Skin Deep tells the story of an award-winning director, Alex Koyama (
Natsuko Ohama), who is in the process of making a film about the
tattoo industry, and the love and obsession that can arise in the "skin art" culture. Conflict develops between Koyama and her lesbian lover / assistant, Montana (
Melanie Nicholls-King) when Koyama hires a new production assistant, Chris (
Keram Malicki-Sánchez), who is
transgender and quickly becomes obsessed with Koyama. ==Production==