Damp Bank Notes

Feb 6, 1974

1h 16m

★ 2.0

Overview

The dull and disappointing life of an office lady is enlivened when she meets hot younger lover. But in order to keep him and feed his gambling obsession she resorts to crime.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Production Companies

Nikkatsu Corporation

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Cast

Junko Kitamura

Aoi Nakajima

Shinji Fukushima

Kazuki Doshita

Reiko Kitamura

Moeko Ezawa

Kuroki

Tatsuya Hamaguchi

Nakao

Shûji Kagawa

Tomiyo

Kyōko Kanō

Katsu

Mikiko Sakai

Furuhata

Akira Takahashi

Unmarried colleague

Chieko Harada

Unmarried colleague

Sayori Shima

Unmarried colleague

Eiko Tashiro

Tomiyo's lover

Ryoichi Sato

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