A seemingly regular workplace employee Hiroko has a secret. At dwelling she lives with a prosthetic torso – no head, arms or toes, simply physique and male personal half. Hiroko bathes with the torso and he or she additionally makes love with the torso at evening. Hiroko’s secret life is interrupted when her outgoing sister Mina rings her doorbell. Mina is operating away from her abusive boyfriend and needs to remain at Hiroko’s dwelling …
Studying the synopsis for Torso it is affordable to assume it is a oddball comedy, however in actuality it is a surprisingly deep character drama coping with sisterhood and unconventional feelings. The movie would not concentrate on anybody else than Hiroko and her sister Mina so we’re continuously between them in all their arguments and laughs, displaying off the distinction of their sisterly personalities. Director Yutaka Yamasaki has on just a few events been cinematographer for Hirokazu Koreeda and it reveals within the intimate camerawork and closeness to the characters.
Style: Drama. 1h 44min.
