Paper Moon - Kami no Tsuki

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Drama: Paper Moon (literal title)
Romaji: Kami no Tsuki
Japanese: 紙の月
Director: Takashi Isshiki, Rintaro Mayuzumi
Writer: Mitsuyo Kakuta (novel), Eriko Shinozaki
Network: NHK
Episodes: 5
Release Date: January 7 - February 4, 2014
Runtime: Tuesday 22:00-22:48
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

Rika Umezawa (Tomoyo Harada) is a housewife who pursues things that will bring her small happiness in life. Her husband Masabumi (Ken Mitsuishi) holds a stern belief that he will support his wife Rinka. The couple do not have children.

Rika begins to work part-time at a bank. She visits her clients' homes. Sometimes, she even helps her elderly clients' with their house chores. This builds a strong level of trust with her clients.

One day, she visits client Kojo Hirabayashi's (Mickey Curtis). At his home, she meets his grandchil Kota (Shinnosuke Mitsushima) who came to ask for money. Her encounter with Kota changes her. Soon, Rika embezzles one hundred million yen from her bank and runs away.

Two years later, Rika's former high school friends Yuko Okazaki (Maki Mizuno) and Aki Nakaji (Naomi Nishida) trace her embezzlement case and face their own darkness.

Notes

Based on novel "Kami no Tsuki" by Mitsuyo Kakuta (published March 15, 2012 by Kadokawa Haruki Corporation).
Related titles:
1. Paper Moon | Kami no Tsuki (NHK / 2014)
2. Pale Moon | Kami no Tsuki (2014)
3. Pale Moon | Jongidal (ENA-Genie TV / 2023)