Short Film “The Old Woman Skin“ ｜ショートフィルム『おばあさんの皮』本編

(Japanese Below) Academy Awards® accredited festival Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia FY 2020 Japan Cultural Expo Project Presented and Co-presented by Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan, and Japan Arts Council Special Production Short　 “The Old Woman Skin“ 19:56 / 2021 / Japan Writer /Director: Hiroki Inoue Cast: Konatsu Kato, Kenta Hamano, Miho Kanazawa, Hairi Katagiri and Keiko Takahashi Original Story: “The Old Woman Skin“ by Ao Omae Synopsis “I don’t like to be told I’m beautiful.“ Before going to Tokyo from her hometown of Mishima, Fukushima Prefecture, Kyoko stopped by at Tsuchiyu Onsen and was handed an “old woman’s skin.“ This allowed her transform herself into an old woman, enabling her to find out what’s truly in the heart of the man she cares about ... In 2020, the Japan Cultural Expo project drew on the essence of culture and stories laying dormant in various areas of Japan and made them into three short stories. Among them, a short story “Old Woman Skin“ (written by Ao Oma