tokyo skin

Amidst the swirl of Tokyos seamy nightlife of designer drugs casual sex and American slang Zhou turns 30 Its a spiritual crisis for this Chinese immigrant who quotes Confucius this Lothario and con artist who fences stolen goods He falls for Kyōko a seemingly shy provincial woman looking for the man who jilted her sister As their relationship plays out Hanawa intercuts stories of Kazuo a hyperkinetic artist who loves the trendy Yōko Kazuo bores her and she pursues the indifferent Zhou and Ali a Pakistani Muslim who broke and forlorn stands outside a convenience store lovestruck by a clerk because she looked into his eyes she thought he was shoplifting