Story

“What is one's true self...?” There is a woman who swindled money out of men with her charm, and out of women with her stories, even after turning sixty. Some say the amount she had extorted was 700 million, others say 800 million. The woman splurged the fraudulent money, lived an extravagant life, and had a lover in Thailand. He was in his twenties, living in a farm village. She lied about her age, saying she was “38 years old”. The “38 year-old” in her short skirt exposing her thin legs is arrested in a foreign country. When deluged by the media, she smiles and says, “I’m a victim too, this is some kind of mistake”. What was it that Kirin Kiki wanted to portray through this film? Was it the comical and sad nature of a woman who lived her life on the edge? What is the "true self” that lies deep inside every human...?

Notes

Satoko Watabe (Miyoko Asada), who calls herself Erica was organizing business support meetings, and collecting a fortune with a fictional investment story, under the order of her lover Ikuo Hirasawa (Takehiro Hira). But she finds out that Hirasawa was actually dating multiple women and was betraying her. Once she cuts contact with Hirasawa, she seduces a rich old man, and obtains a luxurious house. She invites her mother (Kirin Kiki) who is in a care home to come live with her, and starts her own fictional “business support” sessions to defraud people. During her visit to Thailand, she meets a young man Porche. Erica falls in love, and enjoys her honeymoon. But the police were looming right around the corner...

Cast

Miyoko Asada
Takehiro Hira
Shunsuke Kubozuka
Hajime Yamazaki
Shizuyo Yamazaki
Kazutoyo Koyabu
Ikko Furuya
Midori Kiuchi
Kirin Kiki

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