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Wakaba Bank contract employee Rika meets university student Kota at a client's home. Unknown to her husband Masafumi, she engages in secret rendezvous with Kota, and begins to embezzle money from her clients' accounts to buy expensive cosmetics and pay off Kota's debt.
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Wakaba Bank contract employee Rika meets university student Kota at a client's home. Unknown to her husband Masafumi, she engages in secret rendezvous with Kota, and begins to embezzle money from her clients' accounts to buy expensive cosmetics and pay off Kota's debt.
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Genre:Crime, Drama
Written By:Kaeko Hayafune
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Runtime:124 minutes
Studio:Robot Communications, Shochiku, Pony Canyon, Asmik Ace, Hakuhodo, The Asahi Shimbun, PIA Corporation, KDDI, KADOKAWA Daiei Studio, IMAGICA
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