Satsutaba to Onsen
2023 · 74m · Drama · Romance · Mystery · Crime
At a hot spring inn on a high school school trip, high school girls discover a bag full of money that a yakuza lover stole away. A hitman who appears to recover money, and a homeroom teacher who is begged by another student. A crime comedy set in a hot spring inn where multiple motives are entwined and chaos causes chaos.
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