JUL-703 - The blonde secretary forced to become the boss's mistress to pay off her husband's debt

Lily Hart is absolutely stunning. Thank you so much for becoming an actress in Japan.

The actress is beautiful and her performance is great, but the actor's appearance is so distracting in a bad way that every time he's on screen, I lose interest and my mood is ruined.

This is my fifth time watching this series, and I really liked having a foreign heroine. Or maybe it's just that Lily Hart is special. Usually, when Japanese actresses dye their hair blonde, it looks unnatural, but on Lily, it looks completely authentic and is a huge part of her charm. Series entries often follow the same formula, but the foreign lead made it feel fresh. It felt like a Hollywood remake of a hit Japanese film.

This is one of Madonna's signature series, 'The Secretary Wife.' It features a secretary torn between a boss with strong predatory/dominating desires and her husband. My only complaint is that the husband's character is always so pathetic that it severely damages the drama's quality. In this film, the wife half-uses (or gets trapped in) her relationship with the boss, which in turn motivates the husband. The actor playing the boss is different from the rest of the series, but the film holds up without any major issues. Ultimately, the quality depends on the script and direction bringing out the actress's unique charm. At the start, Lily-san changes into black lingerie, stockings, and a pure white suit without hesitation during her final interview as a secretary (and mistress). There's a line about her husband, but it doesn't come across in her acting at all. After a love hotel scene with 'Showa-era' pink lighting, we see her reading the schedule at the office a month later. Her acting—the way she sticks out her long tongue with a fleeting expression, getting sucked in and gradually losing control—is top-notch. At home, Lily-san in casual clothes and a blue apron is surprisingly domestic and lovely. The sense of distance growing between her and her husband through trivial conversation is well-conveyed. Then, the second act in the boss's office. Lily-san in black lingerie, getting licked and penetrated while wearing stockings, is beautiful. She's dripping with fluids from manual stimulation, her legs are shaking—there's plenty to enjoy. Back home, after the debt collector leaves, the husband says, 'I guess we have no choice but to pay it back with your salary.' It's the peak of trashy behavior; it's enough to make you think, 'This is hopeless.' I wish she'd just dump him. After a business entertainment scene, the final play happens at a pink love hotel. When she reports that the boss paid off the debt, the husband is surprised and wants to meet the boss to thank him, but Lily-san snaps, 'I'm paying him back with my body, so you don't need to meet him.' It's a very blunt line, but it fits Lily-san's inorganic delivery perfectly; this is the only scene where casting her really paid off. Lily-san leans into her husband with a gentle expression as he vows to win her back. She tells him she quit being a secretary, but continues both her work and the affair... and that's the ending. It didn't quite bring out a new side of Lily-san, and I wanted a bit more depth in why she was cast. I was hoping for a specific chemistry between this director and actress, or the seasoned charm of an actress from this specific studio... As a product, it's fine, but as a film, it's flat.

*There is nothing wrong with this movie, but the image that foreigners have when watching it changes drastically, but the excitement is even greater than that.