Pale Moon (2012)

- 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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