Flower & Snake

2004 1h 55m JA

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5.7

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★5.7TMDB · 55

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Synopsis

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The wealthy president of a company has built up an unpayable debt to a local crime lord, and to escape punishment he sells his famous dancer wife to the lecherous old man figuring a 90 year old can’t do too much bad with her. Perhaps not, but others can while he watches. She’s put on stage in an underground BDSM sex show and begins a spiraling decent from strongly independent woman to submissive sex slave

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Aya Sugimoto
Shizuko Toyama
Renji Ishibashi
Ippei Tashiro
Misaki Moritsuki
Kyoko Nojima
Kenichi Endo
Kanzo Morita
Yozaburo Ito
Clown man
Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi
Ryo Eguchi
Shun Nakayama
Kazuo Kawada
Shigeo Kobayashi
Yoshizawa

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Takashi Ishii
Writers: Takashi Ishii
Languages: English, Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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Released 22 years ago.

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2 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Japanese.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Flower and Snake (Remake) Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Takashi Ishii, shot by Hiro'o Yanagida. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Goro Yasukawa. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Yûji Murayama shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Aya Sugimoto and Renji Ishibashi and Misaki Moritsuki carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0388098 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Takashi Ishii directs. Hiro'o Yanagida behind the camera. Goro Yasukawa scores. Yûji Murayama cuts. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in English, Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 22 years ago.
2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Japanese.
3Part of the "Flower and Snake (Remake) Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Takashi Ishii, shot by Hiro'o Yanagida. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Goro Yasukawa. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Yûji Murayama shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Aya Sugimoto and Renji Ishibashi and Misaki Moritsuki carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt0388098 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 55 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.