Pale Moon / 紙の月 (2014)

Profile

• Movie: Pale Moon (English title) / Paper Moon (literal title)
• Romaji: Kami no Tsuki
• Japanese: 紙の月

• Director: Daihachi Yoshida
• Writer: Mitsuyo Kakuta (novel), Kaeko Hayafune
• Producer: Fumitsugu Ikeda, Satoko Ishida, Naomi Akashi
• Cinematographer: Makoto Shiguma
• World Premiere: October, 2014 (Tokyo IFF)
• Release Date: November 15, 2014
• Runtime: 126 min.
• Genre: Award Winning-Drama / Crime / Mystery
• Distributor: Shochiku
• Language: Japanese
• Country: Japan

Synopsis

Rika Umezawa (Rie Miyazawa) lives with her husband, but without any children. She works part-time at a bank. Rika receives favorable evaluations from her clients and boss because of her attentive work. Nevertheless, she feels a sense of emptiness from her husband who doesn’t seem interested in her. Rika then falls into an extramarital affair with a younger man named Kota. She also begins to embezzle money from her clients.