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Release Date:
13 June 2003 (Ireland)
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Tagline:
Issho ni, jigoku ni ikimashô
Plot:
A man and woman fall into an erotic nightmare when they are stalked by a disturbed man. Full summary » | Add synopsis »
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Cancer
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Sex
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Mini Skirt
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5 wins
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2 nominations
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(2 articles)
Review: Hebi Ni Piasu (Yukio Ninagawa)
(From Twitch. 16 July 2012, 11:07 AM, PDT)
Sundance gets 'Asia Extreme'
(From The Hollywood Reporter. 24 February 2006)
(From Twitch. 16 July 2012, 11:07 AM, PDT)
Sundance gets 'Asia Extreme'
(From The Hollywood Reporter. 24 February 2006)
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Life Is to Be Lived in Its Plenitude
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Cast
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Directed by | |||
| Shin'ya Tsukamoto | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Shin'ya Tsukamoto | ||
Produced by | |||
| Shin-Ichi Kawahara | .... | associate producer | |
| Keiko Kusakabe | .... | distribution producer | |
| Shin'ya Tsukamoto | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Chu Ishikawa | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Shin'ya Tsukamoto | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Zenya Ohara | |||
| Shin'ya Tsukamoto | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Shin'ya Tsukamoto | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Hiroko Iwasaki | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Hidemi Fukuyama | .... | makeup artist | |
| Takashi Oda | .... | special makeup effects artist | |
Production Management | |||
| Hidemi Fukuyama | .... | production manager | |
| Hiroki Hattori | .... | assistant production manager | |
| Kiyo Joo | .... | overseas manager | |
| Hirota Sagae | .... | assistant production manager | |
| Wakahide Yamashita | .... | production manager | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Ken Koide | .... | assistant director | |
| Hisakatsu Kuroki | .... | assistant director | |
Sound Department | |||
| Masaya Kitada | .... | sound effects editor | |
| Akira Nakano | .... | sound recordist | |
| Shô Rizawa | .... | sound opticals | |
| Kenji Shibazaki | .... | sound effects editor | |
| Yuji Tagami | .... | sound editor | |
Special Effects by | |||
| Keiji Hayashi | .... | special effects | |
| Yûichi Karasawa | .... | gun effects | |
| Kuri Kumazawa | .... | special effects makeup | |
| Gen Nakamura | .... | special effects | |
| Takashi Oda | .... | dummy effects | |
| Susumu Sano | .... | special effects makeup | |
| Azuma Takano | .... | special effects makeup | |
| Mitsuki Yoshida | .... | special effects | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Masafumi Adachi | .... | assistant photographer | |
| Shinya Amamitsu | .... | still photographer | |
| Kaori Satô | .... | assistant camera | |
| Takayuki Shida | .... | assistant photographer | |
| Keisuke Yoshida | .... | assistant camera | |
| Kyôko Yuri | .... | assistant camera | |
Costume and Wardrobe Department | |||
| Yuka Katô | .... | costume producer | |
| Nenko Kawano | .... | costume production assistant | |
| Masako Kuga | .... | costume production assistant | |
| Hiroko Yamazaki | .... | costume producer | |
Editorial Department | |||
| Shunei Fukano | .... | assistant editor | |
| Masaharu Oomi | .... | colour timing | |
| Naoki Osada | .... | negative cutter | |
| Seiji Satô | .... | colour timing | |
| Kiyomi Watarai | .... | assistant editor | |
Other crew | |||
| Masaharu Sekiguchi | .... | opticals | |
| Teruo Tsuda | .... | title designer | |
Production CompaniesDistributors
- Rapid Eye Movies (2004) (Germany) (theatrical)
- Revolver Film (????) (Italy) (theatrical)
- Tartan (2003) (UK) (theatrical)
- Filmfreak Distributie (2004) (Netherlands) (all media)
- Mondo Home Entertainment (2004) (Italy) (DVD)
- Palisades Tartan (2002) (USA) (all media)
- Starmedia Home Entertainment (????) (Germany) (DVD)
- TLA Releasing (2005) (USA) (DVD)
- Tartan Video USA (2006) (USA) (DVD) (widescreen)
- Tartan Video USA (????) (USA) (VHS)
- Tartan Video (2004) (UK) (DVD)
- There's Enterprise (????) (Japan) (VHS)
Additional Details
Also Known As:
"Rokugatsu no hebi" - Japan (original title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong sexuality, nudity and some violence
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Runtime:
77 min | Canada:77 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
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In Tokyo, Rinko Tatsumi (Asuka Kurosawa) is a married woman that works in the County Mental Help Center helping needy people. Her husband Shigehiko (Yuji Koutari) is an old man obsessed with cleaning and they have a quite inexistent sexual life, sleeping in separate bed. Out of the blue, Rinko receives an envelope with erotic pictures she took once in the past while modeling and a cellular. She receives a phone call and the man blackmails her, promising to give the negatives to her if she follows his instructions. She is forced to wear miniskirt without panties; to buy a vibrator and use it, walking and exposing to costumers of a department store. The man delivers her photos and tells that he is Iguchi (Shinya Tsukamoto), who is dying of stomach cancer that was saved by her advice; in return he asks her to go to her doctor. Rinko realizes that she has breast cancer and needs to remove one breast. When she tells Shigehiko, he gives a cold reception to the idea. Then the blackmailer contacts Shigehiko, forcing him to follow his instructions.
"Rokugatsu no Hebi", a.k.a. "A Snake of June", is a surrealistic erotic movie that follows the style of David Lynch, with bizarre sequences and characters. This is the first work of the director Shinya Tsukamoto that I have watched and this is the type of "love or hate" cult-movie. The stylish cinematography uses blue filter in the rainy season of Tokyo, giving the mood of sadness and nightmarish atmosphere to the weird story. Asuka Kurosawa is absolutely sexy breathing eroticism in the sequences that she follows the instructions of the blackmailer. There are many metaphoric scenes without explanation, but I believe that the major idea of the story is that life is to be lived in its plenitude since we may die on the next minute of our existence. My vote is eight.
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