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Snakes and Earrings

Snakes and Earrings

20086.12h 3m

Overview

While alone in a nightclub, straight-laced Lui meets sensitive but troubled punk kid Ama. Mesmerized by his split tongue, she becomes obsessed with body modification and soon wants the same treatment. After Ama's heavily-tattooed friend Shiba pierces her tongue, Lui finds herself inexorably drawn to both men – and to her growing list of desires, she now adds a tattoo.

Directed by Yukio Ninagawa
Written by Yukio Ninagawa, Takuya Miyawaki, Hitomi Kanehara
Produced by Yasuhide Uno, Yasuhiro Hasegawa, Haruo Umekawa
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Top Cast

Yuriko Yoshitaka

Yuriko Yoshitaka

Lui

Kengo Kora

Kengo Kora

Ama

Arata Iura

Arata Iura

Shiba

Yû Abiru

Yû Abiru

Maki

Sonim

Sonim

Yuri

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Yuko Imai

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Shūto Ayabe

Hidekazu Ichinose

Hidekazu Ichinose

M

Masafumi Senô

Ennosuke Ichikawa

Ennosuke Ichikawa

Kamejirô Ichikawa

Themes & Keywords

based on novel or bookpainlove-hate relationshiplovebody modificationtattooist

About Snakes and Earrings

Snakes and Earrings is a romance, thriller, crime film released in 2008 exploring themes of based on novel or book, pain, love-hate relationship, love, body modification, tattooist. Directed by Yukio Ninagawa, it stars Yuriko Yoshitaka, Kengo Kora, Arata Iura. While alone in a nightclub, straight-laced Lui meets sensitive but troubled punk kid Ama. Mesmerized by his split tongue, she becomes obsessed with body modification and soon wants the same treatment. After Ama's heavily-tattooed friend Shiba pierces her tongue, Lui finds herself inexorably drawn to both men – and to her growing list of desires, she now adds a tattoo.

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