A Snake of June
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2002 film by Shinya Tsukamoto
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| A Snake of June | |
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| Directed by | Shinya Tsukamoto |
| Written by | Shinya Tsukamoto |
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| Cinematography | Shinya Tsukamoto |
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| Music by | Chu Ishikawa |
Production company | Kaijyu Theater |
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Running time | 77 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
A Snake of June (Japanese: 六月の蛇, Rokugatsu no hebi)[1] is a 2002 Japanese erotic thriller film written and directed by Shinya Tsukamoto.[2] His seventh film, it is notable for its monochrome blue cinematography tinted in post production. It won the Kinematrix Film Award and the San Marco Special Jury Award at the 59th Venice International Film Festival.
Plot
[edit ]Set in an unnamed Japanese metropolis, the film tells the tale of shy career woman, Rinko, and Shigehiko, her hygiene-obsessed, workaholic husband. The couple explore their sexuality in a number of ways, causing their lives to be disrupted.
Cast
[edit ]- Asuka Kurosawa as Rinko Tatsumi
- Yuji Kohtari as Shigehiko (as Yuji Koutari)
- Shinya Tsukamoto as Iguchi
- Masato Tsujioka
- Susumu Terajima
- Tomorowo Taguchi
- Shūji Ōtsuki
- Tomoko Matsumoto
- Mansaku Fuwa
References
[edit ]- ^ Sharp, Jasper (2011). Historical Dictionary of Japanese Cinema. Scarecrow Press. p. 379. ISBN 978-0-8108-5795-7.
- ^ Fujiki, Hideaki; Phillips, Alastair, eds. (2020). The Japanese Cinema Book. British Film Institute. p. 48. ISBN 978-1-8445-7678-4.
External links
[edit ]- A Snake of June at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
- A Snake of June at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)
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