Soft Skin (1998)
Original title: やわらかい肌
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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.
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Moeko EzawaMinako TohnoTomomi KuribayashiAtsuka Tohno
Kenji MizuhashiHiromasa TohnoHitoshi KusanagiKazuhikoShôichirô SakataKikuchiReiko TakamizuAi TohnoYuka SakanoShojo A (as Yuka Sakurai)
Junko AsahinaYumiko NatsumeHiromi KuronumaKenichi Tohno
Kou MachidaKazumasa SagawaCommentatorKagerô MutsukiCommentatorMovie DNA
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What is Soft Skin about?
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.
How long is Soft Skin?
Soft Skin has a runtime of 87 minutes.