A Snake of June (2002) on Netflix
Rinko Tatsumi works a crisis hotline and shares a sexless marriage with Shigehiko, her older husband. A photographer she helped sends secret pictures and offers the negatives back if she obeys.
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Plot summary
Rinko Tatsumi answers calls at a crisis hotline in Tokyo. She lives with Shigehiko, her older husband; their marriage is caring but has no sex, and he is obsessed with hygiene. Her work brings her a caller, Michiro Iguchi, whom she talks through his suicidal impulses. One day an envelope reaches her office holding candid photographs of her at home. Iguchi, a photographer, contacts her and offers to hand back the negatives if she follows his instructions. She does: a miniskirt worn without underwear, a vibrator bought and used in a department store. He says the aim is to give her license to express desires she hides, and she is humiliated but agrees.
Cast
- Yûji Kôtarias Shigehiko
- Teruko Hanaharaas Shigehiko's Mother
- Shûji Ôtsukias Adult Magazine Photographer
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- Yukino Asai
- Hira Dezu
- Kôichi Fujita
- Takehiro Fukuhara
- Tomoko Matsumoto
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about A Snake of June (2002)
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- Shinya Tsukamoto's seventh film, A Snake of June, is notable for its monochrome blue cinematography, which was tinted in post production rather than shot that way.
