Soft Skin
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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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Cast
28 people
Moeko Ezawa
Minako Tohno
Known for
Getting Any?
The Happiness of the Katakuris
Tomomi Kuribayashi
Atsuka Tohno
Also in
The New Metropolitan Police Branch 82
Crazy Lips
Hisayasu Satô
Kyoko Godai
Also in
Cinema Homo Paradise
Tokyo Strangler
Nobutake Kamiya
Keiko Satô
Kenji Mizuhashi
Hiromasa Tohno
Known for
5 Centimeters per Second
Godzilla Minus One
Otomo Yoshihide
Ei Fukuhara
Hitoshi Kusanagi
Kazuhiko
Also in
Naughty Guide to Tokyo Nightlife
Will to Live
Nakato Kinukawa
Masahide Iioka
Hisayasu Satō Director · Kyoko Godai Screenplay Yoshihide Otomo Composer
Worldwide gross $598K · First release January 31, 1998 · Produced in Japan
Box office
Worldwide gross
$597,910
Production
Kokuei Company
Production · Distribution
Shintoho Pictures
Production
Shintoho Company
Production · Distribution
Japan
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Original title
やわらかい肌
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · January 31, 1998
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No release date listed for United States.
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