A country high school girl who longs for city life. She comes to Tokyo to take university entrance exams. Everything she sees is dazzling, and she thought she could enjoy the Tokyo life she had longed for, but she soon realizes that city life is expensive. So, she decides to earn money by working various sex jobs, even though she doesn't really understand them...
Ryûji Akitsu
Director
Shinichi Arisato
Goichi Nagata
Akihiko Kanbara
President
Ryutaro Oka
Store Manager
Yutaka Tōhigashi
Boy
Yoshi Matsumoto
The man in the car
Yukimitsu Endo
Guest in private rooms
Hiromi Saotome
Female university student
Yoko Konoha
Female university student
Akiji Momo
Woman in a private room
Yuko Azusa
Woman in a private room
Keiko Ote
The woman in the car
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There were too many irrelevant parts that could have been shortened, and too many characters that didn't advance the plot. Either way, some things didn't add up. This was just another played out plot with little, if any, originality in it. By the end of the film, I wasn't happy that she finally got her freedom, I was happy that it was finally over.