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Overview

User Rating:
6.2/10   249 votes
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Director:
Takashi Ishii
Writers:
Oniroku Dan (novel)
Takashi Ishii (screenplay)
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Release Date:
13 March 2004 (Japan) more
Genre:
Drama | Thriller more
User Comments:
Ice Queen Princess Learns Lust more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Aya Sugimoto ... Shizuko Tôyama
Renji Ishibashi ... Ippei Tashiro
Kenichi Endo ... Kanzô Morita (as Ken'ichi Endô)
Misaki Mori ... Kyôko Nojima (as Misaki)
Yôzaburô Itô ... Clown man
Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi ... Ryô Eguchi
Shun Nakayama ... Kazuo Kawada
Shigeo Kobayashi ... Yoshizawa
Naoki Matsuda ... Murata
Tomoo Yageta ... Tsuchiya
Taeko Uzuki ... Crucified woman / sacrificial woman
Miyako Kawahara ... Chiyo
Blake Crawford
Mr. Buddhaman ... Kudô (as Misutâ Buttaman)
Tomezô Tsunokake ... Kashiwagi
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Flower and Snake (International: English title) (DVD title)
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Runtime:
USA:115 min
Country:
Japan
Language:
English | Japanese
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
Japan:R-18 | Germany:18 (JK/SPIO) (cut)
Company:
Femme Fatale more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The film is based on an S&M novel written by Oniruku Dan which has reached a cult status in Japan. There have been several prior adaptations of the novel but none before with well known actors and top of the line production and photography. more
Movie Connections:
Followed by Hana to hebi 2: Pari/Shizuko (2005) more

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1 out of 1 people found the following comment useful:-
Ice Queen Princess Learns Lust, 18 September 2008
8/10
Author: djestic03 from United States

This is what Eyes Wide Shut should have been. This is Zalman King eroticism with a sharp story line and excellent acting. Super erotic without blatant pornography; that would seem to be the test of great acting/directing/storytelling. I'd give it 10 but the ending seems subject to much interpretation. Although much of the movie is involved in bondage and forms of S&M, I get easily bored if THAT'S all that is going on. There's much more to this, the sequences do not feel contrived, and the reaction of the actors seems very genuine. This is not a slasher/blood splatter flick. In many respects, this is more erotic than what an actual porn flick would be. Overall, a very well done movie!

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