Dreams for Sale

Dreams for Sale

2012 · 137 min · ★ 7.3 · Drama, Crime

After losing their restaurant in a fire, a husband and wife come up with a strange plan to rebuild their shattered finances: marrying the husband off to a series of lonely women and defrauding them.

Directed by Miwa Nishikawa · Written by Miwa Nishikawa

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