Soft Skin
1998 · 87 min
Thriller
★ 6.4Minako, a Tokyo housewife, is depressed that everyone has an active life outside the home except her. Taking her inspiration from TV reports of a hitch-hiking chainsaw murderer, Minako decides to spice up her life by finding a young lover and running off with him by faking her kidnapping. While her family frets and worries, Minako has a wonderful time. Eventually, though, she decides it's time to go back to her family. Her lover, however, isn't ready for the fun to end, and Minako's fake kidnapping soon becomes all too real.
Crew
- Director Hisayasu Satō
- Screenplay Hisayasu Satō
- Screenplay Kyoko Godai
- Director of Photography Masahide Iioka
Cast
Moeko Ezawa
Minako Tohno
Tomomi Kuribayashi
Atsuka Tohno
Kenji Mizuhashi
Hiromasa Tohno
- H
Hitoshi Kusanagi
Kazuhiko
- R
Reiko Takamizu
Ai Tohno
- Y
Yuka Sakano
Shojo A (as Yuka Sakurai)
Junko Asahina
Yumiko Natsume
- H
Hiromi Kuronuma
Kenichi Tohno
Kou Machida
Issei Sagawa
Commentator
- K
Kagerô Mutsuki
Commentator
- Z
Zeeko Uchiyama
Commentator
Crew
- Director — Hisayasu Satō
- Screenplay — Hisayasu Satō
- Screenplay — Kyoko Godai
- Director of Photography — Masahide Iioka
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