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Pale Moon (2012)

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Original title
紙の月
Directed by
Daihachi Yoshida
Cast
Harada Tomoyo, Mizuno Maki, Sagara Itsuki, Nishida Naomi, Mitsushima Shinnosuke, Mickey Curtis, Fuji Manami, Mitsuishi Ken
Genre
drama film, crime film
Country
Japan
Runtime
2h 06m
Rated
III
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 33 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In 1994 just after the bubble economy bursts, a housewife named Rika works as a contract bank teller in Japan. She is good at her job but feels empty in her marriage, then meets a younger college student. She starts by borrowing a small amount from a customer's account, which sets off a slow unraveling of her judgment and her life.

deliberatetensemelancholicslow-burnunsettlingclaustrophobiccharacter-drivenemotionally bleak

What happens

『紙の月』(かみのつき)は、角田光代による日本のサスペンス小説。 バブル崩壊直後の1994年。夫と二人暮らしの主婦・梅澤梨花は、銀行の契約社員として外回りの仕事をしている。細やかな気配りや丁寧な仕事ぶりによって顧客からの信頼を得て、上司からの評価も高い。何不自由のない生活を送っているように見えた梨花だったが、自分への関心が薄い夫との間には、空虚感が漂いはじめていた。そんなある日、梨花は年下の大学生、光太と出会う。光太と過ごすうちに、ふと顧客の預金に手をつけてしまう梨花。最初はたった1万円を借りただけだったが、その日から彼女の金銭感覚と日常が少しずつ歪み出し、暴走を始める。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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