The Thomas Crown Affair (1999 film) what he did. On her way out, he asks her for a date and she accepts. Before the date, Crown visits his therapist (Faye Dunaway), who correctly guesses that he's found a worthy adversary. On their first date, Crown takes Banning to the museum and then to dinner, all while being tailed by the police. Their attraction is evident as is their intimate knowledge of each other's background. Banning gets her hands on his keys and has a copy made. When he drops her off, he reveals he knows she has no furniture in her apartment, and she returns his
Apartment Wife: Affair In the Afternoon seldom achieved in the cinema." They judge that Shirakawa gives the film, "a wide-eyed innocence that is both fresh and convincing." The success of "Apartment Wife: Affair In the Afternoon" inspired 20 direct sequels—four in 1972—and numerous unofficial sequels and series. Shōgorō Nishimura became a regular Nikkatsu director, helming seven of the "Apartment Wife" sequels. Kazuko Shirakawa became Nikkatsu's first Roman Porno queen. Though she appeared in only the first "Apartment Wife" sequel, titles to unrelated films in which she starred, such as "Afternoon Affair: Rear Window" and "Affair At Twilight" (both 1972), capitalized on the success of her first