Hebi ni Piasu (2008)

Original Title: Hebi ni Piasu
English Title: Snakes And Earings
Genre: Drama
Format: 35mm / 123 min / Color
Year of Production: 2008
Release Date (Japan): September 20, 2008
Production Company: GAGA Communications / Point Break Pictures / AMUSE Soft Entertainment / Ark Entertainment / SHUEISHA / Nikkatsu / Studio Three
Director: Yukio Ninagawa
Producers: Haruko Umekawa
Screenplay: Takuya Miyawaki / Yukio Ninagawa
Director of Photography: Osamu Fujiishi
Music: Masamichi Shigeno
Main Cast: Yuriko Yoshitaka / Kengo Kora / ARATA

Synopsis

Lui is nineteen years old, beautiful, bored and unmotivated. When she meets Ama in a bar, she finds herself mesmerized by his forked tongue and moves in with him and has her own tongue pierced. Determined to push her boundaries further, she asks Ama’s friend Shiba to design an exquisite tattoo for her back. But what Shiba demands as payment for the tattoo leads Lui into a brutal and explicit love triangle like no other. Then, after a violent encounter on the backstreets of Tokyo, Ama vanishes and Lui must face up to her choices…

About the Director

Born in 1935, Yukio Ninagawa is one of the Japan's most talented directors, having attracted audiences with his spectacular visual images. He has directed a wide range of productions, including foreign classics and modern plays. Performers he hires range from top starts and talented actors to popular idols, and his surprising casting choices always create a stir. He is the first Japanese who has directed "King Rear" in England, and has been highly praised overseas.

Sales Company

GAGA Communications, Inc.
Contact: Ayako Kitagawa (Motion Picture Acquisition & International Sales)
Email: intl@gaga.co.jp
Phone: +81-3-6823-7574
www.gaga.co.jp

About the Sales Company

Founded in 1986, GAGA Communications, Inc. has become the leading independent distribution company in Japan. In the year of 2005, the international sales department was founded; since then, GAGA has been providing variety of films to distributors around the world.

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