable. Soon, Rika finds herself filling the void with a university student named Kota and the millions entrusted to her by clients. Is her newfound lifestyle the key to happiness? And if so, how long can it last?
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers Shochiku Co., Ltd., Robot Communications
Original title 紙の月
Directors Daihachi Yoshida
Writers Kaeko Hayafune, Mitsuyo Kakuta

Cast

Rie Miyazawa

as Rika Umezawa

Sosuke Ikematsu

as Kota

Seiichi Tanabe

as Masafumi Umezawa

Yoshimasa Kondo

as Yuji Inoue

Renji Ishibashi

as Kozo Hirabayashi

Yuko Oshima

as Keiko Aikawa