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The Secret to My Silky Skin

2014 · 81 min

A quiet, intimate slice of life that lingers on unspoken tension and small domestic moments.

Overview
A boy who lives with his parents in Kyoto comes to Tokyo for a business trip and stays with his fuck buddy. They have no special plans for the five days together. They will go to work in the morning, come home, spend the evening together, and sleep. The first night when he arrives, the fuck buddy starts to have sex with him just as usual, but he is somehow unable to respond. In fact, he has been concerned about a certain thing since before he visits Tokyo.

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How it feels

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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • identity
    • isolation
    • sexuality
    • love
    Places
    • big city
    • home
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex strong
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action0
    Horror0
    Humour1
    Realism7
    Romance4
    Tension3
    Darkness4
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight6

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Kōichi Imaizumi
    Written by
    Kōichi Imaizumi
    Starring
    Lyota Majima, Issei Honna, Hiro Kitagawa, Jinta Fujimaru, Yasumoto Akaiwa, Kiyomi Itō, Hotaru Hazuki, Kōichi Imaizumi
    Runtime
    81 min
    Country
    Japan
    Languages
    Japanese

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