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Afternoon Affair: Rear Window
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Afternoon Affair: Rear Window

1972-11-18 · 74 min · ★ 5.9

Romance · Thriller

For a girl who works in a 3rd rate bar, Ayuko is full of vanity. Nomura, her patron, is besotted by her and it is their habit that they cannot reach a climax unless they peek at a couple, across the way, making love. Intent on climbing up in the world, Ayuko uses all her wiles to get her patron, who is putty in her hands, to move her from her grubby apartment house to a dreamboat of a place. She then tries to find a place to work more befitting her new home but all the elite night clubs will have nothing to do with her and with time heavy on her hands, the devil finds mischief for idle hands to do.

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Directors
Shōgorō Nishimura
Production companies
Nikkatsu Corporation
Countries
Japan
Status
Released

Top Cast

Kazuko ShirakawaKazuko ShirakawaAyuko Fukuzawa
Junko MiyashitaJunko MiyashitaChie Morikawa
Keiko AikawaKeiko AikawaReiko
Akemi YamaguchiYoung Woman
Yoko OyanagiFemale Clerk
Chigusa TakayamaChigusa TakayamaWoman Next Door
Sumiko MinamiSumiko MinamiMadame
Eijiro MinatoTsuda
Hajime TanimotoHajime TanimotoTakuji Shikawa
Taiji TonoyamaTaiji TonoyamaNomura

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