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Sonoko Nishimoto

Yasuhiko Ogisu

Kenji Kawazu

Yukitaka Hasegawa

A flexible lustered product used in automobiles. The flexible lustered product includes a base material made of resin. A base coat layer is formed on at least a portion of a surface of the base material by applying a coating. The base coat layer has a glass transition point that is at least &minus;30&deg; C. and at most 0&deg; C. The base coat layer includes a silane coupling agent having a mercapto group. A metal film layer is applied to at least a portion of a surface of the base coat layer. The metal film layer is anticorrosive and has a thickness that is at least 150 &angst; and at most 800 &angst;. The metal film layer is formed by a plurality of metal particles disposed in contact with one another so as to define a grain boundary between adjacent metal particles. A top coat layer is formed on at least a portion of a surface of the metal film layer by applying a coating.

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Toyota, Japan

Sonoko Nishimoto