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 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,