The Thomas Crown Affair (1999 film) to the original 1968 version of the film. The most obvious is the casting of Faye Dunaway as Crown's psychiatrist; Dunaway portrayed insurance investigator Vicki Anderson in the original. In the remake, "The Windmills of Your Mind" plays during the ballroom scene, as background music in a couple other scenes, and during the credits at the end; the song earned an Oscar for the original film. Both films share a nearly identical scene with Crown playing high-stakes golf, and in both films Crown pilots a glider for recreation. Filming took place in several parts of New York City, including Central
Apartment Wife: Affair In the Afternoon in Japan on 20 November 1971. "Apartment Wife: Affair In the Afternoon" was an immediate hit with film audiences, and gained critical approval. The film made a mainstream star of Kazuko Shirakawa, who had been appearing in independent "pink film"s since 1967. In their "Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films", the Weissers credit the success of the film both to director Nishimura and lead actress Kazuko Shirakawa. Nishimura, they write, "pays particularly close attention to his characters, often allowing their lusty personalities to carry the tale without cliched action subplots. This results in a highly unique voyeuristic view of life,