Flower and Snake (2004 film)

Flower and Snake^[1]
Flower and Snake
Directed by	Takashi Ishii
Written by	Takashi Ishii; (screenplay)
Produced by	Kazuo Shimizu
Starring	Aya Sugimoto
Edited by	Yūji Murayama
Music by	Gorō Yasukawa
Distributed by	Toei
Release date	March 13, 2004 (Japan);
Running time	115 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Flower and Snake (花と蛇, Hana to hebi) is a 2004 Japanese film directed by Takashi Ishii, starring Aya Sugimoto. It is based on the 1974 film Flower and Snake directed by Masaru Konuma, which stars Naomi Tani. The earlier film, based on a novel by Oniroku Dan, was part of Nikkatsu's Roman Porno series. The 2004 version has been described as a "watershed moment in the history of Japanese film censorship" with "some of the most extravagant scenes of sexual cruelty and graphic nudity to be passed off as mainstream entertainment in any part of the world."^[2]

^ Infobox data from "花と蛇" (in Japanese). Jmdb.ne.jp. Retrieved 2011-10-15.
^ Sharp, Jasper (2008). Behind the Pink Curtain: The Complete History of Japanese Sex Cinema. Guildford: FAB Press. p. 339. ISBN 978-1-903254-54-7.

[1] Infobox data from "花と蛇" (in Japanese). Jmdb.ne.jp. Retrieved 2011-10-15.

[Sharp339-2] Sharp, Jasper (2008). Behind the Pink Curtain: The Complete History of Japanese Sex Cinema. Guildford: FAB Press. p. 339. ISBN 978-1-903254-54-7.

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