Flower & Snake
Seen it?2004 | 115 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller, Horror, Mystery
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With soft box office and little lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Best for people who enjoy a knot in their stomach and romantics. Best on a quiet night when you're in the mood to feel something. If you loved Audition, start here.
- The mood
- Scary, warm and romantic.
- The pace
- Tense from early on, at 1 hr 55 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in Japanese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
- Skip it if you need something light and fast tonight.
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
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 31K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Takashi Ishii
- Aya SugimotoShizuko Toyama
- Renji IshibashiIppei Tashiro
- Misaki MoritsukiKyoko Nojima
- Kenichi EndoKanzo Morita
- Yozaburo ItoClown man
- Yoshiyuki YamaguchiRyo Eguchi
- Shun NakayamaKazuo Kawada
- Shigeo KobayashiYoshizawa
- Naoki MatsudaMurata
- Tomoo YagetaTsuchiya