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Soft Skin
Soft Skin

Soft Skin

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Thriller

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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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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

87 mins

Rating

6.9/10

Release Date

31 January 1998

Country

Japan

Cast

Moeko Ezawa

Moeko Ezawa

Minako Tohno

Tomomi Kuribayashi

Tomomi Kuribayashi

Atsuka Tohno

Kenji Mizuhashi

Kenji Mizuhashi

Hiromasa Tohno

Hitoshi Kusanagi

Hitoshi Kusanagi

Kazuhiko

Reiko Takamizu

Reiko Takamizu

Ai Tohno

Yuka Sakano

Yuka Sakano

Shojo A (as Yuka Sakurai)

Junko Asahina

Junko Asahina

Yumiko Natsume

Hiromi Kuronuma

Hiromi Kuronuma

Kenichi Tohno

Kou Machida

Kou Machida

Issei Sagawa

Issei Sagawa

Commentator

Kagerô Mutsuki

Kagerô Mutsuki

Commentator

Zeeko Uchiyama

Zeeko Uchiyama

Commentator

Kiyomi Itō

Kiyomi Itō

Takeshi Itō

Takeshi Itō

Masahiko Sakata

Masahiko Sakata

Kikuchi

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