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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.
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.
Shinya Tsukamoto is a Japanese filmmaker and actor. With a considerable cult following both domestically and abroad, Tsukamoto is best known for his body horror/cyberpunk film Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989), which is considered the defining film of the Japanese Cyberpunk movement, as well as for its companion pieces Tetsuo II: Body Hammer (1992) and Tetsuo: The Bullet Man (2009). His other films include Tokyo Fist (1995), Bullet Ballet (1998), A Snake of June (2002), Vital (2004), Kotoko (2011) and Killing (2018).
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