Skinless Night

Skinless Night which borrows its title from a bestselling brand of condoms centers on the 33yearold Kayama Mutsuro who supports his wife child and a small team of employees by making porn videos Profit margins are very low the financier has his own troublesome ideas about the kind of tape he wants produced the company office isnt an ideal environment for childminding and the job constantly throws up new challenges like shopping for bondage gear or devising the special visual effects for a golden shower scene On top of everything else Kayama is heading for a midlife crisis The rediscovery of his unfinished student film crystallizes his general sense of dissatisfaction and leads him to rethink his life and work to the chagrin of many of his friends colleagues and family members Mochizukis quasiautobiographical début feature observes both the workings of the porn subculture and the spiritual problems of its central character