Pale Moon (2014)
2h 4m | PG-13
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?
Director: Daihachi Yoshida
Studio: Robot Communications
Genre: Crime, Drama
Video: 720p
Cast
Rie Miyazawa
as Rika Umezawa
Sosuke Ikematsu
as Kota
Seiichi Tanabe
as Masafumi Umezawa
Satomi Kobayashi
as Kuma
Yoshimasa Kondo
as Yuji Inoue
Renji Ishibashi
as Kozo Hirabayashi
Reviews
The story is fascinating because I end up having so much empathy for the "anti-hero". It has something to do with how it was tied back to her idiotic childhood. I imagine anyone brought up in a catholic school probably ends up with a weird life.