Stay or go?

Stay or go?

1988 · 109 min · ★ 10.0 · Comedy

Shohei Taguchi is a salaryman who works for a securities company and loves women like no other. One day, he plans to use the cash borrowed from the gangsters and snatch to repay his debt . However, Sayoko Mukai, who said that she used the money of the company for gambling , took over the money. Shohei and Sayoko plan a robbery and steal cash from the gallery, but another man steals it.

Directed by Jirō Shōno · Written by Toshio Kamata

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