Soft Skin (1998)

  • NR
  • 01/31/1998 (JP)
  • Thriller
  • 1h 27m

Overview

Minako, 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.

Hisayasu Satô

Director, Screenplay

Kyoko Godai

Screenplay

Cast

Moeko Ezawa's headshot

Moeko Ezawa

Minako Tohno
Tomomi Kuribayashi's headshot

Tomomi Kuribayashi

Atsuka Tohno
Kenji Mizuhashi's headshot

Kenji Mizuhashi

Hiromasa Tohno
Hitoshi Kusanagi's headshot

Hitoshi Kusanagi

Kazuhiko
Reiko Takamizu's headshot

Reiko Takamizu

Ai Tohno
Yuka Sakano's headshot

Yuka Sakano

Shojo A (as Yuka Sakurai)
Junko Asahina's headshot

Junko Asahina

Yumiko Natsume
Hiromi Kuronuma's headshot

Hiromi Kuronuma

Kenichi Tohno

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